Photo Mosaics

[Keltic Ice Man]

Hi folks

Just been asked if i can create a montage which is a photo with a photo. So there would be 1 big photo and it would have hundreds of little photos in it. It's for a leaving present, rather than a piece of art

I can't think what it is called (I don't think it is a montage), but wondered if anyone can remind me what they are called, and remind me of any software that does this.

Thanks

Allan

 

[-Rob-]

It's called a montage or collage and you can create them very easily in Photoshop using layers.

 

[Keltic Ice Man]

Hi Rob, what I'm thinking of goes beyond that.

An example, my son has a picture of Ryan Giggs, and you can tell it's Giggs, but it is made up of about a thousand very small photos. I think the software used takes account of the brightness of the original photo and then finds the best small photo with the closest brightness.

Any thoughts?

 

[Keltic Ice Man]

Just remembered they are called Photo Mosaics.

Now to find some software

 

[-Rob-]

Oh right, I know what you're on about now. I didn't know there was a particular piece of software that'll do it for you. Good luck with your search.

 

[Kev M]

Have a look for Serif Montage or Montage Plus software. I got a free copy with a magazine a while back. Not a bad bit of kit for free.

 

[Suvv]

Andreamosaic is a free download.

 

[Keltic Ice Man]

thanks folks, ill give them a try

 

[Keltic Ice Man]

Andreamosaic is excellent!

 

[PsiFox]

Microsoft do an auto collage program. Free trial but costs about £20 iirc.

 

[VinnyB]

Andreamosaic is a free download.

Thanx for this info. I have downloaded and had a quick play and love it but will do something more serious soon.

 

[p1tse]

is this the one to make say using loads of ryan giggs little pictures to make a big picture of ryan giggs from a distance?