“We only planned path lights. The concept showed the oak uplit and that became the centerpiece.”
Homeowner
Backyard lighting
The World's #1 Landscape Lighting Design Tool
Landscape lighting design tool
Lighting is the hardest part of a yard to picture in advance. This landscape lighting design tool takes a daytime photo of your yard and returns evening concepts with path lights, uplighting, and warm accents in place.
Loved by homeowners and pros
Homeowners, DIYers, sellers & landscapers
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Why preview lighting before wiring it
Fixtures are cheap to render and expensive to move.
- 1 photo
A daytime photo is enough
Shoot the yard in daylight; the concepts come back as evening scenes with the lighting in place.
- $1,000s
not sunk into re-wiring
Moving low-voltage runs and fixtures after install is real money. Decide the look first.
- 60s
Concepts in under a minute
Try warm path lighting, tree uplights, or string lights over the patio in one sitting.
Lighting moods for your yard
From soft path glow to dramatic uplighting, rendered on your own space at dusk.
How the lighting design tool works
Three steps from daylight to dusk.
- 01
Upload a daytime photo
The yard, path, or patio you want lit. A phone photo is fine.
- 02
Pick the mood
Warm and subtle, bright and social, or dramatic accents.
- 03
See it after dark
Realistic evening concepts of your own yard in seconds. Save them or generate more.
Made for lighting decisions
What a fixture in a box can't show you.
The whole scene, not one fixture
A spec sheet shows one beam. The concept shows the yard: paths, trees, seating, and shadows working together after dark.
Your house, your trees, your dusk
Concepts keep your real layout, so the light falls on your actual walls and planting, not a stock garden.
From concept to install
Save the direction you like and hand it to an electrician or lighting installer as the brief. The look is agreed before the first cable is buried.
Online, from one photo
Outdoor lighting design without the site visit
- Upload a daytime photo and get the yard back lit, at dusk.
- Compare moods: subtle paths, dramatic uplights, warm string lights.
- Brief your installer with the picture you already agreed on.
Everything from one daytime photo
Paths, trees, and patios lit in concept, ready in under a minute.
- 1photo to start
- 50+design styles
- $1,000ssaved vs. redoing it
- <60snot days of waiting
Lighting decisions made on real yards
Homeowners and installers, before the wiring started.
“I sell lighting jobs with an evening render of the client's own yard. It does the convincing for me.”
Owner
Lighting installer
“Tried three moods over the patio before buying anything. Went with the warm string-light look.”
DIY renovator
Patio lighting
Plans for any size project
Business
For landscapers and designers generating client concepts at volume, with team access.
This lighting design tool vs. the alternatives
How it compares with hiring a lighting designer, fixture catalogs, or guessing.
| Feature |  | Lighting designer | Fixture catalogs | Guessing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Getting to a design | ||||
| Shows the lit scene on your own yard | Sometimes | |||
| Works from a daytime photo | n/a | n/a | ||
| Compare several moods cheaply | ||||
| First concept in under a minute | ||||
| Cost & commitment | ||||
| Typical cost to start | $ | $$$ | Free | Free |
| Time to a usable concept | ~1 min | 1-2 weeks | n/a | n/a |
| Nothing to install or learn | ||||
| Confidence | ||||
| Keeps your house, paths, and trees | ||||
| Before / after on your photo | ||||
| Brief an installer with the result | ||||
Landscape lighting design tool questions
Plain answers, including what it costs.
No. Upload a daytime photo; the tool returns the yard as an evening scene with the lighting concept in place.
It does what people want that software for: previewing the lit yard. There is nothing to install; it runs in the browser from one photo.
For the install, usually yes: wiring, transformers, and fixture placement are physical work. The tool settles the design conversation first, so you brief the pro with a picture instead of adjectives.
Path lighting, tree and wall uplighting, string lights over seating, and warmer or more dramatic overall moods. It shows the effect, not an electrical plan.
Yes. The evening concept is generated on your photo, so your house, paths, and planting stay where they are.
OutdoorBrite is a paid product, with no free tier. Plans cost a fraction of a lighting design consultation and scale with how many designs you generate and the resolution you need.
Decide what deserves light first: the path, the tree, the seating. Generate an evening concept on your photo for each idea, pick the mood that fits, and hand that picture to your installer. The fixture list and wiring plan follow from the agreed look.
Installers often use fixture manufacturers' design tools built around their own product lines. This tool is the homeowner's version: brand-neutral, from one photo, with the result in about a minute.
Yes. Low-voltage path and string lighting is a common DIY project. Agree the look on your photo first, then buy only the fixtures the design actually needs.
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See the yard after dark, first
A daytime photo in, an evening concept out. Decide the look before the wiring starts.