image → depth
Make a depth-effect wallpaper from your own image
The depth effect needs two things: your subject as a cutout, and a complete background behind it. One button makes both — from any photo or anime image, at full resolution.
Layer a wallpaper imageWhy your favorite image doesn't "depth"
iPhone's depth-effect lock screen and Wallpaper Engine's depth parallax both work by knowing what is in front. iOS guesses automatically, and refuses on most anime art, illustrations, and busy photos. Wallpaper Engine wants you to supply the layers or a depth map yourself. Either way, the fix is the same: separate your image into a front layer (subject) and a back layer (complete background), which is precisely the thing generators-of-new-wallpapers don't do for YOUR image.
Two layers, one click
Open the image, press Separate subject: the in-browser model is free, the server model (1 credit) handles hair and fine edges better — then Fill behind to reconstruct the background where the subject was. Export the layer stack: two full-resolution PNGs, front and back.
Using the layers
iPhone: set the ORIGINAL as your lock screen and iOS will usually find the subject once it has clean edges to work with — or use the two layers in a shortcut/app that builds depth wallpapers directly. Wallpaper Engine: create a scene, place the back layer, place the front layer above it, and enable mouse/gyro parallax with different strengths per layer: the docs call this depth parallax, and hand-made layers beat auto depth maps on anime art every time.
Anime images are the point
Automatic depth guessing fails hardest on drawn art — flat shading confuses depth models. Segmentation doesn't care: the character separates cleanly, and Split by color can even give you multiple planes (character, midground, sky) for richer parallax. This is the tool for the images the automatic systems reject.
Frequently asked
Does this work with anime and game art?
Yes — that's its strength. Subject separation works on drawn characters, and flat-color art can be split into 3+ parallax planes with Split by color.
What resolution should wallpaper layers be?
Exports are full native resolution — start with an image at least as large as your screen (e.g. 1170×2532 for recent iPhones, 4K for desktop parallax).
Is it free?
The in-browser subject split and PNG exports are free and unwatermarked. The stronger server cut is 1 credit; the background fill is 2.
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