Turn Any Photo Into a
Diamond Painting
Upload any photo — pet, portrait, landscape, wedding — and get a diamond painting template in seconds. Round or square drills, 2.5mm (SS16) spacing, DMC-matched colors, per-color drill counts. Free.
- 📷Any photo: pets, portraits, landscapes, weddings, anime, art
- 💎Round or square drills, 2.5mm (SS16) standard spacing — compatible with every diamond painting kit
- 🎨Full 454-color DMC palette matched via CIEDE2000 for accurate skin tones, fur, and gradients
- 📋Per-color drill counts so you know exactly how many of each DMC number to order
Thousands of photos turned into diamond painting templates
How it works
Upload Your Photo
JPEG, PNG, or WEBP. Close-up subjects with clean backgrounds work best. Crop tightly. For darker photos, boost brightness and contrast before generating so the tool can separate dark tones into distinct DMC colors rather than one muddy block.
Choose Drill Shape and Canvas Size
Square drills for sharpest photographic detail, round drills for a sparkly shimmer and easier placement. Canvas size drives drill count at 2.5mm spacing: 30×40cm = 120×160 drills, 40×50cm = 160×200, 50×70cm = 200×280.
Set Colors and Confetti Reduction
15–35 DMC colors for most photos. Set confetti reduction to Medium to eliminate isolated single-drill changes. The live preview shows how each adjustment affects the final template; tune brightness, contrast, and color count until the preview reads cleanly.
Download and Start Painting
Free: watermarked preview. Pro ($4.99/mo): clean HD PNG plus printable PDF with DMC color legend, per-color drill counts, symbol key, and sectioned grid pages so large canvases don't lose their place.
Why ArtPatt for Photo to Diamond Painting
Diamond painting has its own specific requirements — drill spacing, DMC matching, per-color counts — and these features handle them exactly.
2.5mm (SS16) Drill Spacing
ArtPatt uses the industry-standard 2.5mm drill spacing that matches SS16 drills sold with nearly every diamond painting kit. The template grid corresponds exactly to the adhesive canvas grid, so drills self-align when placed. No scaling or printing adjustments needed — the grid count matches what you'll actually place on the canvas.
Full 454-Color DMC Matching
Diamond painting drills are manufactured in the 454 DMC floss color codes. ArtPatt matches every drill against the complete DMC palette using CIEDE2000 perceptual color distance — not just RGB. This correctly handles skin tones, warm browns in pet fur, and the near-black distinctions that simpler matching lumps into one color. Your drill colors look right on the canvas.
Confetti Reduction
Every isolated single-drill color change is a separate tray-switch when you paint. Medium confetti reduction merges these stragglers with surrounding colors, typically removing 60–80% of isolated drill changes without changing the look of the finished piece. You'll place drills in longer same-color runs, dramatically speeding up the painting process.
Round and Square Drills
Square drills pack edge to edge for the crispest, most mosaic-like finished look — best for detailed photos. Round drills have tiny gaps between them and produce a sparkier, more shimmery result and are easier for beginners to place straight. ArtPatt generates templates for either shape with exactly the same drill count and color mapping.
Per-Color Drill Counts
The Pro PDF legend shows every DMC color in the template with its number, hex code, unique symbol, and exact drill count. This is the information you need to buy top-up drills by DMC number if a color runs short, and to plan which color to work first (usually the one with the most drills).
Brightness and Contrast Controls
Dark pet photos and low-light portraits are the most common failure for diamond painting converters — dark tones collapse into one DMC color and detail vanishes. Boost brightness +15–25 and contrast +20–30 before generating to separate dark fur and hair tones into distinct DMC drills. The preview updates live so you can see the effect before exporting.
Canvas Size, Drill Count, and Completion Time
Diamond painting canvas size directly determines drill count and how much time the finished piece will take. At the standard 2.5mm (SS16) spacing: a 30×40cm canvas is 120×160 = 19,200 drills, a 40×50cm is 160×200 = 32,000 drills, a 50×70cm is 200×280 = 56,000 drills, and a 60×80cm is 240×320 = 76,800 drills. An experienced painter places roughly 300–500 drills per hour, so a 40×50cm canvas is around 60–110 hours of painting.
For photo-based designs, larger is almost always better for detail. A pet face at 30×40cm is recognizable but features are approximate; at 50×70cm the eyes, whiskers, and fur variation become photographically clear. If you're doing your first custom photo piece, 40×50cm is a good starting size — enough detail to be rewarding, small enough to finish in a reasonable time. Upgrade to 50×70 or 60×80 once you know you enjoy the craft and want portraits that read like photographs.
Round vs Square Drills and Color Count
Square drills are slightly more demanding to place — each drill must be rotated to sit flush against its neighbors — but the result is a seamless mosaic with zero visible canvas between drills. For photographic detail, especially faces and text, square drills look noticeably sharper. Round drills drop into their cell without rotation so placement is much faster and more forgiving, but the small gaps between rounds give the finished piece a twinkle that isn't photographically accurate. Round is the default in most kits for a reason: less frustration, more sparkle.
Color count is a trade-off between detail and manageability. 15–20 colors gives a clean, easy-to-sort project with clearly distinct DMC drills — good for simple subjects, landscapes, or large flat color areas. 25–35 colors captures the full gradient range of skin tones, fur, and complex lighting — better for portraits and pet photos but requires much more careful tray management. Beyond 40 colors the differences between neighboring DMC codes become too subtle to tell apart while painting, and sorting time dominates the session.
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