> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.unrealizex.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Clone from photos

> Turn a few photos of a real object into an exact 3D twin

<Frame>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/unrealizex/eIEaP9I0hX49qtQD/images/create/clone-bar.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=eIEaP9I0hX49qtQD&q=85&s=9d76e18ed471f8a9ad44d21f3922b0c8" alt="Clone selected in the mode switch, with the empty photo bar" width="1520" height="520" data-path="images/create/clone-bar.png" />
</Frame>

Clone builds a model *from* your photos. If it isn't in the photos, it isn't in the model. That is the point, and it is why the photos matter.

<Note>Clone costs 4 credits on **Max** and 3 on **Fast**. Credits come back if the photos are not accepted or the job fails.</Note>

<Steps>
  <Step title="Pick Clone">
    On the start page, choose **Clone** in the mode switch. It is the default.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add your photos">
    Click **Add** or drop them on the bar. At least 3 photos of **one object**, from different angles, in even light. Three or four good angles beat eight poor ones.

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/unrealizex/eIEaP9I0hX49qtQD/images/create/clone-photos-bar.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=eIEaP9I0hX49qtQD&q=85&s=a03b39e45cd7b9bf8fc3554071e34076" alt="Four photo tiles in the bar" width="1520" height="640" data-path="images/create/clone-photos-bar.png" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose Max or Fast">
    **Max** rebuilds the model as clean quad topology and takes longer. **Fast** returns a high-poly mesh in a few minutes. See [Quality tiers](/create/quality-tiers).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Click Clone it, then confirm the subject">
    A box appears around the object in your first photo. If it is right, click **Looks right**. If it caught the wrong thing, tap the object you mean, or **Skip**.

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/unrealizex/eIEaP9I0hX49qtQD/images/create/clone-subject.webp?fit=max&auto=format&n=eIEaP9I0hX49qtQD&q=85&s=97763093798e2fe79137d9154ab63e62" alt="The subject confirmation step" width="2880" height="1800" data-path="images/create/clone-subject.webp" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Watch it build">
    The progress card shows **Prepare**, **Clean-up**, **Create 3D model**, **Done**, with your photos underneath. Close it any time, it keeps working.

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/unrealizex/eIEaP9I0hX49qtQD/images/getting-started/quickstart-progress.webp?fit=max&auto=format&n=eIEaP9I0hX49qtQD&q=85&s=a98b3ebbd24eb7603c6b327382f392de" alt="The Cloning your object progress card" width="2880" height="1800" data-path="images/getting-started/quickstart-progress.webp" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open it">
    When the card says **Your clone is ready**, click **Open 3D model**, or click the card in My spins later.

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/unrealizex/eIEaP9I0hX49qtQD/images/getting-started/clone-ready.webp?fit=max&auto=format&n=eIEaP9I0hX49qtQD&q=85&s=6b7234d63d072c939743b3059e041aa2" alt="The Your clone is ready card" width="2880" height="1800" data-path="images/getting-started/clone-ready.webp" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Tip>Rename the card while it processes. Click the name line and type, so the result is not just called "Cloned object".</Tip>

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Why was my upload not accepted?">
    The photos are checked before the model is built. Sketches, screenshots, blurry shots, and photos of different objects are declined with a reason and the credits come back. See [When an input is not accepted](/create/not-accepted).
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Can I clone from one photo?">
    The bar asks for at least 3. With a single picture, One-shot with the **Image** input gives a good result for 1 credit.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Does the background matter?">
    Less than you'd think. A plain background helps, but a clear, sharp object on a cluttered table still works. Reflections and transparent parts are the hard cases.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Next steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Photo best practices" icon="camera" href="/create/photo-best-practices">
    What makes a photo set work, and what gets declined.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Clean quad topology" icon="grid-2x2" href="/space/clean-quad-topology">
    Turn a Fast clone into game-ready quads later.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>
