diff --git a/packages/viewer/src/index.ts b/packages/viewer/src/index.ts
index c083b2537..1477403b3 100644
--- a/packages/viewer/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/viewer/src/index.ts
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ export {
   SNAPSHOT_MAX_EDGE,
   SNAPSHOT_MIME,
   SNAPSHOT_QUALITY,
+  type SnapshotCaptureChannel,
   type SnapshotCaptureMode,
   type SnapshotCaptureResult,
   type SnapshotCropRegion,
diff --git a/packages/viewer/src/lib/snapshot-pipeline.test.ts b/packages/viewer/src/lib/snapshot-pipeline.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1adcfb986
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/viewer/src/lib/snapshot-pipeline.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { expect, test } from 'bun:test'
+import { OrthographicCamera, PerspectiveCamera } from 'three'
+import { snapshotCameraDepthNode } from './snapshot-pipeline'
+
+test('keeps orthographic depth linear without perspective conversion', () => {
+  const rawDepth = {}
+  const linearDepth = {}
+  const scenePass = {
+    getLinearDepthNode: () => linearDepth,
+    getTextureNode: () => ({ r: rawDepth }),
+  }
+
+  expect(snapshotCameraDepthNode(scenePass as never, new OrthographicCamera())).toBe(rawDepth)
+  expect(snapshotCameraDepthNode(scenePass as never, new PerspectiveCamera())).toBe(linearDepth)
+})
diff --git a/packages/viewer/src/lib/snapshot-pipeline.ts b/packages/viewer/src/lib/snapshot-pipeline.ts
index e43fe95c5..b144d6832 100644
--- a/packages/viewer/src/lib/snapshot-pipeline.ts
+++ b/packages/viewer/src/lib/snapshot-pipeline.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ function clampSnapshotSize(width: number, height: number): { w: number; h: numbe
 }
 
 export type SnapshotCaptureMode = 'standard' | 'viewport' | 'area'
+/** Depth captures encode near as white and far or background as black. */
+export type SnapshotCaptureChannel = 'rgb' | 'depth'
 
 export type SnapshotCropRegion = {
   x: number
@@ -84,10 +86,12 @@ export type SnapshotPipeline = {
     camera: Camera
   }) => void
   capture: ({
+    channel,
     captureMode,
     cropRegion,
     standardSize,
   }: {
+    channel?: SnapshotCaptureChannel
     captureMode?: SnapshotCaptureMode
     cropRegion?: SnapshotCropRegion
     standardSize?: SnapshotSize
@@ -215,8 +219,12 @@ export async function createSnapshotPipeline({
     // into an intermediate RT so FXAA can sample it with neighbour UV offsets.
     const aaOutput = fxaa(convertToTexture(finalOutput))
 
-    const pipeline = new RenderPipeline(renderer)
-    pipeline.outputNode = aaOutput
+    const colorPipeline = new RenderPipeline(renderer)
+    colorPipeline.outputNode = aaOutput
+    const depth = snapshotCameraDepthNode(scenePass, camera).oneMinus()
+    const depthPipeline = new RenderPipeline(renderer)
+    depthPipeline.outputNode = vec4(vec3(depth), float(1))
+    depthPipeline.outputColorTransform = false
 
     // Dedicated render target — pipeline outputs here instead of the canvas,
     // so R3F's main render loop can never overwrite our capture.
@@ -249,7 +257,7 @@ export async function createSnapshotPipeline({
         bgProjInvUniform.value.copy(captureCamera.projectionMatrixInverse)
         bgCamWorldUniform.value.copy(captureCamera.matrixWorld)
       },
-      capture: async ({ captureMode, cropRegion, standardSize }) => {
+      capture: async ({ channel = 'rgb', captureMode, cropRegion, standardSize }) => {
         const standardW = standardSize?.w ?? THUMBNAIL_WIDTH
         const standardH = standardSize?.h ?? THUMBNAIL_HEIGHT
         const { width: captureWidth, height: captureHeight } = renderer.domElement
@@ -262,7 +270,7 @@ export async function createSnapshotPipeline({
         try {
           ;(renderer as any).setClearAlpha(0)
           renderer.setRenderTarget(renderTarget)
-          pipeline.render()
+          ;(channel === 'depth' ? depthPipeline : colorPipeline).render()
         } finally {
           renderer.setRenderTarget(null)
         }
@@ -388,7 +396,8 @@ export async function createSnapshotPipeline({
         return { blob, outW, outH }
       },
       dispose: () => {
-        pipeline.dispose()
+        colorPipeline.dispose()
+        depthPipeline.dispose()
         renderTarget.dispose()
       },
     }
@@ -400,3 +409,9 @@ export async function createSnapshotPipeline({
     return null
   }
 }
+
+export function snapshotCameraDepthNode(scenePass: ReturnType<typeof pass>, camera: Camera) {
+  return camera.type === 'OrthographicCamera'
+    ? scenePass.getTextureNode('depth').r
+    : scenePass.getLinearDepthNode()
+}