Your website, filmed.
Paste a URL. Portolan records your live site frame by frame, sets it on floating glass screens in a 3D studio and delivers a 30-second launch film in 4K, with music. First preview within a day.
See the preview first. Pay $79 only if you want the 4K files.
How a film is made
Most product videos start with a screen recording and end with a week of editing. Portolan skips both. It works from the real thing: your site, rendered in a real browser, at exact scroll positions.
Capture
We open your site in a GPU-rendered browser and record every frame at precise scroll positions. Animations, hover states and WebGL scenes come through intact, with no dropped frames.
Stage
The recording is placed on glass screens in a 3D studio, lit and filmed with slow camera moves and shallow focus. Every shot is your actual interface. Nothing is stock.
Deliver
You receive a 16:9 film in 4K, a 9:16 cut for social and three stills, scored with original music. First preview within 24 hours, usually the same day.
Three studios
Pick the light your product should be seen in. Each style is a different room, camera and score. The interface on screen is always yours.
Studio White
Soft daylight, white cyclorama, quiet piano. The default.
Golden Hour
Late sun through tall windows, warm stone, long shadows.
Night
Blue dusk, one warm lamp, reflections on a dark floor.
Works with the site you already have
- Marketing sites, landing pages and portfolios
- Web apps and dashboards, on a demo account
- Shopify and other stores, docs and blogs
- Staging links and password-protected pages
- Any language, including right-to-left layouts
Pricing
One flat price per film. You see a watermarked preview before paying anything, and you own the finished films outright.
Launch Film
- 30-second film, 16:9 in 4K
- 9:16 cut for Reels, Shorts and Stories
- Three stills for your site and socials
- Original score, cleared for commercial use
- One style of your choice
- Preview in 24 hours, one free re-render
Launch Film Pro
- Everything in Launch Film
- All three styles
- 60-second extended cut
- Source frames (PNG sequence) for your editor
- Two free re-renders
Studio
- Eight films a month
- For agencies, studios and product teams
- Priority turnaround, same day
- Custom room and brand music on request
- Cancel any time
Prices in US dollars. Films are delivered as MP4 (H.264) and ProRes on request.
Questions
Short answers. For anything else, write to hello@portolan.studio.
What do you need from me?
A URL and an email address. If parts of your site sit behind a login, send a demo account or a staging link. We never need your production credentials.
Does it work with animations and WebGL?
Yes. We record in a real browser with GPU rendering, one frame at a time, so scroll animations, canvas scenes and 3D stay smooth. That is the main reason the films look like films and not like screen recordings.
Can I use my own music?
Yes. Send a track you have the rights to and we cut to it. Otherwise your film gets an original piano score that you can use commercially, with no extra licence.
What if I don't like the preview?
Then you don't pay. Tell us what to change, and we re-render once for free. If it still isn't right, we part ways with no charge.
How long does it take?
The first preview arrives within 24 hours. Most films are delivered the same working day.
Who owns the film?
You do. Use it on your site, in ads, on Product Hunt, in a pitch deck, anywhere, for as long as you like.
Request your preview
Send the address and we start. You get a watermarked preview by email within 24 hours and decide then.