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Turn any flat screen into 3D

If you have ever designed content for screens, you will learn Illusio 3D very fast. Photograph your screen, mark corners, design, export.

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Examples

Made with Illusio 3D

People stop and look. That's the whole point of the format, and it works on your screen too.

  • A tall display hanging in a warehouse aisle. A runner appears to leap out of a blue recess sunk into the screen, above the word RUN.
  • A display mounted on a pillar in a shop. A man sits on the lower edge of a recess in the screen with his legs hanging out over it, under the words PRICE DROP.

Why

Why most screens stay flat

The idea was never the expensive part.

  1. Production cost

    Each 3D illusion takes days of work to produce, so even a single asset gets expensive. On-site previews require a separate process.

    With Illusio 3D

    Easy to learn and built for speed: you can create deliverable assets in hours instead of days. On-site previews are one button click away. The software is free to use, and you only pay for clean exports. You pay as you go, no subscription needed. Credit packs start at 49€.

  2. Technical overhead

    Naked-eye 3D content is usually handcrafted in 3D software. Only a small number of 3D artists have the skills to build impactful anamorphic illusions, and corner screens or video walls make it even harder.

    With Illusio 3D

    Anyone with an eye for design can use Illusio 3D. One photograph, set corners and the perspective math is done for you. Export MP4 at the screen's own size. Corner screens and multi-screen displays work the same way, with a file for each screen.

  3. Reuse of assets

    3D illusions are usually built for one screen in one spot. A campaign that runs in several locations, on portrait, landscape and corner screens, means building each version again from zero.

    With Illusio 3D

    Import objects from previous projects. Repurposing an illusion for another format is quick, since the technical overhead is done for you. Client revisions stay smooth too, with a fresh on-site preview for every round.

How it works

Four steps

  1. A tall display mounted on a pillar in a shop, between the drinks fridges and the freezers, showing a plain blue screen.

    Photograph

    Take a photo from where your audience stands.

  2. The same photograph with the four corners of the screen marked, joined by a yellow outline, and a magnifier showing one corner close up.

    Calibrate

    Click the corners and calibration is done. Tweak manually if needed.

  3. The same screen now showing a recess with the words POP OUT standing out of it, with a move gizmo beside the scene.

    Design & Animate

    Build the scene. Use our animation presets or tweak keyframes.

  4. The finished flat image on its own: a recessed box with POP OUT appearing to stand out of the screen.

    Export

    One button export, PNG or MP4. Put it on the display.

No photo? Safe mode works from your screen dimensions.

Santeri Salmi in front of one of his installations: a tall screen in a shopping centre showing a purple box that appears to hang out of the display.

Who made this

Built by Santeri Salmi, a 3D artist who has made these campaigns for years.

Naked-eye 3D has so much friction that even 3D artists avoid it. Illusio 3D takes that friction out, so you can make it yourself.

Everything built into it comes from real client jobs, with briefs already signed and deadlines already promised.

  • Screen-side constraints built in

    Aspect, viewing distance and the angle the crowd actually stands at.

  • Output the operator will accept

    Plain PNG and MP4 at the screen's own size. Nothing to convert.

Pricing

Pay per export. No subscription.

The app is free to use, and stills are free for personal and non-profit use. Commercial use and clean video come with a credit pack, valid for 1 year from purchase.

  • Credit pack

    49€20 credits

    • 2 clean video exports
    • or 1 clean multi-screen video
    • or 4 clean on-site previews
    • Transparent video and motion blur in the export
    • Commercial use rights for 1 year
    • Unlimited watermarked video for 1 year

  • Credit pack · Recommended

    119€60 credits

    • 6 clean video exports
    • or 3 clean multi-screen videos
    • or 12 clean on-site previews
    • Transparent video and motion blur in the export
    • Commercial use rights for 1 year
    • Unlimited watermarked video for 1 year
    • Save 28€

  • Credit pack

    349€200 credits

    • 20 clean video exports
    • or 10 clean multi-screen videos
    • or 40 clean on-site previews
    • Transparent video and motion blur in the export
    • Commercial use rights for 1 year
    • Unlimited watermarked video for 1 year
    • Save 141€
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The app
Four-corner calibration and safe mode
Keyframe timeline and video import
Corner screens and dual export
Clean PNG export, no watermark
Multi-screen displays and video walls
Transparent video and motion blur in the export
Commercial use rightsWith a credit pack
Video
Unlimited watermarked video exportWith a credit packNo watermarks
Watermarked on-site preview video exportWith a credit packNo watermarks
Clean video export10 creditsUnlimited
Clean multi-screen video20 creditsUnlimited
Clean on-site preview video export5 creditsUnlimited
Cloud projectsWith a credit pack
Import objects from your other cloud projectsWith a credit pack
Teams and agencies
Screen presets for the screens you work with
Multi-seat for your team, your clients or your advertisers
Shared cloud projects
Brand-specific builds
Priority support and onboarding

Prices exclude VAT. Checkout is not open yet. Until it is, video and commercial use are arranged directly with Santeri Salmi.

FAQ

Quick answers

Is it free?
The app is free to use for everyone. Stills and clean PNG exports are free for personal and non-profit use. Commercial use and clean video come with a credit pack, which also unlocks unlimited watermarked video and cloud projects for 1 year.
How much does it cost?
Any current illusion type (single screen, corner screen or multi-screen display) can be created with the 49€ credit pack. Watermarked exports are unlimited for 1 year after purchase.
Do I need 3D skills to use it?
No 3D skills needed. We tried to make it as simple as possible. How did we do?
Does it work from any angle?
No. The illusion works from the spot you photographed from. Without a photo, safe mode uses a straight-on view, which works for most uses, including social media.
Which screens work?
Flat screens, corner screens, video walls and multi-screen displays. If you can photograph it, it works.
How do video walls or multi-screen displays work?
Set the grid: screens across, screens down and the gap between them. Then design one scene across the whole wall. Export a file per screen, named by row and column, or the whole wall as one file. The scene continues behind the bezels, so nothing jumps at the joins.
What video can I bring in?
MP4, MOV and WebM clips all work, and they play inside the illusion. For transparent video, use WebM with VP8 or VP9.
Is this AI?
No. You make every choice and the app handles the perspective math. We used AI to help build the app, and none of it runs inside. No AI touches your work, so nothing Illusio 3D adds to it needs an AI label under the EU AI Act.
Can I use it on my phone?
Desktop only. You need a mouse to calibrate the image accurately and to navigate in the 3D space.
What are these illusions called: naked-eye 3D, anamorphic or trompe l'oeil?
All three. Trompe l'oeil, French for "deceive the eye," is the goal: make a flat surface look deep, as Roman painters did on the walls of Pompeii. Anamorphic is the method: the image is distorted on purpose so it only resolves from one spot, like the stretched skull in Holbein's The Ambassadors from 1533. Naked-eye 3D is the name LED screens made popular around 2020, because it needs no glasses.

Your screen is already on. Give it something worth looking at.

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