App 🖼️

Picture Maker

Pick a photo, a GIF or snap a selfie. The app shrinks it to fit the CLUE's 240 × 240 screen, picks the best colors and writes the CircuitPython code for you. Want to know how it works? Read the Screen Lab.

1 · Picture 📂Drop a photo or GIF hereor click to choose one

2 · Settings

Size Colors: Fit Bar color Dithering (mix dots to fake more colors)

3 · How to send it

Code only: paste into code.py, nothing else to upload. Works for GIFs too. Picture file + code: best quality (up to 256 colors at 240 × 240). GIFs become one .bmp per frame, which plays slower, like a slideshow.

Preview

code.py size

CLUE memory

Colors in the palette: –. The preview uses the screen's real RGB565 colors.

4 · Your code

Put it on your CLUE

Connect in code.circuitpython.org (see Setup, Part C) and open code.py.
Easiest (Chrome/Edge): click Save to CLUE, choose the CIRCUITPY drive and allow editing. The app writes code.py (and the pictures) for you. Careful: it replaces your current code.py!
Code only: select everything in code.py, paste your code, click Save + Run. Done!
Picture file: click Download .zip and unzip it. Copy picture.bmp (or the whole frames folder for a GIF) and code.py onto the CIRCUITPY drive in your file explorer.

💡 Why so few colors?
Each color costs memory, and the CLUE has only about 70 KB free for your program. Big photos need dithering to look good, but dithered pictures are harder to squeeze. The meters tell you when it fits. The Screen Lab explains the math.