Matt Aromando Manasquan, NJ, USA 1H AGO

I built a website that turns property photos, architectural renderings, or even just an address into cinematic property videos. I’m a civil engineer and photographer/videographer, not a software developer, so I used ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude Code to help build the site and work through problems as they came up. Much of the process involved translating the way I would personally edit a real estate video into usable software. For example, kitchen and living room shots should usually stay together and have longer durations, bedrooms should stay near their bathrooms, an opening shot should feel different from a detail shot, and every clip should include some movement so the result does not feel like a generic slideshow. I used AI to turn those editing principles into actual logic for the site. The system analyzes and organizes the images, builds a storyboard, ranks scenes to decide which ones to use, creates prompts for video models, generates the clips, and assembles everything into a finished video. Most of the development has been iterative. I test the site with real properties I’ve shot, watch the results, identify what feels off, and then improve the prompts, scene planning, timing, or video assembly process. AI has been useful for much more than generating the final video. I’ve also used it to write code, troubleshoot errors, plan features, improve the user experience, and think through how the product should work from the perspective of its primary user. Step-by-step: 1. I defined the video-editing principles I use for real estate footage, including grouping related rooms, varying shot durations, distinguishing opening shots from detail shots, and adding movement to every clip. 2. I used ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude Code to translate those principles into software logic. 3. I built the site to accept property photos, architectural renderings, or an address as input. 4. I had the system analyze and organize the images, build a storyboard, rank scenes, and select the footage to use. 5. I used AI to create prompts for video models and generate the clips. 6. I assembled the generated clips into a finished property video. 7. I tested the site with real properties I had shot, reviewed the results, and iteratively improved the prompts, scene planning, timing, and video assembly. 8. I used AI throughout development to write code, troubleshoot errors, plan features, improve the user experience, and think through the product from the primary user’s perspective.