--- title: The Cat Pattern That Got Worse After “Cleanup” | daily.dev description: A developer building Toonbead, a browser-based tool that converts photos into fuse-bead patterns, documents a case study using a gray-and-white cat photo. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-cat-pattern-that-got-worse-after-cleanup--b9rcbnnji twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Cat Pattern That Got Worse After “Cleanup” | daily.dev og:description: A developer building Toonbead, a browser-based tool that converts photos into fuse-bead patterns, documents a case study using a gray-and-white cat photo. The... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-cat-pattern-that-got-worse-after-cleanup--b9rcbnnji og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/b9rCBnnjI.png og:image:alt: The Cat Pattern That Got Worse After “Cleanup” og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Cat Pattern That Got Worse After “Cleanup” **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A developer building Toonbead, a browser-based tool that converts photos into fuse-bead patterns, documents a case study using a gray-and-white cat photo. The post details a workflow failure where a one-click stray-bead cleanup algorithm removed small white regions that were actually part of the cat's recognizable muzzle and markings. The lesson learned: cleanup must be reversible, changed cells should be previewed, and identity-critical regions need protection. The result changed the product rule that a lower bead count is not automatically a better pattern. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [3D Cat Restructuring with Blender & Gaussian Splats](https://daily.dev/posts/3d-cat-restructuring-with-blender-gaussian-splats-axinoprvo) · 80 LEVEL · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [December — Mr. Baby Paint & accidentally discovering a new cellular automata & pixel-fattening](https://daily.dev/posts/december-mr-baby-paint-accidentally-discovering-a-new-cellular-automata-pixel-fattening-q6kld3fjp) · Lobsters · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Your AI Photos Look Fake. 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