Image intake

Upload an image, tune how it is reduced into a puzzle grid, then generate an editable draft. Pixel art should map cleanly 1:1, while larger images can be resized, simplified, and palette-reduced before saving through the normal admin flow.

Source image

PNGs with transparency and low-resolution pixel art are the best fit for this first version.

Width

Height

Keep the source aspect ratio while resizingTrim fully transparent border rows and columns before resizing

Fit mode

Palette reduction

Resize style

Background handling

Intake notes

This phase processes the image locally in the browser, generates canonical puzzle JSON, and saves with the existing admin create endpoint.

Source size: No image loaded
Effective size: No image loaded
Trimmed opaque size: No opaque pixels
Raw eligible: No image loaded
Draft size: 24×24
Grid cells: 576
Supported colors: 1-12