Variant

A variant, in Renovato, is a transformed version of a source architectural render — same input image, different preset applied, with an explicit lineage edge in the atlas back to the source. A single source can spawn dozens of variants in parallel, each with its own model, prompt, and parameters.

In context

Architectural review meetings often hinge on showing the same view in three or six configurations: dusk vs. midday, summer vs. winter, populated vs. empty, brick vs. limestone. Variant is the unit that captures one such configuration; a project's value-prop demo is usually a row of six variants.

In Renovato

Renovato's atlas treats variants as first-class nodes with traceable lineage. Re-running the source upstream regenerates every downstream variant. The Reel section on the homepage demonstrates this with six variants (empty → materials → furnished → decorated → evening → populated) of one source render.