Your photo, glowing in the light
Turn any photo into a 3D printed lithophane: a framed panel, a heart or a star. Preview it lit, then download the STL.
Turn a photo into a lithophane that glows when it is lit.
A classic flat panel or framed photo. Perfect for window hangers, light boxes, and framed gifts.
Your photo as a small lithophane on your keys. Hold it up to the light and the picture appears.
Your photo as a Christmas tree ornament that glows in front of the lights.
A flat lithophane whose edge follows your picture, so only the subject glows when it is lit.
Two lithophanes back to back with a hollow between them: a photo on each side and the light inside.
A lithophane in full colour, for a printer with four filaments.
Wrap a photo around a cylinder for a glowing lamp or night-light — or a gentle curved panel that stands on its own.
Wrap 2–4 photos around a single 360° lamp, each in its own arc segment — perfect for a family or a holiday collection in one print.
Put 2–4 photos on the flat walls of a box lamp. Four photos make a closed cube — a glowing photo cube for a desk or shelf.
Wrap 1–4 photos around a glowing sphere. One photo covers the whole globe, or split it into equal wedges for a photo planet.
Wrap 1–6 photos around a 3–12 sided lantern. Photos repeat to fill every face — perfect for a glowing multi-photo lamp.
Your own photos round a six-sided lantern, lit with an orange LED tea light.
A lithophane lamp shade that hangs from the ceiling: your photo glows all round it.
Twelve lithophane months: your photo at the top of each, the dates below, glowing with a light behind.
Wrap a photo around a tapered cone lampshade. Set base & top diameter for a classic shade silhouette — or equal diameters for a straight cylinder.
Arrange many photos on the exact shape of your lithophane, then open it in the generator with the size filled in.
Turn a lithophane into a jigsaw puzzle that glows when it is finished.
A lithophane too big for your printer? Split it into tiles that fit your bed and lock together.
Make a matching lid or pedestal/base for any cube, lantern or cylinder — caps, drop-in plugs, finials, vents and more.
Models, pots, organisers and more — designed in your browser.
The 3D Designer, Mechanism, Paint, the file converter and the picture editor, in one window in your browser.
A name or a picture as a keychain in several colours, with a joined outline and a ring.
A name sign for a door, a house, a desk or a child's room, in colours.
Coasters with a name, a monogram, a pattern or your logo, and a holder for the set.
A box to your size with a lid that fits: lift-off, sliding or hinged.
A gift box that prints flat and folds up by hand, with a name on the lid.
A photo printed in colour on any printer: it prints flat, and you change the filament at the layers we give you.
A scene in layers of white PLA, lit from behind: the further back, the brighter it glows.
A dice tower, a card holder and a token tray for your game table, made to your sizes.
Two words in one print: LOVE from the front, MAMA from the side. Turn it round and the word changes.
A clock face with your name on it, raised numbers in a second colour, and hands to match.
Door signs and labels with raised capital letters and Braille below, at the sizes sign rules ask for.
Drawers that fit inside an empty filament spool: storage from what you would throw away.
Pick any place on Earth and print the land: mountains, valleys and coastlines in 3D.
A cookie or clay cutter from a shape, a drawing or the outline of a photo.
A QR code tag, keyring or sign for a link, a Wi-Fi password or a contact card.
Trace a logo or a drawing and turn it into a shape you can print.
Type some text and print it: name plates, letters, keyring tags and stencils.
Hooks, bins and holders sized to your own tools, for an IKEA Skådis board or ordinary pegboard.
Honeycomb Storage Wall panels to fit your bed, with hooks, shelves and bins to your own sizes.
Print a statue or a character bigger than your printer: it is cut into pieces that fit your bed.
Turn a photo into a printable 3D model or a relief, or split a model into parts to print.
Design a vase, plant pot or bowl: pick a shape, set the size, then twist it, bend it and give it a wavy rim.
Pots with working parts, for plants and more.
Design your own fidget toys, made to your size and printed at home.
Articulated creatures that print in one piece and wiggle straight off the bed.
Carved jack-o’-lanterns, ghosts and skulls — to stand on a shelf or hang up.
Santa, snowmen, trees, baubles and snowflakes for the tree or the shelf.
Easier handles for hands that find thin ones hard — sized to fit, printed at home.
Gridfinity bins and baseplates made to size, so your drawers and desk finally stay tidy.
Print lace patterns onto tulle, organza or chiffon — the laser-cut look without a laser cutter.
Get a photo ready for a lithophane before you start.
Our studios and apps: 3D Maker Studio, the 3D Previewer and the 3D Designer for your 3D prints, and G-code for a laser, a CNC router, a hot-wire foam cutter or a lathe, made in your browser.
Everything for your 3D prints in one desktop app, for Windows and Mac: your 3D files, the 3D Designer and the File converter in one window.
Our free desktop app for 3D-print collectors: point it at any folder and see every 3D file in 3D.
Our 3D Designer as a desktop app: the same tools, in its own window.
Everything for a hobby laser, with G-code made in your browser: engrave a photo, cut a drawing, find your settings, and run it on the laser.
Everything for a hobby CNC router, with G-code made in your browser: carve a photo, cut shapes, design a circuit board, and run the machine.
Everything for a hot-wire foam cutter, with G-code made in your browser: cut shapes and wing sections, design your own, and run the machine.
Everything for round work, with G-code made in your browser: turn a part on a CNC lathe, or turn, flute and carve on a router with a rotary axis.
A plain guide to what you may 3D print and sell: model licences (CC, NC, paid), copyright and fan art, AI-made models, and the safety rules for things like toys and lamps.
Read the guide