Chainmail Studio vs Fineline Studios

Chainmail Studio is an inlay design tool for the chainmaille artist who has always dreamed of making pictures with rings. Now you can! Have you ever looked at a weave and wished you could turn it into a picture? Lay out your rings, drop in an image, and watch your design come to life ring by ring — no more graph paper, guesswork, or counting by hand. From a bold geometric pattern to a full photo‑realistic inlay, Chainmail Studio takes you from idea to finished piece with confidence. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Paint with rings — Tap to place colored rings on a true‑to‑weave grid. • Image overlay — Drop in any photo or logo and transfer it straight onto your rings. Fit a whole image inside a shape, or map it across the panel. • Geometric fills — Instantly fill squares, circles, hexagons, octagons, triangles,view before you commit. • True‑to‑metal color — Colors are calibrated to match real anodized aluminum and supplieon screen is whatyou'll get in metal. • Flexible canvas — dge by edge with simple +/− controls. • 3D preview — Rotatf your weave to seeexactly how it reads before you cut a single ring. • Bill of materials olor so you order theright amount and waste less. • Export & share — Sst to take to theworkbench. FREE TO START Jump in and start a 3 day trial unlocks the full 3D Designer so you can explore everything. BUILT FOR MAKERS Chainmail Studio is for chainmaille artists. Every feature is designed to save you time, metal, and frustration, so you can spend less time planning and more time weaving. Turn your rings into pictures. Start designing today. Terms of Use (EULA): https://chainmaildesigner.com/eula.html

Fineline Studios is an app for making seamless geometric patterns with your fingertips — material you can print for fabric, wrapping paper, or wallpaper. ■ Studio Change motif, symmetry, colour, or scale and the preview keeps up. ■ Draw Draw in one cell and the chosen symmetry repeats it across the plane. ■ Shuffle Tap for a new pattern. Save the ones you like. ■ Seamless repeats Patterns are built as a minimal tile, so lines never break when they repeat. All 17 symmetries are available. ■ Export at real size Set size in centimetres and resolution in dpi. Free export covers PNG and JPEG up to 150 dpi and 10 cm; Pro adds vector formats (SVG and PDF), resolutions up to 600 dpi, and larger sizes. ■ Colour Curated palettes, including traditional Japanese colours, plus automatic colourway variations. Pro opens the full palette library and every colourway. ■ Library Keep the patterns you like — five in the free tier, unlimited with Pro. ■ Fineline Pro (one-time purchase) Unlocks vector export, high resolutions and large sizes, the full palette library and every colourway, and unlimited saves. One payment, no subscription. All 17 symmetries, every motif, hand drawing, Shuffle and editing are free and unlimited. No watermark, no ads.