Observed arrival · 2026-10-05
Bead Planet turns pictures into bead-by-bead plans
A browser-based tool for converting images into bead patterns, with palette matching, board sizing, and printable or downloadable plans.
- For
- Crafters turning images into bead patterns
- Worth noticing
- Its 221-color MARD-compatible palette distinguishes 50- and 52-grid boards, which the site warns may not be interchangeable.
Field notes
The page exposes controls for cropping, selecting a bead palette, limiting colors, choosing image-processing modes, and fitting patterns to actual board dimensions. Its listed palette contains 221 MARD-compatible entries, with one transparent color reserved for manual placement; automatic matching uses 220 solid colors, locking white and black to H2 and H7. Exports include PNG, editable JSON, browser printing, and CSV material lists; saved editable projects exclude the source image.
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Editorial observations of this landing page, not a rating.
One card from the complete issue