HGTV Home & Landscape Platinum Suite

Take a fresh, new approach to the way you live with HGTV Home & Landscape Platinum Suite. This innovation in home design software delivers the powerful tools and inspiration you need to transform your living space, plus expert help to get the job done right.

With HGTV Home & Landscape Platinum, you can plan room additions and other home improvement projects with ease, make your home energy efficient with new lighting and appliances, breathe new life into an outdated kitchen, bathroom or bedroom and so much more.  You can even design your dream home, complete with landscaping and a deck, from scratch. No design experience necessary – with our wizard-driven interface, all you have to do is point and click!

• Intelligent Walls: Easily draw interior and exterior walls that automatically connect and repair.
• Doors: Use the Door Wizard to add simple doors, bi-fold doors, French doors, sliding doors, garage doors and more.
• Windows: Just click along a wall to insert casement, hung, sliding, bay, vent, hopper or louvered windows, plus windows in virtually any shape.
• Hundreds of Lighting Fixtures

• Replace Paint and Fabric: Take a digital picture of any room and visualize your new space.
• Flooring Materials Library: Woods, tiles, carpets and more
• Countertops Library, including granites and marbles
• Brand Name Content and Materials
• Complete Furniture & Appliance Library: Hundreds of 3D models to choose from!

• Design in Photorealistic 3D: The changes you make in 3D are simultaneously made to your 2D plan - automatically!
• 3D Walkthrough: Create virtual tours to visualize your finished living space before you ever start your project.
• Accurate Natural Lighting: Visualize your home's interior at different times of day.
• Easy Zoom and Navigation
• And Much More!

• Complete Electrical Planning: From outlets and switches to home networking and home theatre systems
• Automatic Roofs: Insert roofs in any shape or style.
• Complete HVAC and Plumbing Planning
• Easy Materials Selection: Brick, stone, wood siding and more

• Enormous Library of Appliances: Just drag and drop!
• Granite & Marble Countertops
• Cabinet Wizard with complete control over style and finishes
• Dozens of Sink, Shower and Bath Options
• Adapt Bathrooms for Disabled Use

• 10,000+ Home Plans to Get You Started
• Video Library: 30+ HGTV How-To Video Tips
• RateMySpace: Get helpful tips from do-it-yourselfers like you!
• Go Green! Tips to conserve energy and save money on your utility bills
• And Much More!

• Terrain Modeling: Easily specify hills and valleys.
• Complete Plant Encyclopedia: 7,500+ entries with lighting and watering requirements
• Garden Visualizer: View plant growth and seasonal changes.
• Plant Care Calendar: Identify the optimal times for planting, watering, pruning, fertilization and spraying.

• Deck Builder Wizard: Automatically build decks and patios in virtually any shape, size or material.
• Gazebos and Sheds
• Retaining Walls
• Add New Landscape to Your Own Digital Photos

• Fences and Gates in a large number of styles
• Sidewalks, Pathways and Driveways
• Lighting and Irrigation
• Accessory Library, including fountains, waterfalls, barbecues and patio furniture

• Terrain Modeling Tools: Design your home anywhere, regardless of topography.
• Collision Control prevents objects from being inserted where they do not belong.
• Garden Beds, Ponds and Edging
• Add Digital Photos of any home furnishing to your 3D home designs. Even add a photo of your family.

• 3D Real View^TM: Exclusive technology assures photorealism.
• And Much More!

Use Your Own Digital Photos

Want to see how existing furnishings and wall hangings will look in your new room? It's easy.
HGTV Home & Landscape software lets you import any photograph into your design.
Even add personal photographs to visualize your family or even pets in your new home.

Change paint, stain and fabric colors in your own digital photos. We've even included real paint colors from nationally known brands.

Visualizing your new landscaping is easy. Just import your digital photo. Then add plants, fences and accessories anywhere you like!

Planning and visualizing your new home is easier than ever. This groundbreaking software provides all of the tools you need to design your dream home, from foundation to roof tiles, along with plenty of inspiration from the experts at HGTV.

	Easily add brick, stone or other materials with complete control over their size.
Just drag to add walls that snap into place. Room dimensions are shown as you draw. Specify your roof's dimensions and style while visualizing your home in 3D.

Easily specify paint and stain colors for railings, steps and balusters.

HGTV Home & Landscape software makes it easy to design the kitchen of your dreams. Easily refinish cabinets, replace countertops and update appliances by dragging and dropping. Even add decorative hoods and backsplashes and more functional eating areas.

If you've been dreaming of an updated bathroom, start planning! A spa tub, multifaucet shower with new ceramic tile, marble countertops, new cabinetry... Now it's easier than ever!