Photo to 16-Bit Depth Map, Then STL/OBJ for Relief Carving

Name: Photo to 16-Bit Depth Map, Then STL/OBJ for Relief Carving
Uploaded: 2026-10-21T17:00:00-05:00
Duration: 2 min 43 s
Description: Watch the 2:43 Depth Studio tutorial: Photo to 16-Bit Depth Map, Then STL/OBJ for Relief Carving with a step-by-step PDF guide and the tool one click away.

Watch the 2:43 Depth Studio tutorial: Photo to 16-Bit Depth Map, Then STL/OBJ for Relief Carving with a step-by-step PDF guide and the tool one click away.

Photo to 16-Bit Depth Map, Then STL/OBJ for Relief Carving video thumbnail — **Video: Photo to 16-Bit Depth Map, Then STL/OBJ for Relief Carving** (2:43) — PDF guide · Open Depth Studio

In this tutorial

From Photo: upload a photo or line drawing (JPG or PNG, up to 2048 px); we use the star plaque from the site's samples
The Relief Engine tiles: Auto-Detect, Metal, Dome, Tonal and Plate are free; AI Sculpt is 6 CR (Fast ~1 min, HD Relief ~5–11 min)
Pre-process: Smoothing, Relief Contrast, Edge Bezel and Invert Depth
A free Metal scan (EXECUTE SCAN (FREE), signed in)
SAVE: the 16-bit grayscale PNG, for LightBurn Grayscale or 3D Slice mode
Test Depth Map: free, no account; white = high, black = low
The 3D preview with Art, Wood, Slate and Leather finishes, pause, orbit and Reset 3D view
Brightness, Contrast, Gamma and Smoothing remap, Invert Depth and Use Alpha as Cutout
Export 3D Mesh: Relief Height, Output Size (long edge), the Output solid readout, STL and OBJ

What the Depth Studio tutorial covers

A narrated 2:43 walkthrough of Depth Studio, recorded on the live site.
A step-by-step PDF guide to keep beside your laser.
A direct link to open Depth Studio.

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