January 14: Mosaic Photo Effect

[Sharon-Dewi]

Thanks for teaching this new technique! The small pictures surrounding the big picture are the same pictures I used for the mosaic effect on the big picture in the middle.

 

[carrie1977]

I went thru all that waiting only for my contact sheet to save as a flattened image. I could not edit it at all. Will have to play around with it some more.

 

[Joan K]

I created a template of sorts to make my mosaic. I used a repeated hexagon shape and clipped a bunch of photos from our trip to the hexagons - I probably used about 60 pictures. This was quite time-consuming, but I like the result.

 

[sharonb]

I found this tutorial for GIMP. This is a free software, you can edit your collage and photo here, then take the result in the software you use. You will also need an G'MIC extension to install.
https://www.google.com/search?q=mos...e&ie=UTF-8#kpvalbx=_qJLhYbqlO-nd7_UPp62zqAI18

https://gmic.eu/download.html

I am working on my page now, and we will see the result.

I looked at the Gimp tutorial, but it is very time consuming. That could take many hours.

 

[cla]

Thanks for the tutorial. It was time consuming but fun.

 

[rdutch]

 

[Pachimac]

This took me all day. If the mosaic effect isn't strong enough Jan @IntenseMagic , please let me know and I'll redo the pattern overlay.

 

[G.J.]

Jan dear thank you so much for the great tutorials, and, the challenge, here's my take on the challenge, full credits in gallery. Wishing you a wonderful weekend!

 

[bjthomas]

@IntenseMagic - Ok, I think I'm missing something here ... I could NOT for the life of me figure out how to get rid of the white lines around each picture. In your tutorial, you said to "crop" them, but I don't know what I'm missing! I have my layout completed with my mosaic, but each tiny picture has a white border around it. Is this ok? Or do I need to go back to the beginning?

 

[IntenseMagic]

@IntenseMagic - Ok, I think I'm missing something here ... I could NOT for the life of me figure out how to get rid of the white lines around each picture. In your tutorial, you said to "crop" them, but I don't know what I'm missing! I have my layout completed with my mosaic, but each tiny picture has a white border around it. Is this ok? Or do I need to go back to the beginning?

In my mind, I don't think the white lines will matter much. I'm sure it's fine Trying new techniques is what it's all about!

 

[familyhistoryscrapper]

Phew that was a challenge, but it turned out pretty good. All our vacation photos grouped together in one!

 

[bjthomas]

I actually used all the photos (64) that were in the slideshow for my in-laws' retirement party

 

[A-M]

@IntenseMagic Jan, your instructions were clear and easy to follow for me using my old Photoshop CS6, thankyou. This was fun.

 

[Macsandy]

Day 14 Mosaic Photo
The photos in the mosaic include 8 photos from each year of her life. They don't show up well on her dress, but do show everywhere else in the photo.

I used the Heartsong Collab for everything on the page, starting with the Fiddle Dee Dee Heartsong template. I recolored a number of items.

 

[nemi]

Thanks for this challenge, I never tried that mosaic effect and I learned a lot while doing! I'm working with affinity and, for example, never heard of pattern layers before I love to learn new things with the software! Although I had a bit of a hard time doing a layout with that mosaic pic, it just didn't turned out the way I imagined
The pictures in the mosaic are all from february 2021 when we had a once in a life time snow period here in germany, all that snow made me so happy!

 

[Cath_]

 

[Mingo08]

I hope I didn't blow it by doing a mosaic of my mosaic... And then the journaling required a few more photos (one more than the template offered.)

 

[amandac]

Phew that was an awesome challenge Jan .... it certainly made me give my poor old PS CS4 program a work out, but FUN!
Here is mine

 

[meterr]

 

[jang]

Thanks for the tutorial. I made my own mosaic.