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"Why AI Keeps Butchering Your Designs (And How I Fixed It)

-||- Recreate 3D images & backgrounds using grids, hex codes, and math!
-||- Add interactive overlays to static images.
-||- Make the vibe functional.

Chromacode™

A visual-first layout system that treats the as such, maps it using the hexcode gradients, and gives you reusable layout zones and off you are, ready to build the dream!


Chromacode:

  • 🧩 Breaks your image into a grid
  • 🎨 Extracts hex color zones
  • 🧠 Outputs JSON that maps UI to your original layout
  • 💻 Generates overlays like task lists, carousels, info panels

It doesn’t hallucinate.


💡 Why It Works

  • ✅ Pixel-perfect layout from image
  • 🎯 Color-aware theming
  • 📦 Works with any PNG/JPG/WebP
  • 🧠 AI-proof (no guesswork, just geometry)

🛠️ How to Use It

  1. Upload your image
  2. Adjust the primary grid + subgrid
  3. Export .chromacode.json
  4. Plug into any renderer or web app
  5. (Optional: Use {templ:t} to scaffold the full project)

🧠 Try it:

-} : Live Demo
-} : Git Repo
-} : More Words
-} : Projects using it: {templ:t}, SaFecity, Othrello


© 2025 Edna Nyangau — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

#showdev, #tools, #javascript, #frontend, #uidesign

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