Krazy Stitcher Photo Converter

Krazy Stitcher Photo Converter is a dedicated photo-to-bead-pattern conversion tool built for beaders who want the absolute best results from their images. While every edition of Krazy Stitcher includes photo import, the Photo Converter takes it to another level with advanced color science and fine-grained control over every step of the conversion pipeline. Three quantization algorithms — Floyd-Steinberg error diffusion, K-Means clustering, and Bayer matrix dithering — give you three fundamentally different approaches to color reduction, so you can pick the one that suits your image.

Full brightness, contrast, and saturation controls let you dial in the source image before conversion begins. Grayscale Mode automatically detects black-and-white photos and restricts the palette to neutral beads only — eliminating the teal and color stragglers that plague other converters when processing monochrome images. You can also force grayscale manually on any color image for a classic look. The Bayer matrix dithering option produces structured, clean results that are easier to stitch than the organic noise of traditional dithering. The Photo Converter maps every color to the nearest match across a 9-brand, 1,814-color bead database (Miyuki Delica, Toho Round, Preciosa, and more), so your material list is ready the moment conversion finishes. Works in your browser, runs offline, and produces print-ready PDF patterns with one click.