Colorization: Pro-tips For Your Photo Mosaic
Throughout our 12+ years of photo mosaic design, we’ve managed to fine tune the elements required to create a “true” mosaic. One thing we’ve learned: it’s not easy. After toiling away with the existing photo mosaic software, we decided to create our own and we never looked back. A common shortcut we’d find is heavy colorization and source ghosting. Let’s dive into the specifics of each and how they can make – or break – your photo mosaic.
Online Photo Mosaic Celebrates easyJet’s 20th Birthday
We recently teamed up with easyJet to launch what became quite a monumental photo mosaic campaign. In celebration of their 20th birthday, easyJet contacted us to help create an activation that would bring their fans and customers together in a fun and interesting way. By utilizing the social and interactive aspects of our online mosaic platform, we were able to create the easyJet 20th Birthday Plane Mosaic. Once completed, this massive photo mosaic was printed on an actual easyJet plane!
A Custom Photo Mosaic: The Perfect Gift
The holidays are here and we’ve got just the thing to solve your holiday shopping needs: a picture perfect photo mosaic! Use all of your favorite photos to create a unique, personalized gift. Our Online Mosaic Tool makes it easy to create your custom photo mosaic in minutes. Upload from any mobile or desktop device, Facebook, Instagram, Google+, Picasa, or Dropbox.
And don’t fear the deadline, we’ve got our holiday order schedule laid out for you so you’ll know exactly when you need to order your photo mosaic prints and posters. Alternatively, you can choose an instant, full-resolution digital download that can be printed locally.
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Online Photo Mosaic Welcomes Steve Nash to the Ring of Honor
To celebrate Steve Nash’s induction into the Ring of Honor, the Phoenix Suns rallied support from fans by utilizing our Online & Social Interactive Photo Mosaic Platform. Fans submitted their photos and comments through their device, Facebook or Instagram profile, or through a Twitter/Instagram post with #NashROH. With an outstanding track record, it’s no surprise that Nash was able to garner so much support from Suns fans nationwide.
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Digital Interactive Mosaic Event: BizBash, The MosaicMe Debut
Intel selects Picture Mosaics to feature its mosaic technology at IDF 2015 Skylake press event
Intel picks Picture Mosaics’ app to show off its new Skylake i7 processor at the 2015 IDF press event! Picture Mosaics’ new 4K video mosaic technology optimized for Skylake to be featured in more upcoming Intel events. In front of the new demo are Joe Charpentier, VP of Engineering, and Al Charpentier, Founder and CEO.
At Picture Mosaics, we’ve spent the last 14 years pushing the boundaries of photo mosaic design in every way imaginable. We were honored to partner with Intel and present at the IDF 2015 press event in San Francisco! We were tasked with putting together a demo using our latest photo and video software to push the new Skylake i7 processor to its limit. Continue reading
Top Three DON’Ts of Photo Mosaic Design
With the release of our Online Mosaic Tool, we gave the users a sizable amount of power when creating their own photo mosaics. But as we all know: with great power comes great responsibility! True photo mosaic design isn’t something that just happens. It requires plenty of practice and a keen attention to detail. Throughout the years, we’ve seen a number of mosaic shortcuts that result in cheap, false photo mosaics. A number of factors go into the process of creating a mosaic, but I’m going to focus on the top three DON’Ts of photo mosaic design.
Digital Interactive Mosaic Event: Verisign at RSA Conference
Unique Handmade Mosaics by Kevin Champeny
I’m going to take a bit of a detour from photo mosaics for a moment to talk about a really unique mosaic artist. Kevin Champeny is a New York artist whose work straddles a variety of artistic mediums to create large, mosaic-esque sculptures. However, in contrast to the traditional style of mosaic creation, using existing items to create a larger image or object, the smaller pieces of the mosaic are handmade by Champeny.