Photo or text → 3D model
Turn a photo or a sentence into a 3D model.
Upload a photo or describe what you want. Gifsy makes a textured GLB on our GPU in a few minutes, and characters come rigged — ready for Blender, Unity, Unreal or the web.
2 free modelsCancel any timeFailed models refunded
One real job
From a sentence to a rigged model in 2 minutes
One of our models, exactly as it was made: the prompt, the free reference image it was approved from, and the model.
- 1 · The prompt
“A cartoon fox adventurer with a green scarf”
Typed in, Character picked. Nothing else.
- 2 · Reference image, free
Drawn in a T-pose so it can be rigged. Approve it, or roll another — up to 20 a day, free.
- 3 · The model, 1 credit
- Bones
- 28
- Faces
- 35k
- Texture
- 2048 px
On the GPU: shape 13 s, texture 36 s, rig 63 s. Objects skip the rig.
Now showing
Drag it: this is the embed, not a video.
Eight models, each made from one sentence. The viewer is what your visitors get when you paste a model's iframe into your site: the real mesh, turning on its own until someone grabs it. Pick another below.
Fox adventurer
Character · rigged, 28 bones · ~2 min on the GPU
Drag to turn it around
What an image to 3D model generator does
An image to 3D model generator turns one photo, or a sentence, into a mesh you can turn all the way round. Gifsy builds the shape, paints the texture and, for characters, fits a skeleton, on a GPU in a few minutes. You get a GLB file to download, or an embed your visitors can drag.
How it works
A photo or a sentence in. A model you can turn out.
- 1
Start from a photo or text
A photo with one clear subject: the background is removed in your browser, and you see the exact cut-out first.
Or a sentence: the GPU draws a reference image to approve, free, up to 20 a day.
- 2
Shape, texture, rig
On our GPU, a few minutes: the mesh is built, then painted from your image.
Pick Character and it gets a skeleton too; Object stays a textured mesh.
- 3
Download or embed
Take the GLB into Blender, Unity, Unreal, Godot or three.js.
Or switch on its embed and paste one iframe into your site.
1 credit a model, charged only for the model itself; a failed one refunds itself.
Embed
Your 3D model.On your own site.
Switch on a model's embed in your dashboard and this is the whole snippet. It isn't listed anywhere, and you can switch it off. Free accounts show a small “Made with Gifsy” badge; any 3D model plan removes it.
Works anywhere that takes an iframe
- WebflowEmbed element
- FramerEmbed component
- SquarespaceCode block
- WordPressCustom HTML block
Carrd, Notion, Shopify, or anything with a custom-HTML block works the same way.
A turntable video, or a model that stays live?
The usual way to show a 3D model on a web page is to render a spinning video of it. The embed puts the model itself on the page.
Turntable video
Live embed
Visitor control
None — it plays
Drag to any angle
File weight
A video per placement
One compressed GLB
Battery
Decodes video constantly
Pauses when off-screen
Changing it later
Re-render and replace
Same iframe; options in your dashboard
Email and social feeds
Works
Use a video there
For your work
One model, a lot of places to put it
A GLB is one binary glTF file, mesh and texture inside. No converter, no plugin.
Game engines
Drag it into Unity, Unreal or Godot as a prop, a placeholder or a character to animate.
Blender
Import, pose the rig, retopologise or kitbash. A starting point you'd otherwise block out by hand.
Your website
Paste one iframe into a product page or a portfolio and visitors turn it themselves.
Concept and mockups
Turn a sketch, a toy or a product shot into something you can turn around and light.
What works — and what doesn't
The honest list, so a credit goes on something that will work.
- Works best
- One clear subject, fully in frame
- A plain or simple background behind it
- A front view of something roughly symmetrical
- Stylised characters, props, products, toys
- Not for
- Scenes, rooms or several objects at once — one subject per model
- Exact replicas: one photo shows one side, so the back is the model's guess
- Print-ready meshes: we don't check watertightness or wall thickness
- Fine text, logos and thin parts like hair strands or wires
~2 min
Per model, on the GPU
Once it starts. The GPU makes a couple at a time, so at busy moments you wait in a queue and see your place in it.
If a model fails on our side, its credit comes back on its own. Every charge and refund is listed in your dashboard.
What goes to our GPU
3D models need a real GPU, so this is the one Gifsy tool that runs on a server. Here is exactly what it gets.
Your photo
PartialLeaves the browser
Only the cut-out
The background is removed in your browser. The cut-out goes to our GPU and is deleted once the model is made or the job fails.
Your prompt
PartialLeaves the browser
The text
Sent to the GPU to draw the reference image you approve. The approved image is cut out in your browser too.
The rest of the photo
LocalLeaves the browser
Nothing
The background is cut away in your browser before anything is sent. The GPU never sees it.
Finished models are stored privately in your account and served only to you. Every case is spelled out in the privacy policy.
Pricing
3D models from $9 a month. Everything else is free.
2 models on us when you sign up, then a monthly plan. Cancel any time.
Free
$0forever
Every free tool, and a first taste of 3D models. No card.
- 2 free 3D models when you sign up
- Unlimited GIFs & stickers, no account needed
- Unlimited 3D photos (2.5D) with a free account
- Unlimited publishing & embeds
- Commercial use, including client work
- Small Gifsy badge on embeds (any plan removes it)
Starter
$9/month
10 3D models a month · about $0.90 each
- Photo or text to 3D model
- Textured GLB download
- Characters come rigged
- Commercial use
- No Gifsy badge on any of your embeds
- Failed models refunded
- Cancel any time
Creator
Most popular$29/month
40 3D models a month · about $0.73 each
- Photo or text to 3D model
- Textured GLB download
- Characters come rigged
- Commercial use
- No Gifsy badge on any of your embeds
- Failed models refunded
- Cancel any time
Studio
Best value$49/month
80 3D models a month · about $0.61 each
- Photo or text to 3D model
- Textured GLB download
- Characters come rigged
- Commercial use
- No Gifsy badge on any of your embeds
- Failed models refunded
- Cancel any time
Prices in USD. 1 credit makes one 3D model. Plans renew monthly and unused credits reset at renewal; cancel any time. Billing by Dodo Payments (our merchant of record) — see our refund policy, terms and privacy policy.
14-day refund on an unused first month · See pricing
Free tools
No model needed? These are free.
They run in your browser, and GIFs and stickers don't even need an account.
Who built this
We started with flat photos. Then people asked to turn them all the way round.
Gifsy began as a 3D photo maker that runs entirely in your browser, which is why that tool, the GIF maker and the sticker maker are free. A real 3D model can't be made in a browser tab: it takes a GPU a couple of minutes per model, so models cost credits and nothing else does.
We kept the habits: you see what the GPU gets before you pay, a failed model refunds itself, and your photo's cut-out is deleted when the job is done. Two people, no company yet, made in India.
Founder @WhyParabola · Co-founder @priyanshudotsol
Before you make one
What file do I get?
A GLB: one binary glTF file with the mesh and its texture inside. Blender, Unity, Unreal, Godot, three.js and most 3D tools open it directly.
Are characters rigged?
Yes. Pick Character and the model comes back with a skeleton, ready to pose or animate in Blender or a game engine. Pick Object for props, products and food, which come back as a textured mesh without bones.
How long does a model take?
A few minutes once it starts — about two for a typical model. The GPU makes a couple at a time, so at busy moments you wait in a queue and the page shows your place in it.
What does it cost?
Every account gets 2 free credits, and one model costs 1 credit. After that, monthly plans start at $9 a month for 10 credits; unused credits reset each month and you can cancel any time. If a model fails on our side, its credit comes back automatically.
Does text to 3D cost extra?
No. From text, the GPU first draws a reference image for you to approve, and that's free (up to 20 a day). You only spend a credit when you approve it and the model is made.
Is my photo uploaded?
The background is removed in your browser first, and you see the exact cut-out before you spend a credit. Only that cut-out goes to our GPU, and it's deleted once your model is made or the job fails. The finished model is kept privately in your account.
Which photos work best?
One clear subject, fully in frame, on a plain or simple background. One photo only shows one side, so the hidden side is the model's best guess: a front view of a symmetrical subject comes out best.
Can I embed a model on my website?
Yes. Turn on the embed for a model in your dashboard and paste the iframe into Webflow, Framer, WordPress or any page; visitors can drag it around. It isn't listed anywhere and you can turn it off. Free accounts' embeds show a small Gifsy badge, which any 3D model plan removes.
Can I use the models commercially?
Yes. Models you make are yours to use, including in commercial projects and client work.
Can I 3D-print a model?
Possibly, but we don't check meshes for printing (watertightness, wall thickness), so expect to repair and convert it in your slicer or Blender first.
What's a 3D photo, then?
Gifsy's other, free tool: one photo turned into a 2.5D parallax scene you can embed on a website and drag about ±20°. It isn't a mesh, but it keeps your photo exactly as it is.