Target compiler

Compile a printable image into a .mind tracking file and check whether it is actually trackable — before you spend money printing it.

Compile a target image
Runs entirely in this browser — nothing is uploaded. The image is downscaled to 1024 px on its long edge before compiling, which keeps the .mind small without costing any tracking quality.

Drop a target image here, or pick one

JPG or PNG. This is the artwork you will print.

What makes a good target
The detector converts your artwork to greyscale and looks for corner-like points that stay recognisable at any angle, distance and rotation. Colour itself contributes nothing.

Tracks well

  • Dense, irregular, non-repeating detail across the whole image.
  • High luminance contrast — light against dark, not just hue against hue.
  • Sharp edges and fine texture: photos, collages, busy illustration.
  • Points in all four quadrants. The preview's dashed cross marks them.

Tracks badly

  • Large flat fills, smooth gradients, soft focus or motion blur.
  • Repeating or symmetric patterns — every tile looks like every other tile, so the pose ends up ambiguous.
  • Vivid but isoluminant art: two saturated colours of the same brightness are one flat grey to the detector.
  • Near-blank margins. A logo centred on white leaves three quadrants empty and the pose wobbles at glancing angles.