# Free AI Depth Map Generator

Upload a photo and generate a depth map in your browser with Apple Depth Pro or Depth Anything V2. Metric depth, focal length estimate, colormaps and PNG download. No upload to a server.

Canonical URL: https://aiidelist.com/blog/depth-map-generator

Language: en

Published: 2026-09-24

Updated: 2026-09-24

Use the interactive tool above, then read the setup and usage notes below.

DEPTH MAP GENERATOR · RUNS ON YOUR DEVICE

Convert any image to a depth map with monocular depth estimation. Choose Apple Depth Pro for metric depth or Depth Anything V2 Small for a fast first result. Everything runs locally in your browser.

Powered by Apple Depth Pro and Depth Anything V2

## Depth map questions

[More tools](/blog/apple-ai-browser-tools)**What is a depth map?**

A depth map is an image where each pixel encodes distance from the camera instead of colour. Here bright means near and dark means far; download it to use in 3D photo effects, parallax, background blur, relighting or 3D reconstruction.

**Metric or relative depth?**

Depth Pro predicts metric depth—absolute distances in metres—plus a focal length estimate, without camera metadata. Depth Anything V2 predicts relative depth: the ordering is right, but the scale is arbitrary.

**Is my image uploaded?**

No. The model runs in a Web Worker in your browser. The only network requests are the model files from Hugging Face on first use.

**Which browsers work?**

Current Chrome, Edge and Safari with WebGPU run both models. Without WebGPU, the small model falls back to WebAssembly on the CPU, which is slower but works.

**Can I do this in Python?**

Yes. The Depth Pro page shows the official ml-depth-pro CLI and the Transformers integration, including MPS on Apple Silicon.