How to Create a Photo Mosaic

A photo mosaic packs a lot of "wow" into a single image, while making use of a collection of photographs. By taking advantage of photo mosaic software, amateur photographers can showcase their work with an image that looks much more complicated than it truly is.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

• Computer
• Collection of digital photos
• Photo mosaic software

1. Collect photographs in a single location on your computer hard drive. Use digital photos directly from your camera in a photo mosaic collection.
2. Download or install photo mosaic software. There are several free or low-cost photo mosaic software programs available to download from the Internet. It's possible to find photo mosaic software bundled with printers, scanners or digital cameras. They all function in the same basic way, allowing you to build a complex image made up of small versions of the photos in your image collection.
3. Select the parameters of your photo mosaic. Depending on your software, you can select how many times the image in your collection can be repeated, the size of each image, how many rows and columns of images will be in your final mosaic, and how much the program can alter each image in the collection to improve the final output. More advanced programs may have more options to discover and experiment with. Refer to the "Help" function in your software for information specific to your program.
4. Review the completed mosaic. Adjust the final product to your liking by changing the parameters in step 3. Make any desired changes to your image at this time.
5. Save your completed photo mosaic file to your computer. Make certain you change the filename so that you do not over write your original source file.

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