Making single-board 29 × 29 bead patterns

Let the board set the boundary

The bead studio uses one 29 × 29 demonstration grid. It fits the cropped picture within that board, preserves its physical proportions using the entered horizontal and vertical spacing, and centers the result. Empty space around the subject contains no beads.

Start with a bold silhouette. At 29 cells across, a small detail has very little room. Crop before generating and keep the recognizable outline inside the board. Multi-board patterns are not supported.

Compare colors on the same board

These three results use the same source and board with color limits of 4, 8 and 12. Compare the center detail as well as the actual color and bead counts.

Inspect a conversion29 × 29 grid · 4-color limit · 4 actual colors29 × 29 grid · 8-color limit · 6 actual colors29 × 29 grid · 12-color limit · 9 actual colors

439 filled cells · 91 isolated cells · 153 cells in small regions

All conversions of the same source on a 29 × 29 demonstration board

Grid	Color limit	Actual colors	Filled cells	Isolated	Small-region cells
29 × 29	4	4	439	55	85
29 × 29	8	6	439	91	153
29 × 29	12	9	439	133	191

PNG PDF JSON project

These are actual digital conversions using the same demonstration palette. A color limit is a maximum, not a promised number of colors. Different settings can produce identical results. Small-region cells belong to same-color groups of one or two cells connected horizontally or vertically. These counts describe the grid; they are not a difficulty score.

Try a small pattern, then prepare the print

Open a mushroom or cup from the practice shelf. Try color focus to inspect its outline, then use View pattern to locate a row and column without editing. If you change a material, inspect the full picture before exporting.

Next: check spacing, mirroring and print scale.