DepthGen Pro
Offline AI Depth Map Generator for CNC, Laser Engraving & 3D Printing
- Lifetime license — Pay once, use forever
- Runs offline — No cloud, no uploads
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- Windows — Desktop application
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DepthGen Pro converts any 2D image into a precise grayscale depth map — the file your machine actually needs for photorealistic CNC relief carving, 3D laser engraving, and STL generation for 3D printing. It runs entirely on your own Windows machine. No cloud, no uploads, no subscription.
Look at what you're actually paying for right now. Most depth-map and relief-generation tools on the market today are cloud-based, subscription-locked, and charge you every single month whether you use them or not. Cancel your subscription, lose your workflow. Their server goes down, your business stops. Your internet drops, you can't work.
DepthGen Pro breaks that model entirely. One payment. $39.99. Lifetime. No renewals, no monthly fees, no surprise price hikes next year, no "your plan no longer includes this feature" emails. You own the software the same way you own a hand tool — forever, offline, on your machine.
If you engrave, carve, 3D print, or sell relief art for a living, this is the last depth-generation purchase you'll need to make.
Why Depth Maps Matter for CNC & Laser Engraving
If you work with fiber lasers, CO2 lasers, or CNC routers, you already know that the quality of your depth map is everything. A depth map is a grayscale image where brightness represents elevation — white pixels represent the highest (most raised) areas of the material, and black pixels represent the deepest engraved areas.
Every CNC program — Vectric Aspire, VCarve, LightBurn's 3D Sliced Mode, xTool Creative Space — reads this grayscale data to determine how deep to engrave each point on your material. A poorly generated depth map means:
- Flat, lifeless engravings with no 3D pop
- Crushed shadows that engrave too deep
- Blown highlights that lose surface detail
- Hours of manual editing in Photoshop to fix what the tool should have done correctly
DepthGen Pro was built specifically to solve every one of these problems, producing accurate, CNC-ready depth maps straight from any photograph or illustration — in seconds.
What Makes DepthGen Pro Different
Not Just Another Depth Tool
Most depth generators on the market do one thing: run a photo through an AI model and hand you a flat, generic gray gradient. That's fine for a landscape photo. It's completely useless for a coin, a medallion, a carved logo, or anything with real engraved surface detail — which is exactly the kind of content laser engravers, CNC artists, and lithophane makers actually work with every day.
Photometric Relief Reconstruction
Built Specifically for Coins, Medallions & Bas-Relief
This is the feature competitors simply don't have. Standard monocular AI depth models treat a coin as one flat plane — because from a camera's point of view, a coin is flat. The engraving, the portrait, the lettering — all of it gets lost.
DepthGen Pro automatically detects when your image is a relief object (coin, medallion, carved plaque, jewelry) and switches to a dedicated photometric reconstruction pipeline that rebuilds height directly from the metal's own shading — the same principle sculptors and mint engravers rely on. The result: crisp, accurate, physically correct relief detail that generic AI depth tools cannot produce, because they were never built to look for it.
Multi-Model AI Engine, Not a Single Black Box
Depth Anything V2, Depth Anything V3, and Lotus 2 — all bundled, all offline, and DepthGen Pro automatically classifies your image (relief object, flat line-art, or real photograph) to route it through the right pipeline. Competing tools give you one model and hope it works for everything. DepthGen Pro doesn't guess — it adapts.
Detail Transfer: Recover What AI Depth Models Erase
AI depth estimation is notorious for smoothing away fine texture — skin pores, fabric weave, engraved lettering, hairline detail. DepthGen Pro's detail-transfer engine merges the AI model's broad structure with the original photo's own high-frequency micro-detail, giving you a depth map that looks hand-sculpted, not machine-flattened.
Full Non-Destructive Depth Editing
Most tools give you a "generate" button and nothing else. DepthGen Pro gives you a real editing layer on top of the AI output: manual height brush, edge-preserving smoothing, contrast control, full undo/redo — so you're never stuck with whatever the AI decided, and you never have to leave the app to fix a flaw in Photoshop.
Precise Depth Controls, Not Guesswork
Every parameter that matters for CNC and laser engraving is exposed directly: Depth Strength for relief intensity, Black Level to stop catastrophic over-engraving in shadows, White Ceiling to protect fine highlight detail, Midpoint Bias for artistic control over mid-tones, and Range Floor / Ceiling to set the exact physical depth of the cut. Invert flips between raised and recessed relief for negative engraving and wax seals.
Production-Ready Export, Not Just a Preview
PNG in 8-bit and full 16-bit precision for laser software like LightBurn. EXR at 32-bit for professional VFX and 3D pipelines. Watertight STL and OBJ with configurable plate size, thickness range, and smoothing — sliced-and-print ready with zero cleanup, and importable straight into Vectric and Aspire.
Not sure which PNG to export? Read the Voxelase field guide to 8-bit vs 16-bit depth maps in LightBurn. It explains when 16-bit changes the sliced output and when 8-bit is already enough.
100% Offline. Your Client Photos Never Leave Your Computer.
No uploads. No cloud processing queue. No "server busy, try again later." DepthGen Pro runs entirely on your own Windows machine, at full resolution, as fast as your CPU allows — which also means your clients' photos and your business's work stay private, something a browser-based competitor literally cannot promise you.
Batch Processing
Got 50 photos to turn into relief plaques for an order? Queue them all, walk away, come back to finished depth maps — instead of babysitting one image at a time in a browser tab.
Supported Workflows and Compatible Software
DepthGen Pro outputs standard PNG, EXR, STL and OBJ files compatible with every major tool in the CNC and laser engraving ecosystem:
Laser Software: LightBurn (3D Sliced Mode), xTool Creative Space, EZCAD, RDWorks
CNC CAM: Vectric Aspire, VCarve Pro, Fusion 360, ArtCAM
3D Printing Slicers: Bambu Studio, PrusaSlicer, Cura, Chitubox
Image Editing: Adobe Photoshop, GIMP, Affinity Photo
The exported depth map follows the universal convention: white = raised, black = deepest — compatible with every tool listed above without any additional conversion or inversion.
How to Use DepthGen Pro
Step by Step
Total time from image to finished depth map: under 60 seconds.
Step 1: Load Your Image
Drag and drop any JPG, PNG, WEBP, or BMP file onto the app. You can also paste directly from your clipboard with Ctrl+V.
Step 2: Let It Classify
DepthGen Pro detects whether you've loaded a relief object, flat line-art, or a photograph, and routes it through the matching pipeline automatically. Override it manually any time.
Step 3: Fine-Tune the Depth
Adjust Depth Strength, Black Level, and White Ceiling to match your material's physical depth range. Use the height brush to correct anything the model got wrong. Watch the output update in real time.
Step 4: Review the 3D Preview
Rotate the relief to inspect it from every angle. This is your virtual proof before cutting any material.
Step 5: Export
16-bit PNG for LightBurn or Vectric. Watertight STL or OBJ for your slicer or CAM package. EXR when you need 32-bit precision.
DepthGen Pro vs. Competitors
Honest Comparison
| Feature | DepthGen Pro | DepthR | SculptOK | ArtificialStudio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $39.99 one-time | Subscription | Credits | Free (limited) |
| Works Offline | ✅ 100% | ❌ Cloud only | ❌ Cloud only | ❌ Cloud only |
| No Data Upload | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Watermark-Free | ✅ | ❌ (paid tier) | ❌ | ✅ |
| Photometric Relief Engine | ✅ Coins & medallions | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| STL Export | ✅ Watertight | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| 16-bit / EXR Export | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| 3D Live Preview | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
| AI Depth Models | ✅ 3 bundled, offline | 1 (cloud) | 1 (cloud) | 1 (cloud) |
| Non-Destructive Editing | ✅ Height brush | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Batch Processing | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Undo / Redo Stack | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Black Level Control | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Privacy | ✅ Total | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
The conclusion is clear. DepthGen Pro is the only tool in this category that combines offline privacy, a relief engine built for engraved surfaces, professional-grade controls, and production-ready export — for a single payment.
The Math: Why $39.99 Once Beats "$19/month Forever"
A typical cloud-based depth or relief tool runs somewhere around $15–30/month once you're past the free tier. That's $180–360 a year — every year, forever, for as long as you use it.
DepthGen Pro: $39.99. One time. That's it.
Break-even against even the cheapest competing subscription happens in under 4 months. Every month after that is pure savings — and unlike a subscription, nothing gets taken away from you if you skip a renewal, lose a card on file, or the company changes its pricing tiers next year.
Who This Is Built For
Fiber Laser Engravers
CO2 Laser Users
CNC Router Operators
3D Printing Makers
Coin, Medallion and Jewelry Designers
Etsy Sellers and Print-on-Demand Shops
What You Get for $39.99
Frequently Asked Questions
Still unsure? Email support@voxelase.com.
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DepthGen Pro
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