Tactura

Tactura turns a flat image into a surface you can print and touch.

Photograph a painting, or pick one from your library, and Tactura builds a relief from it: a 2.5D model in
which the brushwork, the folds and the edges stand off the plate by a few millimetres. Export it as an
STL and print it.

HOW IT WORKS

1. Bring in the artwork. Scan it with the camera, or import it from your photo library.
2. Crop it. What you frame is what receives the detail, so cut to the part that matters before converting.
3. Convert. Tactura estimates depth with a neural model, then refines it with shape from shading, so that
surface texture survives instead of flattening into a silhouette.
4. Adjust. Turn the relief over in a 3D preview and tune it until it reads the way you want.
5. Export. STL for a 3D printer, or a 16-bit height map if you would rather take it into your own tools.

WHAT YOU CONTROL

Depth sets how far the relief stands off the plate, from 4 mm to 40 mm.
Smoothness trades fine detail for a calmer surface.
Texture brings the small things up or down: brush strokes, canvas weave, grain.
Outline strengthens the edges between regions so shapes stay separable by hand.

Two presets to start from. Simple keeps the shapes clear and readable. Details keeps the surface, for work
where the surface is the point.

YOUR WORK IS KEPT

Every project saves as you go and reopens where you left it. My Scans holds everything you have made, as a
list or a grid, with search.

IT RUNS ON YOUR IPAD

The conversion happens entirely on device. Nothing is uploaded, and it works with no connection at all.

A NOTE ON SIZE

Tactura carries its depth model inside the app, which makes the first download a large one. Get it on
wifi.