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These are real outputs from this version’s quantization engine, not embroidery photographs or filtered mockups. Both use a center square crop, 100 × 100 stitches, a 16-color limit, dithering Off and cleanup Off.

A cat, in small squares

Source cat photograph used for this conversion — Source photograph

Actual cat photo conversion: 100 by 100 cross stitch grid with up to 16 RGB colors — Actual grid output · 100 × 100 stitches · 16-color limit · cleanup Off · dithering Off · center square crop

Watch the eyes and the transition from muzzle to fur. Fine whiskers are thinner than a stitch and may disappear. Read the cat portrait guide.

A dog, in small squares

Source dog photograph used for this conversion — Source photograph

Actual dog photo conversion: 100 by 100 cross stitch grid with up to 16 RGB colors — Actual grid output · 100 × 100 stitches · 16-color limit · cleanup Off · dithering Off · center square crop

Check that dark eyes remain separate from surrounding shadows. Keep distinctive coat markings even if that means accepting a few isolated stitches. Read the dog portrait guide.

Each fully opaque example has 10,000 stitches. On 14-count Aida, its design is approximately 7.14 × 7.14 inches (18.14 × 18.14 cm), before margins. RGB palette colors are not DMC thread codes.

Example photographs: cat source and dog source on Unsplash, used under the Unsplash License. Photographer names have not been verified; no photographer attribution is invented. Static examples use Lanczos3 resizing; browser sampling may differ slightly.

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