How To Create High Detail Depth Maps For Laser Engraving, CNC Carving & 3D Printing
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Create Highly Detailed 3D Depth Maps for Laser Engraving, CNC Engraving and 3D Printing (Free & Easy Tutorial)
Are you struggling to create 3D depth maps for your laser engraving, STL creation, or CNC engraving projects? In this video, I share some cool techniques to generate highly detailed depth maps-and the best part is, it's all for free!
We'll explore how to use a modified version of Zoe Depth, specifically the Tiled Zoe Depth V3 created by Bill F Smith. This tool provides better results than the standard Zoe Depth and runs on Google Colab, allowing you to leverage Google's powerful computing resources for efficient processing.
What you'll learn in this tutorial:
Setting Up Tiled Zoe Depth V3:
Accessing the tool on Google Colab (link below).
Uploading your JPEG images for depth map creation.
Utilizing Google's NVIDIA GPUs for faster processing.
Enhancing Depth Maps with GIMP:
Importing your depth map and original image into GIMP (a free image manipulation software).
Applying a High Pass filter to extract detailed lines.
Using the Color to Alpha function to blend images and enhance details.
Generating High-Resolution 3D Images:
Combining depth maps with detailed line work.
Preparing your images for laser engraving, CNC engraving, or 3D printing.
Links Mentioned:
Tiled Zoe Depth V3 on Google Colab: github.com/Bil...
Download GIMP: www.gimp.org/
By following these steps, you'll be able to create depth maps with incredible detail, perfect for all your engraving and 3D printing needs.
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in caps...THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR POSTING THIS!!! I've been having the biggest pain to get good depth map results and this worked amazingly!
Hey there Tony! no problem at all my friend, im so glad you have found it useful, im going to be releasing a full video soon of my entire work flow and process showing everything from start to finish :)
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No problem, glad it helped!
You just saved me!
I have been looking for this for weeks 🤦🏻
on how to get more detail depth maps.
Thank you for your time 🙏🏻
No problem at all, the video suggested at the end of this one, the link is here shows a paid web based solution which is very similar and gives even better results, basically just 3 mouse clicks and its done! there is a few free credits as a trial :) ua-cam.com/video/0wu8mtoB-zk/v-deo.htmlsi=EGxZ_belKnCLJtr9
Wow I’ve spent weeks trying to learn how to get decent results finally I gave up I stumbled on this and so easy pure genius thank you so much for this
Hey Jeff, so glad it has helped you! I love sharing stuff like this so people can use it and be creative, ive also got another video regarding making them which gives better results, it is a paid website but you get some free goes, here is the link to my video, it is so simple, you just drag and drop your image and it makes the high detailed map for you, better than the zoe depth ones ua-cam.com/video/0wu8mtoB-zk/v-deo.htmlsi=Y2HSpTcASM3rsXgt
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great stuff Jeff good luck with your designs!
I can't believe my eyes, such a beautiful depth map. I tried it in Lenticular 3D and got amazing results. Thank you so much for making this available. Please tell me what needs to be done for this to be continuously updated.
Thank you Crizzle! I will be making more videos on this soon, however not sure if you have seen other video regarding depth map creation, it is a paid service but it is a lot quicker and the results are really really good, here is a link to the youtube video i made on it : ua-cam.com/video/0wu8mtoB-zk/v-deo.htmlsi=_3WbmOcAcn00R_wb
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Can you please explain the paid services in detail?
@@palavakacarnival check out this video here, this is the paid service, you pay a monthly subscription for credits to use, you do get some free as a trial. ua-cam.com/video/0wu8mtoB-zk/v-deo.htmlsi=9dDhQWg9sueVBz8a
Awesome!!!! Thanks for figuring this out. I can't wait to give it a try...
no problem at all, good luck with it! im releasing a big full work flow video for my whole process this weekend, so maybe be of some use also :) thanks for watching!
What great vid mate - really interesting look behind the creative curtain. 👍
Cheers Rex mate, yeah just thought it might help folks trying to find a way of doing it :)
Great insight mate of how it all comes together. Way above my head but great to see the process. 🤝
Thank you SSS, just thought it might be helpful to anyone trying to work it out :)
Wow, what a process! I am definitely going to have to watch this multiple times :)
Thank you! FGS, yes it is a lot to take in in one go, but honestly once you get the process and the steps in order it is pretty simple to do, thank you for watching!, this is a small section ive cut out of a larger full process video im just in the process of making.
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@@fgstacker Nice, good one that!
Mate that is just what I needed! you absolute legend!
Cheers Nerd mate! thought id post this one a bit earlier as you were getting into it!, this is basically Chapter 5 of my big video ive got in production (17 chapters in total), hopefully should all be finished by mid next week :)
Great information and presentation!
Thank you very much Dian! very very kind, i hope it helps, cheers for stopping by and watching!
wow thank you so much for this tutorial, it really saved me
Great Stuff! so glad it has been some use to you!
I'm really new to this and I was able to follow all your instructions which means you did a fantastic job of showing the steps but I am lost on the next steps of getting it to be an STL file to put into Lightburn. I have no idea how to do that part. I will go look at your library and see if maybe you already have that video out there. If not, any help you can give on the next step would be great! Thanks again for your help so far!
many thanks Greg, so happy it has been of some use, Im not totally familiar with lightburn but I think for laser engraving you should be able to just use the depth map once you have created that, as that can be used to engrave with, you do not need the .stl file.
You don’t use STL files with lightburn. Once you have your map all done and saved as a PNG, open in lightburn, double click the settings box on the right, select 3d sliced and enter your settings for whatever material you’re engraving on, set passes to something like 250-300 depending on your lasers power. Last brass coin I did I think I used 353 passes. Turn on cleaning pass to help remove metal dust and you’re all set. If you’ve never made a coin on a laser, you’re looking at around 2-2.5 hours of runtime.
@@ΜΟΛΩΝΛΑΒΕ-μ5μ yeah just what i thought, you just use the depth map image, great stuff :)
Wow, that's way over my head but really interesting to see some of the processes behind your work.👌
Hey Diaxus! thanks for stopping by, its not that bad once you have run through the process, it just learning the work flow, one after the other :) if i can do it anyone can! :)
Excellent, Thank You!!!
No problem at all, hope it helps! thanks for watching :)
thank you so much for making these detailed tutorials. one question, how do you turn the depth map into an stl for 3d printing?
Hey Thedudedylan! great question! so i made a quick video on it! ua-cam.com/video/GFOLZ_EfZ6I/v-deo.htmlsi=uVrboipeIKXoFn4_
@@SilverPunkPour thanks man i love your videos and I have integrated the things i have learned here into my own craft. thank you
That's awesome info, silver punk thank u for sharing hope ur doing well brother
Hey Stu yeah all good here mate, hope you are ok buddy, I'm just in the shed today filming the last parts to the big video this clip came from, I show it all buddy, my entire work flow :) should be out next week.
@SilverPunkPour good to hear bro oh sweet bro I can't wait to see it bro I'm OK thank u bro 🙏
The part where you put the images in GIMP and say 'It will change all the colors for you' does not happen when I drop the images there. Maybe there was a little cut in the video? how to assign the colours of the depth map to the original image? Thanks for posting though, very intresting video!
Hey Sergejg many thanks for watching, on mine, i drag the depth map in first into GIMP, then i just drag the original image on top and it converts it automatically for me, if its not working for you like that, what you need to do is an extra step, you will have to try and convert the original image into a grey scale image, GIMP does mine in 16 bit greyscale. This all said Sergejg, im working on a new video where i showcase another way of doing it which is a lot easier, and only takes 4 to 5 clicks to do the whole thing for you, i will be getting that on youtube very very soon!
@@SilverPunkPour Thank you for the answer! Forgot that 16bit was important! Hero! And good luck with making next video!
Thank you my friend!
Thanks for sharing very neat im not to good at computer stuff lol but wow great job
Thank you! Neither am I Mandy!!!! just thought this may help someone trying to start out at it :)
Proszę Cię o pomoc, jestem początkującym w tym temacie. mam pytanie. jak zamieniłeś tą kolorową mapę głębi na mapę w skali szarości. Serdecznie pozdrawiam.
When you save it from zoedepth it will save as a greyscale image not colour.
@SilverPunkPour Bardzo dziękuję.
I’d like to find a way to use TiledZoeDepth(Map) as a general Web user without having to go into the login world of Google Collab. Other than free Google Search on my Mac, I don’t use other Google tools (on the web or locally) at the moment. I love the higher detail with the tiled approach to ZoeDepth, and your extra detail using GIMP’s gray scale and high-pass filter, then merge with the tiledZoeDepth Map is genius (would never have thought that would work and then get a functional final high-detailed depth map!). I f you do find a non-Google Collab workflow, please let us know. And I subscribed, so I can see your next video showing your whole process. My primary use will be to use these depth maps as the starting point for 3D printing figures and set pieces.
Hi Dovmerrill ! thank for taking the time to watch and leave a message, yeah im really not sure on this, i know you can download it locally and just run it on your machine not sure if this is what you mean? doing that though you would need a lot of computing power, if i do see anything or can come up with something will 100% make a video, my full process video should be out end of next week :)
@@SilverPunkPourI run locally with a 4080 and it takes about a min
@@BuffaloBullionNY excellent stuff! i have a 11 year old machine....takes ages locally my end, if you have the power and graphics cards etc, why not !
@@SilverPunkPour Thanks for the reply, and for BuffaloBullioNY’s comment. Sounds like the software runs locally on Windows PCs with Beefy Nvidia cards, but The software probably doesn’t run natively on a Mac. Not surprised the number crunching consumes lots of CPU and/or GPU computation bandwidth.
yeah you are probably right, however i have found another way, which is a lot simpler process and does not take any computing power, im in the process of making a video on it should be ready for the weekend, might be worth you watching out for it :)
Instead of Zoedepth, have you tried Depth Anything V2 or Depth Pro from Apple?
Hey Chad! thanks for the message, i have tried Depth Anything but it didnt quite work right with how i do stuff for silver pouring, i have not tried Depth Pro, might have to look into that :)
@@SilverPunkPour There's Depth Anything, and Depth Anything V2. V2 was a huge improvement. It came out late summer or early fall if I'm not mistaken. I have been using that for converting images for the CNC along with other methods.
thank you Chad, i will defo have a look into this, see if i can work it in to work with my silver pouring :)
what option is color to alpha in photoshop?
Hi there! 8Bit thanks for message, im afraid i do not use Photoshop....if it does not have that option to do it for you, you will need to make alpha channel some other way, im not sure how, very sorry, there is probably a video somewhere about how to do it though!
how do we use v4 lotus depth
Hey thanks for watching! im not sure, its something i have not tested yet, i will have a look into it and if it works ok for my process will do another video on it, cheers for stopping by!
How to generate a stl file
Hey there great question! here is a full length video where i show that and the whole process! ua-cam.com/video/o2mdc0m2CQA/v-deo.htmlsi=FmmNFMDB73tcXEYc
ua-cam.com/video/GFOLZ_EfZ6I/v-deo.htmlsi=uVrboipeIKXoFn4_
Very interesting bro 👍🧲⚓️
Why don’t you do the last step in python too?
i will have to look at that, might be worth exploring, thanks for the suggestion
Cool
Cheers mate, just my way of doing it, i know there is lots of other ways round, but thought it would may help someone who wanted an easy way to get good detail for free :)
@SilverPunkPour great info for sure
3:42 technology is mad I dunno how you understand it all 😂
To be honest I didn't at first! still don't on some days! :)
you kept saying depth map and I thought you were saying death mask :)
hahaha! yeah the image being a skull don't help either!
‘Computer geek friends’ how dare you 😂😂😂
I thought it would be rude to take all the glory myself, so had to mention you guys :)
Good afternoon 👍🧲⚓️
Hey Buddy! hope you are well mate!
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SculptOK does all this much faster.
yes indeed, that is a paid service, this video shows how to do it for free, did you see the video I made on SculptOk a few weeks ago? heres the link! ua-cam.com/video/0wu8mtoB-zk/v-deo.htmlsi=UYQLbhORlf86CNyH