Fish Maker — Free Browser Tool to Turn Fish Images into Animated 3D Models by KAG3D
What is Fish Maker?
Fish Maker is a unique free browser tool by KAG3D that converts any fish photograph or illustration into a fully rigged, animated 3D GLB file. The entire pipeline — background removal, mesh generation, rigging, animation, and rendering — runs entirely in your web browser with no software to download.
The Full Pipeline
- Background Removal — Automatically isolates the fish from its background
- Silhouette Reconstruction — Traces the fish outline and identifies key anatomical landmarks
- Mesh Generation — Creates a clean 3D mesh from the 2D silhouette
- UV Mapping — Projects your original fish image as the texture
- Skeletal Rigging — Builds a spine, fin, and tail rig automatically
- Swim Animation — Applies natural swim cycles with fin movement
- Rendering — Places fish in a cinematic underwater environment
- GLB Export — Export the rigged animated model for use anywhere
Technical Details
Fish Maker is built with Three.js and WebGL. It uses canvas-based image processing for background removal, procedural geometry generation for the mesh, and Three.js SkinnedMesh for the rigged animation.