I'm building Perler & Fuse Beads Studio an offline iOS app that turns any photo into a fuse bead (Perler/Artkal) pattern grid, with a 1:1 lightbox mode where you lay a clear acrylic pegboard on your iPad and place beads over the backlight.
Before I launch, I'd love to hear from anyone who does fuse bead / perler / pixel art crafting:
1. What's the biggest pain point when converting a photo to a pattern?
Perler & Fuse Beads Studio turns any photo into a fuse bead (Perler/Artkal) pattern grid and includes a 1:1 scale lightbox mode.
Key features:
- Auto quantization to official 72-color palettes
- Solo color spotlight (dim distractions by 85%)
- 1:1 Lightbox pegboard (calibrates real screen PPI)
- 100% offline, no subscriptions, one-time unlock
