Lithophane Maker

Turn a photo into a lithophane to 3D print, flat, curved or a lamp cylinder, seen lit from behind in 3D before saving its STL, without uploading it

Drop a photo here or click to browse You can also paste it. Nothing is uploaded.

Preview

Lit from behind Daylight

Drag to turn it, scroll or pinch to zoom, double-click to face it again. The light through the plastic is an approximation: the real one depends on the filament and the lamp.

Lithophane

Shape

Flat Curved Cylinder

Width

Thickest, for black

Thinnest, for white

Under 0.6 mm, the brightest parts may print with holes.

Frame

A border as thick as black, which keeps it stiff and gives it an edge to stand on.

Detail

0.5 0.33 0.25 0.2

The step of the relief, in mm. Finer makes a bigger file, not a sharper print past what the nozzle draws.

Brightness

Contrast

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Width × depth × height

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Triangles

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STL size

Sizes in millimeters, the STL standing as it prints. Print it upright, in white filament, at 100% infill: the light must cross plastic, not air.