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I want to make a 3d object or scene
37 tools, models and places to run them, grouped by what you want to do. Each links to a page with prices, licence and sources.
A 3D object or scene, a cleaner, simpler 3D model (remesh)
- 3D AI Studio: A browser studio that turns a text prompt or a picture into a 3D model, using its own engines plus models from other makers. (Tool, Closed)
- CSM (Cube): Turns a picture or a short description into a 3D model in your browser, and can split an object into separate parts, tidy up the mesh and repaint textures. (Tool, Closed, free option)
- Hunyuan 3D (Tencent): Tencent's web app for making 3D models from a description, up to four photos or a sketch, with tools to tidy the mesh and export OBJ or GLB for games, shops or 3D printing. (Tool, Closed, free option)
- KIRI Engine: A phone and web app that turns photos or a video of a real object or room into a 3D model (3D scanning). (Tool, Closed, free option)
- Tripo AI: Turns a text description or one or more pictures into a 3D model in your browser, then can texture it, split it into parts and rig characters for animation. (Tool, Closed, free option)
A 3D object or scene, by changing a 3D scene I have
- Adobe Substance 3D: Adobe's set of desktop apps for professional 3D texturing, materials, modelling and scene rendering. (Tool, Closed)
- Autodesk Flow Studio: An online tool that reads ordinary filmed footage and rebuilds it as a 3D scene: it tracks the camera, captures actors' body, face and hand movement without suits, and lets you drop animated CG characters into the shot. (Tool, Closed, free option)
- Sloyd: A web app for making game-ready 3D models from a text prompt or a picture, then texturing, rigging and animating them. (Tool, Closed, free option)
- Spline AI: Part of the Spline 3D design app: type a sentence or upload a picture, choose one of four looks, and get a textured 3D model you can light, animate and put on a website or app. (Tool, Closed, free option)
- TRELLIS: Microsoft's free, downloadable model that turns a picture (or, less well, a text prompt) into a textured 3D model you can save as a GLB file. (Model, Fully open, free option)
A 3D object or scene, from a description
- Blockade Labs Skybox AI: Makes a 360-degree surrounding scene (a skybox) from a short description, for use as a backdrop in games, VR or 3D scenes. (Tool, Closed)
- Hunyuan 3D (Tencent): Tencent's web app for making 3D models from a description, up to four photos or a sketch, with tools to tidy the mesh and export OBJ or GLB for games, shops or 3D printing. (Tool, Closed, free option)
- Masterpiece X: Makes simple 3D characters, animals and objects from a text description in your browser, for prototypes and concept work. (Tool, Closed, free option)
- Meshy: Makes 3D models from a text description or a picture, then can paint textures on them and rig characters so they can move. (Tool, Closed, free option)
- Mixar: A free, open-source 3D editor built on Blender where a chat assistant does modelling and texturing steps for you. (Tool, Fully open, free option)
- Sloyd: A web app for making game-ready 3D models from a text prompt or a picture, then texturing, rigging and animating them. (Tool, Closed, free option)
- Spline AI: Part of the Spline 3D design app: type a sentence or upload a picture, choose one of four looks, and get a textured 3D model you can light, animate and put on a website or app. (Tool, Closed, free option)
- Tripo AI: Turns a text description or one or more pictures into a 3D model in your browser, then can texture it, split it into parts and rig characters for animation. (Tool, Closed, free option)
- 3D AI Studio: A browser studio that turns a text prompt or a picture into a 3D model, using its own engines plus models from other makers. (Tool, Closed)
- CSM (Cube): Turns a picture or a short description into a 3D model in your browser, and can split an object into separate parts, tidy up the mesh and repaint textures. (Tool, Closed, free option)
- Hunyuan3D 2: Tencent's downloadable 3D model maker: one part builds a shape from a picture, another paints textures onto it. (Model, Downloadable, with conditions, free option)
- Hyper3D Rodin: Makes a textured 3D model from one or more photos or a text description, in your browser. (Tool, Closed, free option)
- Krea: A browser studio that makes and edits pictures and short videos from a description, using Krea's own models plus many from other makers. (Tool, Closed, free option)
- TRELLIS: Microsoft's free, downloadable model that turns a picture (or, less well, a text prompt) into a textured 3D model you can save as a GLB file. (Model, Fully open, free option)
A 3D object or scene, from a photo
- 3D AI Studio: A browser studio that turns a text prompt or a picture into a 3D model, using its own engines plus models from other makers. (Tool, Closed)
- CSM (Cube): Turns a picture or a short description into a 3D model in your browser, and can split an object into separate parts, tidy up the mesh and repaint textures. (Tool, Closed, free option)
- Hunyuan3D 2: Tencent's downloadable 3D model maker: one part builds a shape from a picture, another paints textures onto it. (Model, Downloadable, with conditions, free option)
- Hyper3D Rodin: Makes a textured 3D model from one or more photos or a text description, in your browser. (Tool, Closed, free option)
- InstantMesh: A free research model from Tencent ARC that turns a single picture of an object into a 3D mesh quickly. (Model, Fully open, free option)
- Kaedim: A 3D modelling service for game studios and brands: you send sketches, photos or briefs, and its AI plus in-house artists return game-ready 3D models. (Tool, Closed)
- KIRI Engine: A phone and web app that turns photos or a video of a real object or room into a 3D model (3D scanning). (Tool, Closed, free option)
- Polycam: A phone and web app that turns photos, video or an iPhone's LiDAR scan into a 3D model, splat or floor plan. (Tool, Closed, free option)
- Stable Fast 3D: Stability AI's downloadable model that turns one photo of an object into a textured, low-poly 3D model in about a second. (Model, Downloadable, with conditions, free option)
- Stable Point Aware 3D (SPAR3D): Stability AI's downloadable model that builds a textured 3D model from one picture in about a second. (Model, Downloadable, with conditions, free option)
- Step1X-3D: StepFun's open 3D model maker: it turns one picture into a clean 3D shape, then paints a texture onto it. (Model, Fully open, free option)
- TRELLIS: Microsoft's free, downloadable model that turns a picture (or, less well, a text prompt) into a textured 3D model you can save as a GLB file. (Model, Fully open, free option)
- TripoSR: A free, open model from Tripo AI and Stability AI that guesses a rough 3D shape from a single picture in under a second on a strong graphics card. (Model, Fully open, free option)
- ComfyUI: A free, open-source app where you build image, video, audio and 3D workflows by linking boxes together, running open models on your own computer. (Tool, Fully open, free option)
- Dzine: A browser app for making and editing pictures and short videos with AI, with a canvas for layered edits, consistent characters, lip sync and talking avatars. (Tool, Closed, free option)
- fal: A pay-as-you-go service for running many AI models through code or a web playground: image, video, speech, 3D, and talking-avatar and lip-sync models from various makers. (Place to run it, Closed)
- Hugging Face: The main public library of AI models, where makers publish open models for pictures, video, speech, music and 3D. (Place to run it, free option)
- Hunyuan 3D (Tencent): Tencent's web app for making 3D models from a description, up to four photos or a sketch, with tools to tidy the mesh and export OBJ or GLB for games, shops or 3D printing. (Tool, Closed, free option)
- Krea: A browser studio that makes and edits pictures and short videos from a description, using Krea's own models plus many from other makers. (Tool, Closed, free option)
- Meshy: Makes 3D models from a text description or a picture, then can paint textures on them and rig characters so they can move. (Tool, Closed, free option)
- Mixar: A free, open-source 3D editor built on Blender where a chat assistant does modelling and texturing steps for you. (Tool, Fully open, free option)
- Scenario: A web studio aimed at game and design teams. (Tool, Closed, free option)
- Sloyd: A web app for making game-ready 3D models from a text prompt or a picture, then texturing, rigging and animating them. (Tool, Closed, free option)
- Spline AI: Part of the Spline 3D design app: type a sentence or upload a picture, choose one of four looks, and get a textured 3D model you can light, animate and put on a website or app. (Tool, Closed, free option)
- Tripo AI: Turns a text description or one or more pictures into a 3D model in your browser, then can texture it, split it into parts and rig characters for animation. (Tool, Closed, free option)
- Vizcom: A design tool for product and industrial designers that turns rough sketches into realistic renders, and can also make simple 3D models and short animations from them. (Tool, Closed, free option)
- WaveSpeedAI: A pay-as-you-go service for running many makers' AI models: video (Seedance, Wan, Kling, Veo and others), images, speech and music, lip-sync avatars and 3D. (Place to run it, Closed, free option)
A 3D object or scene, a model ready to 3D print
- 3D AI Studio: A browser studio that turns a text prompt or a picture into a 3D model, using its own engines plus models from other makers. (Tool, Closed)
- KIRI Engine: A phone and web app that turns photos or a video of a real object or room into a 3D model (3D scanning). (Tool, Closed, free option)
A 3D object or scene, a character ready to animate
- DeepMotion Animate 3D: Upload an ordinary video of someone moving and get the movement back as 3D character animation (motion capture without a suit), ready to use in games or 3D apps. (Tool, Closed, free option)
- Meshcapade: A German company that turned ordinary video into 3D body motion (motion capture without suits) and made digital human body models. (Tool, Closed)
- Move AI: Records how a person moves from ordinary video (an iPhone, or several cameras) and turns it into 3D animation data you can put on a game or film character. (Tool, Closed)
- 3D AI Studio: A browser studio that turns a text prompt or a picture into a 3D model, using its own engines plus models from other makers. (Tool, Closed)
- Autodesk Flow Studio: An online tool that reads ordinary filmed footage and rebuilds it as a 3D scene: it tracks the camera, captures actors' body, face and hand movement without suits, and lets you drop animated CG characters into the shot. (Tool, Closed, free option)
- KIRI Engine: A phone and web app that turns photos or a video of a real object or room into a 3D model (3D scanning). (Tool, Closed, free option)
- Meshy: Makes 3D models from a text description or a picture, then can paint textures on them and rig characters so they can move. (Tool, Closed, free option)
- Plask: Records body and hand movement from an ordinary video and turns it into 3D animation you can put on a character, all in your browser. (Tool, Closed, free option)
- Scenario: A web studio aimed at game and design teams. (Tool, Closed, free option)
- Sloyd: A web app for making game-ready 3D models from a text prompt or a picture, then texturing, rigging and animating them. (Tool, Closed, free option)
- Tripo AI: Turns a text description or one or more pictures into a 3D model in your browser, then can texture it, split it into parts and rig characters for animation. (Tool, Closed, free option)
A 3D object or scene, a 3D model split into parts
- CSM (Cube): Turns a picture or a short description into a 3D model in your browser, and can split an object into separate parts, tidy up the mesh and repaint textures. (Tool, Closed, free option)
- Sloyd: A web app for making game-ready 3D models from a text prompt or a picture, then texturing, rigging and animating them. (Tool, Closed, free option)
- Tripo AI: Turns a text description or one or more pictures into a 3D model in your browser, then can texture it, split it into parts and rig characters for animation. (Tool, Closed, free option)
A 3D object or scene, textures for a 3D model
- Adobe Substance 3D: Adobe's set of desktop apps for professional 3D texturing, materials, modelling and scene rendering. (Tool, Closed)
- Poly (withpoly): Poly used to make tileable textures and materials for 3D models from a text description. (Tool, Closed)
- 3D AI Studio: A browser studio that turns a text prompt or a picture into a 3D model, using its own engines plus models from other makers. (Tool, Closed)
- CSM (Cube): Turns a picture or a short description into a 3D model in your browser, and can split an object into separate parts, tidy up the mesh and repaint textures. (Tool, Closed, free option)
- Hunyuan3D 2: Tencent's downloadable 3D model maker: one part builds a shape from a picture, another paints textures onto it. (Model, Downloadable, with conditions, free option)
- Kaedim: A 3D modelling service for game studios and brands: you send sketches, photos or briefs, and its AI plus in-house artists return game-ready 3D models. (Tool, Closed)
- KIRI Engine: A phone and web app that turns photos or a video of a real object or room into a 3D model (3D scanning). (Tool, Closed, free option)
- Meshy: Makes 3D models from a text description or a picture, then can paint textures on them and rig characters so they can move. (Tool, Closed, free option)
- Mixar: A free, open-source 3D editor built on Blender where a chat assistant does modelling and texturing steps for you. (Tool, Fully open, free option)
- Sloyd: A web app for making game-ready 3D models from a text prompt or a picture, then texturing, rigging and animating them. (Tool, Closed, free option)
- Stable Fast 3D: Stability AI's downloadable model that turns one photo of an object into a textured, low-poly 3D model in about a second. (Model, Downloadable, with conditions, free option)
- Stable Point Aware 3D (SPAR3D): Stability AI's downloadable model that builds a textured 3D model from one picture in about a second. (Model, Downloadable, with conditions, free option)
- Step1X-3D: StepFun's open 3D model maker: it turns one picture into a clean 3D shape, then paints a texture onto it. (Model, Fully open, free option)
- Tripo AI: Turns a text description or one or more pictures into a 3D model in your browser, then can texture it, split it into parts and rig characters for animation. (Tool, Closed, free option)