Neon grid: the subject raised as a glowing cyan wireframe
Neon grid lays a grid of tiles over the picture at Cell size 10, lifts it where the photo is bright so those parts bulge up and lean with the slopes, and draws every tile as a glowing cyan pane that turns white as it brightens. It keeps to the subject, meaning whatever stands apart from the color around the frame's edge, so in the preview the woman's face, neck and shoulder rise as a lit relief that bulges brightest at the brow, cheek and collar, while the cobalt backdrop falls away to dark navy. Glow at 70 adds the soft bloom around the raised tiles, and Brightness 20 lifts her darker skin tones so more of the face reaches full glow.
Make it yours
Neon in other colors
Ink set to Photo colors gives each tile the hue of the picture beneath it, so the face glows in warm bronze tones. Tint color uses your Tint instead, a quick way to match a brand accent.
Flatten or exaggerate the relief
Strength sets how far bright areas rise. Drop it to 10 for a much flatter grid that reads like a scan, or raise it to 90 for dramatic, warped domes, and lower Glow to 30 if the bloom starts to blur the lines.
FAQ
Why does Neon grid only light up part of the photo?
It looks for a subject by comparing each area to the color around the frame's border, and keeps the grid to what stands out. A clear subject on a plain background, like the portrait against its plain blue backdrop, gets a clean wireframe. When nothing stands out, the whole picture becomes the grid.
How it works
Upload an image
Add a PNG, JPG or WebP up to 20 MB or pick a sample photo, then keep its own shape or crop it to 1:1, 4:5, 3:2, 16:9 or 9:16.
Choose a mode
Dither with 14 algorithms and 13 palettes, Shapes with dots, squares, lines, crosses and diamonds, or Photo art with 18 pixel and print styles from LED matrix to stained glass.
Style and use it
Set pixel size and contrast, add scanlines, bloom, grain or a vignette, then sign in with a free UX Pilot account to use it on the canvas or export it.