Free Bead Pattern Maker

This is the fastest way to get a perler bead pattern from image files — no counting squares by hand. Three steps, all in your browser:

1. 1

   Upload your image

   Drag and drop a photo, PNG, JPG, WebP, or GIF into the bead pattern maker, or click to choose a file. Your image is processed on your device and never uploaded.

2. 2

   Pick your bead brand and size

   Choose your bead brand — Perler, Hama, Artkal, or Mard — and set the pattern width in beads. Every pixel is color-matched to a real bead color. Turn on dithering for photos with smooth gradients.

3. 3

   Get your pattern and bead count

   Read the pattern on the grid, check the bead count and shopping list, then download it to build with real fuse beads.

What makes a good photo to perler bead pattern is color accuracy, and that's where this tool is different. Instead of a rough RGB guess, every pixel is matched in the CIELAB color space — the way your eyes actually judge color difference — so skin tones, grays, and gradients map to the closest real bead instead of drifting green or muddy. You can switch brands anytime: it works as a perler bead pattern maker, a hama bead pattern maker, and supports Artkal and Mard palettes too, each with its own color codes. Because matching happens against real brand colors, the pattern you see on screen is the pattern you can actually buy and build.

Every pattern comes with a full bead count so you know exactly what to buy before you start. This bead pattern generator tallies each color used, sorts them by quantity, and shows the code, name, and share of the design — so you can see at a glance that a portrait might need 800 of one skin tone and only a handful of highlights. Copy the list as plain text to send to a seller or drop into a spreadsheet, and use the total to estimate cost and sorting trays. It turns the bead pattern maker from a picture into a real shopping list you can act on.

When you're ready to build, export your chart to follow off-screen. As a fuse bead pattern generator, the tool renders each bead on a clear grid with heavier lines every ten beads so you can line the design up with a physical pegboard. Download a PNG of the full pattern now, with a printable multi-page PDF — split into pegboard-sized sections with coordinates and color-code labels — on the way. Whether you're working one 29×29 board or tiling several together, the printed chart keeps your place so you can bead straight from the page.

Just want a digital image for screens? Try the pixel art converter to turn the same photo into downloadable pixel art.