Works in product by day, beads by night. Likes knowing exactly what every button does. Most people don't realize how many shortcuts the studio has, or how much faster large-eraser-plus-undo is compared to painting cell by cell. These articles exist to surface the less obvious features — because when the tool stops getting in the way, you can actually focus on the colors.
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The Eyedropper Tool: Know Exactly Which Color a Bead Is — and Never Edit the Wrong One
A quick guide to the eyedropper tool — click any bead to adopt its color, read its name and hex, and tell two near-identical colors apart before you edit.
Reference Image Overlay: The Trick That Makes Bead Placement Much Easier
A step-by-step guide to using the reference image overlay technique — overlay, erase, compare, and adjust transparency to place every bead with confidence.
