IMG Mosaic Generator
A simple open source photomosaic creator (with support for multithreading) written in Java.
For more technical information, visit Google code, where the code is hosted.
To use, download IMGMosaicGenerator.jar, and run something like:
java -jar IMGMosaicGenerator.jar bigpicture.jpg 100 75 mytilesdirectory
This will look for image files in mytilesdirectory. Every image file is then resized to resolution 100x75 and matched against every position of bigpicture.jpg:
The preview window is updated every time a tile is a "best match so far". Window can be resized:
Two versions are created (one normal and one "optimally dithered"):
The second version can be obtained when aborting the process by clicking in the window and invoking the following dialog box:
Output is in HTML. To save as image, Firefox add-on, Abduction! can be used.
Created on Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:44
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