Make a raised STL relief from a JPG or JPEG photo. Adjust contrast and smoothing, choose a physical size and preview the result before downloading. Conversion runs on your device for free.
Free photo relief · Use contrast to separate tones and smoothing to reduce noisy surface detail. Darker areas rise higher with the default inverted depth.
Compare the source with its relief. Load the 3D result to rotate it, or download the same STL.
80 × 80 mm · 2.5 mm relief · 2 mm base · inverted depth
The JPG becomes a shallow picture on a square base. Darker areas rise higher in this example. It does not reconstruct the character's back or turn fur into a full figurine.
Upload a JPG or JPEG up to 8 MB. Start with a clear photo or illustration and crop out unwanted background before uploading.
Adjust contrast and smoothing, then set millimeter width, relief depth and base thickness. Reverse the height direction with Invert depth.
Rotate the result and inspect the edges and small features. Download STL, then check its size and layer preview in your slicer.
Repeated JPEG saves can add blocks and fuzzy edges. A larger clean original is more useful than an enlarged, compressed thumbnail.
Smoothing softens grain and compression bumps. Too much also softens eyes, lettering and other small details, so compare the result as you adjust.
A dark shadow can become a tall ridge. Use even lighting, avoid dramatic contrast across faces and keep relief depth modest.
A photo relief is viewed directly. For a picture that appears when light passes through it, use image to lithophane.
For a subject with a back and sides, use the AI STL generator. AI estimates hidden shape; it does not get exact geometry from a flat image.
Compare the workflows on image to STL.
STL has no unit label. Interpret these coordinates as millimeters and confirm the width and thickness in your slicer.
Inspect thin strokes and steep height changes. Details visible on screen may be too small for your nozzle or material.
Place the flat base on the print bed and check the layer preview. STL carries shape, without the source image's colors.
Follow the 3D printing workflow for the next steps.
Upload either format, adjust contrast and smoothing if needed, then set width, relief depth and base thickness. Check the 3D preview and download STL. JPG and JPEG use the same converter.
Yes. This relief tool runs in your browser without an account or generation credits. Your source image stays on this device.
Image brightness becomes height, so grain, JPEG compression blocks and background texture also become surface detail. Try smoothing, reduce relief depth or use a cleaner source image.
You do not need to. Renaming or converting a compressed JPG to PNG cannot restore missing detail or add transparency. Upload the highest-quality original you have.
No. This tool creates a raised surface to view directly. A lithophane uses thickness to reveal a photo when lit from behind; use the separate image-to-lithophane workflow for that purpose.
Use AI image-to-3D generation for a model with a back and sides. The AI estimates hidden surfaces; this local relief tool only maps visible brightness onto a backing plate. Review the AI model before preparing STL.
