Stained glass: a photo cut into backlit panes and dark lead
Stained glass cuts the frame into irregular panes sized by Cell size 22, with Tile uniformity at 30 so their shapes vary like hand-cut glass. Every pane takes the average color of the picture beneath it, saturated and brightened as if light were shining through, and Strength 50 joins the panes with a medium line of dark lead. In the preview the saffron wall behind the cobalt calla lilies becomes a field of bright yellow glass, the white blooms turn into clusters of cream and white panes, and the blue stems run through as a band of blue, grey and olive pieces above warm coral panes where their shadows fall.
Make it yours
Even out the panes
Tile uniformity sets how regular the glass is. Raise it from 30 to 90 for an orderly grid of near-square panes, closer to a modern glass block wall, or drop it to 0 for wild, shattered shapes.
Keep slim shapes readable
At Cell size 22 the thin calla stems break into a few loose pieces. Bring it down to 12 for more, smaller panes along the stems and petal edges, and raise Strength to 75 so the heavier lead still reads at that scale.
FAQ
How does the Stained glass preset color each pane?
It averages every pixel inside the pane, then pushes that average toward richer color and a little more light, the way glass looks with daylight behind it. Panes never mix two colors, so small details vanish and the overall color layout of the photo carries the image.
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.