Is this just another AI image tool?

No. Midjourney and DALL-E invent scenes from text prompts — beautiful for art, disqualifying for a listing. Plotpane is a structure-preserving pipeline: your room geometry, windows, and floor plan stay exact. We stage, re-light, swap skies, declutter, and enhance your actual photo. No hallucinated architecture, no invented rooms.

How does it differ from BoxBrownie or Styldod?

BoxBrownie and Styldod are human-edit services: you upload, a retoucher works overnight, you get a result in 24–48 hours at $2–$32 per image per treatment. They also sell things we do not have at all — floor plans, renderings, item removal by a person who can ask you what you meant. Plotpane is one machine pass: you pick one of seven tools, and the image comes back in about two minutes for one credit, whichever tool you picked, on a flat monthly subscription. Stacking two treatments on one photo means running it twice.

Will the MLS accept AI-staged photos?

Yes, when disclosed. NAR guidelines, California AB 723, and REBNY Rule 3.3 all allow virtually staged photos provided the listing discloses them. Every Plotpane export embeds invisible XMP disclosure metadata so the staging record travels with the file. You still handle the listing-remarks disclosure in your MLS portal — that's the part only you can do.

Won't the AI add things to my listing that aren't really there?

Every render is sent with a preserve list as well as an instruction. It names one operation and forbids the rest: do not touch windows, doors, walls, ceilings, floors, cabinetry or fixtures unless the instruction names them; do not remove or conceal a defect, stain or crack; do not change what is visible through glass, and never invent a view. Furniture is added to empty rooms; named objects are removed from furnished ones; sky and light are re-graded. If you do see something invented, that is a bug — report the render in the app and the credit comes back.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes — one click in the Stripe billing portal from your dashboard. Billing stops immediately, remaining credits stay usable through the end of the billing period, and there's no cancellation fee.

Do my renders count as 'edits' under NAR rules?

Yes — any AI-generated or AI-modified image is considered an edit requiring disclosure under NAR's standards. That's why every Plotpane export writes invisible XMP disclosure metadata by default. The flag is machine-readable by MLS tooling and survives Lightroom round-trips. You still add the disclosure line to your listing remarks; we make sure the image itself is self-describing.

Berlin, Germany

Berlin Fotograf Image Enhancement for International Listings

Berlin Fotograf work for the international buyer market is a specific discipline: a 180 m² Altbau on Kollwitzstraße with 3.80 m Stuck ceilings, 1902 Dielen parquet, and Flügeltüren photographs beautifully — until the Berlin winter, when the flat northern light barely reaches the Hinterhof-facing rooms before 2:30 pm. Plotpane lifts those dim Altbau interiors to ImmobilienScout24 and Immowelt premium quality without generative edits, so an agent working that stock can send the same ~2.4K export to a London barrister, a Singapore family office, or a Zürich buyer — before the next Besichtigung.

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Before

After

Built for Berlin Fotograf work across Bezirke

Berlin Fotograf output for international buyers has to speak two visual languages at once — the German portal standard (clean, neutral, pixel-accurate) and the editorial register that international capital expects on JamesEdition or the overseas mirror of ImmoScout24. Over 80% of the Prenzlauer Berg housing stock dates from before 1948, and Wilhelminian-era buildings (1889–1905) all share the same lighting constraint: light reaches either the Straßenseite or the Hinterhof, never both. In January the sun peaks at 15° and disappears by 14:30. Plotpane neutralises the grey cast to 5500K, recovers shadow detail in Stuck, coffered ceilings, and Flügeltüren, and denoises the midtones without touching the authentic patina of original Dielen or the tiled Kachelofen — the exact elements that carry price in this market.

Mitte, Prenzlauer Berg, Kreuzberg, Friedrichshain — Gründerzeit Altbau with Stuck and parquet
Charlottenburg, Wilmersdorf — representative Wilhelminian Beletage floors
Grunewald, Dahlem — freestanding villas with park frontage and deep interiors
Plattenbau conversions (Karl-Marx-Allee, Fischerinsel) — GDR-era flats renovated for export market
Hinterhof-facing courtyards with restricted daylight window

Non-generative — the UWG §5a and IVD compliance line

German competition law under UWG §5a (irreführende Unterlassung — misleading omission) and the PAngV price-indication ordinance require listing images to reflect the property's actual condition. The IVD Musterberufsordnung, which binds IVD-Mitglieder — the broker standard that Engel & Völkers Berlin, von Poll Immobilien, Ziegert EverEstate, Rubina Real Estate, and Christie's International Berlin adhere to — enforces the same truthfulness test in Werbemitteln. Plotpane-enhancement is explicitly non-generative: white balance, noise, distortion, and shadow detail are corrected; no furniture is painted in, no sky is swapped, no wall is moved. Original Stuck profiles, parquet knots, Flügeltür hardware, the Kachelofen tiles, and the view through the Hinterhof window stay pixel-identical. For luxury listings above the Mietpreisbremse threshold (properties exceeding 12 €/m² are exempt, but the rental-cap context still matters for investment-grade sale positioning), this restraint is what keeps the export admissible in a UWG §5a challenge.

ImmobilienScout24, Immowelt, Immonet — one export, three portals

The Plotpane export is a clean sRGB JPEG at quality 92 and about 2.4K, with no burned-in watermark on any paid plan and XMP metadata in every file documenting the correction step. It clears the image guidelines on ImmobilienScout24 (including the Premium-Vermarktung tier), Immowelt, and Immonet without re-edit, and the same file works on cross-border platforms — JamesEdition, LuxuryEstate, Engel & Völkers' internal global MLS — when the listing goes to the Singapore, London, or New York private-client desk. DSGVO/GDPR compliance is preserved because the XMP tag documents only the correction operation, never client or photographer PII. For the Grunewald or Dahlem villa with a 4m ceiling in the Salon and a north-facing Wintergarten, that single export replaces a three-way retouch request to three separate labs.

The three Berlin-specific lighting problems Plotpane solves

One: the Altbau Hinterhof with a 3.80m ceiling and windows facing a 6m-wide courtyard — Plotpane lifts shadows in the back 2/3 of the room without crushing the Stuck highlights. Two: the Plattenbau conversion with harsh fluorescent overhead and small windows — the colour cast is neutralised, the overhead is balanced, the linoleum-replaced-with-oiled-oak floor reads correctly. Three: the Grunewald or Dahlem freestanding villa with a winter-grey sky through the Wintergarten glass — the exterior keeps its actual tonality (no fake blue sky), the interior Kachelofen and parquet stay warm-neutral, and the garden beyond reads as it actually looks in February. Each correction is non-generative, leaves the original file on your own disk untouched, and is documented in the XMP.

For this region

Local questions, answered

Is AI image enhancement permitted under UWG §5a and the IVD Musterberufsordnung?+

Yes — provided the edit stays non-generative. Correction (white balance, noise, perspective, shadow recovery) is lawful and standard practice; generation (adding furniture, swapping skies, removing structural features) crosses into irreführende Unterlassung under UWG §5a and breaches the IVD truthfulness standard. Plotpane operates strictly in the correction band, and the XMP disclosure metadata written into every export records the operation for the Agentur's internal file. The berlin fotograf workflow is one tool and one pass — upload the JPEG, run Auto Enhance, export at about 2.4K for one credit.

Does it work on a dim Hinterhof-facing Altbau room in Prenzlauer Berg or Mitte?+

Yes — it is the most common Berlin use case. The winter grey cast is lifted to a neutral 5500K, shadow detail returns in Stuck and 3.80m ceilings without HDR halos or blown highlights, and the authentic patina of original 1900s Dielen stays untouched. The Hinterhof view through the window is preserved pixel-for-pixel.

Can I upload the export directly to ImmobilienScout24, Immowelt, and Immonet?+

Yes — by hand, as with any other photo, since there is no portal connector or feed out of Plotpane. The export is a clean sRGB JPEG at about 2.4K with no watermark, correct colour-space conversion, and XMP disclosure metadata in every file. It meets the image guidelines of all three German portals and clears the Premium-Vermarktung tier on ImmoScout24 — and the same file works on JamesEdition and cross-border luxury portals when the buyer audience is international.

How does this fit luxury listings in Grunewald, Dahlem, or along the Wannsee?+

Luxury freestanding Villas in Grunewald or Dahlem benefit most from the non-generative approach because the period detail — Kachelofen, intarsia parquet, lead-glass Wintergarten, Gründerzeit Stuck — is the value. Any generative tool that interpolates or 'cleans up' that detail destroys the asset's character; Plotpane corrects the exposure envelope only, leaving every architectural element pixel-identical for the buyer due-diligence review.

Does the Mietpreisbremse context affect how photos should be edited?+

Not directly — the Mietpreisbremse caps rent increases, with luxury flats above 12 €/m² exempt, and does not govern image standards. But it sets the commercial register: properties above that threshold are positioned for international investor audiences, and those buyers expect editorial-grade photography that matches global norms without crossing the UWG line. Plotpane's correction-only pipeline is built for exactly that positioning.

Pricing

One credit per image.
Every tool, every plan.

Three plans. Every tool unlocked on all of them. Every render unmarked, standard or high resolution, cancel anytime.

Every plan starts with 3 free renders. No card until you subscribe.

Starter

For the solo agent shooting their own listings.

$39/month

billed yearly

100 credits monthly

100 images per month — 1 credit each, whichever tool you use
No Plotpane mark on any render
Every tool, no tier gating
Standard output ~2.4K, or ~4.7K for a second credit
XMP disclosure metadata written into every export
Download a finished listing as a ZIP
Free vertical listing reel from your finished photos
Cinematic clips from a single photo — 1 credit per second of video
Up to 10 photos per batch
Email support

Subscribe to Starter

For one agent, listing by listing.

Pro

For top-producing agents and real-estate photographers.

$79/month

billed yearly

220 credits monthly

220 images per month — 1 credit each, whichever tool you use
No Plotpane mark on any render
Up to 50 photos per batch, one tool across the shoot
Download a finished listing as a ZIP
Free vertical listing reel from your finished photos
Everything in Starter
Priority support

Subscribe to Pro

The plan a working photographer buys.

Agency

For brokerages, teams, and photography networks.

$199/month

billed yearly

600 credits monthly

600 images per month — 1 credit each, whichever tool you use
No Plotpane mark on any render
Up to 150 photos per batch
Download a finished listing as a ZIP
Free vertical listing reel from your finished photos
Everything in Pro
Direct line to the founder, not a ticket queue

Subscribe to Agency

For a brokerage running whole shoots.

Feature	Starter$39/mo annual	Pro$79/mo annual	Agency$199/mo annual
Renders per month	100	220	600
Credits per image	1	1	1
All seven tools
Free renders on sign-up	3	3	3
Plotpane mark on the image	None	None	None
Standard output (~2.4K)
High resolution (~4.7K, second credit)
XMP disclosure written into every export
Optional visible “Virtually Staged” label
Photos per batch	10	50	150
Download a set as a ZIP
Refund a render that came back wrong
Support	Email	Priority email	Direct to the founder
Cancel anytime, one click

At volume

A 25-photo listing costs 25 credits.

That is the whole pricing model. No per-tool rates, no seat maths, nothing to negotiate. We are not SOC 2 certified and there is no SSO, private deployment or API — if you need those to buy, better you know now than after a call.

Starter

listings
a month

Pro

listings
a month

Agency

listings
a month

Questions

The usual questions,
answered directly.

No. Midjourney and DALL-E invent scenes from text prompts — beautiful for art, disqualifying for a listing. Plotpane is a structure-preserving pipeline: your room geometry, windows, and floor plan stay exact. We stage, re-light, swap skies, declutter, and enhance your actual photo. No hallucinated architecture, no invented rooms.
BoxBrownie and Styldod are human-edit services: you upload, a retoucher works overnight, you get a result in 24–48 hours at $2–$32 per image per treatment. They also sell things we do not have at all — floor plans, renderings, item removal by a person who can ask you what you meant. Plotpane is one machine pass: you pick one of seven tools, and the image comes back in about two minutes for one credit, whichever tool you picked, on a flat monthly subscription. Stacking two treatments on one photo means running it twice.
Yes, when disclosed. NAR guidelines, California AB 723, and REBNY Rule 3.3 all allow virtually staged photos provided the listing discloses them. Every Plotpane export embeds invisible XMP disclosure metadata so the staging record travels with the file. You still handle the listing-remarks disclosure in your MLS portal — that's the part only you can do.
Every render is sent with a preserve list as well as an instruction. It names one operation and forbids the rest: do not touch windows, doors, walls, ceilings, floors, cabinetry or fixtures unless the instruction names them; do not remove or conceal a defect, stain or crack; do not change what is visible through glass, and never invent a view. Furniture is added to empty rooms; named objects are removed from furnished ones; sky and light are re-graded. If you do see something invented, that is a bug — report the render in the app and the credit comes back.
Yes — one click in the Stripe billing portal from your dashboard. Billing stops immediately, remaining credits stay usable through the end of the billing period, and there's no cancellation fee.
Yes — any AI-generated or AI-modified image is considered an edit requiring disclosure under NAR's standards. That's why every Plotpane export writes invisible XMP disclosure metadata by default. The flag is machine-readable by MLS tooling and survives Lightroom round-trips. You still add the disclosure line to your listing remarks; we make sure the image itself is self-describing.