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Gene Palmiter - 11 Nov 2005 18:52 GMT

I have seen a program that looked at the photos in a directory and used them
to make a large photo from the small ones.

Does this ring a bell with anyone...I have a need for such a thing.

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Pete Fenelon - 11 Nov 2005 19:33 GMT

> I have seen a program that looked at the photos in a directory and used them
> to make a large photo from the small ones.
>
> Does this ring a bell with anyone...I have a need for such a thing.

I've had excellent results from Smoky City Design's Panorama Factory.
Assuming you get good enough coverage, it can knit images together
brilliantly.

pete

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Brad Sims - 29 Nov 2005 21:16 GMT

In Dread Ink, the Grave hand of Pete Fenelon Did Inscribe:

>> I have seen a program that looked at the photos in a directory and used them
>> to make a large photo from the small ones.
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> Assuming you get good enough coverage, it can knit images together
> brilliantly.

I use and love autostitch, works well, free, simple to use, and works
with Linux via Wine.

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chevauxnoir - 30 Nov 2005 07:05 GMT

> In Dread Ink, the Grave hand of Pete Fenelon Did Inscribe:
>>> I have seen a program that looked at the photos in a directory and used
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> I use and love autostitch, works well, free, simple to use, and works
> with Linux via Wine.

Have you tried Mosaic Magic (demo version)

http://www.fishsoft.co.uk

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Scott W - 11 Nov 2005 19:47 GMT

> I have seen a program that looked at the photos in a directory and used them
> to make a large photo from the small ones.
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> freebridge design group
> www.route611.com & Route 611 Magazine

I believe this is what you are looking for
http://blackdog.massberg.com/photofeatures.php

Scott

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Dave Martindale - 11 Nov 2005 20:12 GMT

>I have seen a program that looked at the photos in a directory and used them
>to make a large photo from the small ones.

You may be thinking of Autostitch. Unlike most stitching software, it
figures out for itself which images overlap which other images - you
don't have to tell it.

Dave

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Bill Hilton - 11 Nov 2005 20:40 GMT

> Gene Palmiter writes ...
>
>I have seen a program that looked at the photos in a directory and
>used them to make a large photo from the small ones.
>Does this ring a bell with anyone...I have a need for such a thing

The other posts are talking about stitching software for panos but I
*think* you are looking for something that does Photomosaics, ie, takes
hundreds of small photos and combines them so you see the starting
image from a distance and then many small images as you get closer ...
the guy who got this going well was Rob Silvers, who has done covers
for numerous magazines and the poster for the movie "The Truman Show"
and also put out a couple of books ...
http://www.photomosaic.com/p/posters.htm

At any rate, Arcsoft has or had a consumer grade program to do this
called "Photo Montage" (around $50 once upon a time) which works fine,
but the library of images wasn't very big so after awhile it gets
repetitive. Silvers has access to huge image libraries so he could do
things like convert a portrait of Princess Diana using flower images or
Van Gogh's "Starry Night" using NASA space images or a portrait of
Lincoln using Matthew Brady's Civil War images, and these were pretty
powerful, but most programs don't offer such access ...

Maybe Google on 'photomosaic' or see if Arcsoft is still in business
... I may have one or two I did laying about and if so I'll post one
(did this a couple of computers ago :)

Bill

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Bill Hilton - 11 Nov 2005 23:33 GMT

> I *think* you are looking for something that does Photomosaics

Gene, it wasn't totally clear what you're looking for but if it's
Photomosaic software here are some links, including some free or
shareware products ...

http://www.arcsoft.com/products/photomontage/
http://www.aolej.com/mosaic/compare.htm
http://www.aolej.com/mosaic/gallery.htm
http://home.earthlink.net/~wlhunt/

Bill

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Gene Palmiter - 12 Nov 2005 00:08 GMT

This is it...sometimes its hard to find something if you don't know the
right words....mosaics is the word! I shoot for a local mag and have
thousands of photos...this summer I have to make a cover and I thought
something like this would be a nice one.

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>> I *think* you are looking for something that does Photomosaics
>
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> Bill

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David Dyer-Bennet - 12 Nov 2005 01:27 GMT

> This is it...sometimes its hard to find something if you don't know the
> right words....mosaics is the word! I shoot for a local mag and have
> thousands of photos...this summer I have to make a cover and I thought
> something like this would be a nice one.

Sounds like fun. I keep wanting to do a CD label for a project
mosaiced from the photos for the project -- and of course that never
works well, or hardly ever; because there isn't enough range of
brightness and color within the one project to make a good basis for a
mosaic, and because the final piece is too small to show off a mosaic
well. I've *actually* done it once, and it wasn't a total disaster,
but I'm planning to resist the urge in future.

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Frank ess - 12 Nov 2005 02:38 GMT

>> This is it...sometimes its hard to find something if you don't know
>> the
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> well. I've *actually* done it once, and it wasn't a total disaster,
> but I'm planning to resist the urge in future.

Reprise:

OK, here is one I whipped out with TYLER.EXE in just a few minutes,
with
materials at hand:
http://www.fototime.com/3F0F9C333EBF4A3/orig.jpg

The view is of my famous Monument Valley photo, composed of photos of
naked women. I think the individual tiles are too small to be
offensive.
Next time I would make it of a greater number of tiles (more
resolution)
if I could find that many photos of naked ladies...

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Cynicor - 12 Nov 2005 03:48 GMT

> Reprise:
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> Next time I would make it of a greater number of tiles (more resolution)
> if I could find that many photos of naked ladies...

Warning: One of the rock formations is actually a man. Can you guess
which one? The answer may surprise you....

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Frank ess - 12 Nov 2005 19:56 GMT

>> Reprise:
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> Warning: One of the rock formations is actually a man. Can you guess
> which one? The answer may surprise you....

Go ahead. Surprise us.

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Cynicor - 13 Nov 2005 03:35 GMT

>>> Reprise:
>>>
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>
> Go ahead. Surprise us.

I...er...think I've already said too much!

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Bill Funk - 11 Nov 2005 22:17 GMT

>I have seen a program that looked at the photos in a directory and used them
>to make a large photo from the small ones.
>
>Does this ring a bell with anyone...I have a need for such a thing.

I think you're looking for a program to make mosaics from your own
pics.
Do a Google search on "photomosaic" (sans quotes) for a rather list of
available software to do this.
Or, go to your favorite shareware site, and search on the same thing.
There are several that will do this on request, but they use their own
photos; make sure you get one that will use your own pics.

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