# Venues

> A venue is a saved place your videos can take place, your office, shop floor or any setting you describe. Videos use the primary venue unless you pick another. Saving one is free; rendering its image costs 1 credit.

Source: https://getreelcom.com/help/company-story/venues/  ·  Last verified: 2026-09-15

## What are venues in GetReelCom?

A venue is a saved location where your videos can take place: your office, shop floor, a training room, or any real or invented setting you describe.

## Why are venues important for a video?

The venue sets the background the scene is rendered in. Videos take place at the primary venue unless you pick another. Without any venue, the scene description decides the setting.

## Which types of locations can I add?

Any location you can describe: an office, a shop floor, a factory, a training room, an event space, wherever your customers are.

## Can I add my office, store, factory, or another location?

Yes. Give it a name and describe what the place looks like.

1. Open the project and click Venues in the left sidebar.
2. Click "Add a venue", or the primary venue card if there is none yet.
3. Fill in Name and Description (space, materials, light, typical objects), and optionally a Photo URL.
4. Optionally set Always and Never instructions, and tick or untick "Primary venue".
5. Click "Create & generate" to save it and render a stylised image of it.

**credits** — Credits. Saving the venue's text is free. Rendering its stylised image costs 1 credit.

_[Screenshot: The Add a venue form: Name, Description, Photo URL, Always and Never fields, the Primary venue toggle, and the Create & generate button. — Create & generate saves the venue and renders its stylised image for 1 credit.]_

## Can I add multiple venues?

Yes. There is one primary venue plus any number of others.

## Can I choose a venue for each video?

Yes, when the project has more than one venue saved. The New video screen shows a "Where does it take place?" picker; click a venue, or click the selected one again to let the description decide the setting instead. With only one venue saved, the picker does not appear.

## How do I add an image URL for a venue?

Paste a direct link to a real photo of the place into the venue's Photo URL field. GetReelCom turns the photo into a stylised setting.

1. Find the photo online, right-click it and choose "Copy image address" (Chrome) or "Copy Image Link" (Safari).
2. Paste the link into Photo URL. It must point to the image file, not to a web page.

## What happens if I cannot find an image URL for my venue?

Leave Photo URL empty and make the Description as specific as you can; GetReelCom invents the place from it. Or upload a photo to Google Drive or Microsoft OneDrive, share it publicly and use that link. See [Add an image URL](/help/images/add-an-image-url/).

## How do I make a generated venue look like my real location?

Give it a real Photo URL and a detailed Description covering space, materials, light and typical objects. The photo is the reference the rendering is based on; the description fills in what the photo does not show.