MOSAIC CREATOR

Mosaic Creator allows you to create a photo mosaics and thumbnails made of 
many  small  cells. Also  it   can  render good images using  least  image 
collections with  fine  color  enhance.  Specific for Mosaic  Creator  are   
optional   non-rectangular  pattern cell shapes  (puzzle, shape, triangle,  
hexagon, etc) and generating clickable thumbnails.

Mosaic  Creator  includes pattern shape editor  for user  defined patterns 
(only in professional version). You can start create mosaics only with one
image.

You  must  select  cell  images,  source  image, destination image size and
pattern type. You can enhance the rendering process by fine color modifying
the  cell images, and finish up the result mosaic image  by  adding  a cell
borders, alpha masks and color masks.  There is not limitation  for  number 
of cell images and output mosaic  file  size.  

The Mosaic Wizards simplifies the process of mosaic definition and preparing
thumbnails from your photos.
 

Mosaic Creator is shareware.

Thank you for evaluating Mosaic Creator.

Main features:

Create photo mosaics, mosaics 
Clickable web gallery thumbnails 
Precalculate tile mosaics from glass, ceramics, stones and quilts
Create mosaics from text 
Create ASCII art as HTML or image 
Create video mosaics 
 
  
Photo mosaics
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Unlimited number of cell images  
Unlimited size of output mosaic file size  
Printing services 
Internal viewer  
Nonrectangular cell shapes (puzzle, hexagon, triangle) 
Pattern shape editor  
Predefined pattern shapes (more than 60 free) 
Mosaic Creator Wizard (easy create 6 types of mosaics) 
Fine color enhance (single cell and detail cell) 
Antialiasing for smooth results
Control repetition image cells  
Ability to create photo mosaics  
Fast render preview  
Control cell border parameters 
Alpha masking 
Color masking 
Define filling matrix
 
  
Web gallery thumbnails
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Create unique clickable multipage thumbnails 
Thumbnail Wizard 
Nonrectangular galleries 
Master and detail pages with full navigation 
Color schemes, set colors and textures 
Add comments to your photo 
Add watermark to protect your photos 
Add borders to your photos 
Edit your footer 
Resize and stretch options 
Drop shadows
Support EXIF information 
 
  
Tile mosaics
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Convert any image into a mosaic tile design 
Set any mosaic dimensions (Size calculator included) 
Automatic filling from selected tile pictures  
Control tile repetition control 
Optimize result price 
Export high quality tile mosaic preview 
Set any grout color and control gap size  
Render random pattern design  
Works well for pools, kitchens, bathrooms, countertops, floors  
Prints a list of used tiles  
Prints mosaic design in real size 
Prints a tile grid, grid with tile numbers 
Render mosaic design with tile numbers  
Prints an estimate price based upon tile price 
Easy to use with any tile set 


Video mosaics
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Control cell image repetition in video mosaic 
Use video sequences as cell images 
Render to frames or AVI file  


Supported image file formats:

 Source & Cell Image Formats - BMP, JPG, PNG, TIFF, GIF, TGA, PCX, WMF, EMF
 Output Image Format - BMP, JPG, TIFF, PNG


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Changes in Mosaic Creator

ver. 3.1

added render mode selection - buttons and content popup menu
added option to control filling process - auto, center, random and more
added dithering options for source image - 6+ dithering types (recommended for tile mosaics)
added non-integer distance limit - ready to experiment with tile mosaics
added cropping for source image
added gradient selector as source image (ready for tile gradient mosaics)
minor speed enhancements

ver. 3.00

added mosaic size calculator
added transparency option for alpha mask 
added font option for HTML ASCII art
added source image processing - sharpen, saturation, contrast, brightness, gamma, RGB
added cell image processing - sharpen, saturation, contrast, brightness, gamma
added filling grid - cell groups (max 5 cell groups), zoom
added enhanced reports - filling matrix, price list - exprtable to PDF, and more
added new option - size of export filling matrix
added basic undo/redo feature - for each rendered settings with fast preview (optionable)
added displays printing size when cell size and number of cells changed
added file association for .mos (mosaic definition) and mot. files (mosaic template)
changed option force use each cell image
hidden registration number

ver. 2.98

added option - cell image comments as file names

ver. 2.95

added option - shutdown computer after finished render
render mosaics greater than 2GB - PNG and TIFF file formats (limited)
render mosaics - multipart (option for number of parts), 
 (where is max limit? some testers (maniacs) wanted)
added random cell offset
added random gap size
added cell rotate - uniform, random or predefined math functions
added new patterns
added rotate and gap options in video render mode
added force first cell images in sequence in video render mode
added option - export delimiter
minor optimalisation
changes in rendering


ver. 2.9

service release
minor optimalisation
render bug fixing (minor rounding problems)
minor visual changes (main menu)

ver. 2.82

new option - force use each cell image, requested from users but not recommended :)
when used, mosaics can be rendered not in high quality

ver. 2.81

new option - each mosaic saved to new file, don't overwrite previous images
speed-up loading image list

ver. 2.8

ability render and prepare mosaics from physical tiles (glass, ceramics, stones)
added calculation of used cells
minor speed enhancements
added grayscale output option
added display cell ID in mosaic
added display CSV filling matrix
added visible source image in filling matrix
added support for render mosaics with text + many new options
added filling grid images
added grout images
added tile sets
added image button sets for thumbnail navigation
added size mosaic calculator for tiled mosaics
added font size option on thumbnail
added new wizard for all types of mosaics (many new options), four steps and render
added shadow options
added option to control pattern cell gap
added support for multilanguage interface, now we need translators only :)
added color schemes for thumbnails

ver. 2.65

added HTML codepage selection
added half-portrait and half-landscape size in thumb wizard
added EXIF details for detail thumbnail image


ver. 2.6

changed border compare calculation
added multiple page thumbnails
added JPEG compression option in thumbnail wizard
added output thumbnail file name combobox
added watermarking (text and image/logo)
added auto removing file name duplicates in cell image list
added footer property
added borders for thumbnail images



ver. 2.5

fixed errors on background rendering filled with image
added thumbnail wizard link in main menu and toolbar
added rendering sequence window
added rendering sequence to JPG files
added rendering sequence to AVI file, AVI file properties dialog
added rendering 3 options for sequence rendering frame to frame
added command line support for rendering *.mos file
added force cell images - render with limited image set
changed border compare calculation


ver. 2.4

filling matrix - define filling cells, load from image


ver. 2.35

preview of wizard thumbnail templates
added new thumbnail templates


ver. 2.3

crop cell images to cell size - avoid cell image deformations
automatic cropping cell images in thumbnail wizard
JPG output file type used in thumbnail wizard


ver. 2.2
support multiple color masks
added color masks images
added thumbnail templates
comments for thumbnail images and position options
thumbnail image destination directory option
relative paths used for thumbnail images
text output for cell image matrix

ver. 2.01

Service release
added thumbnail templates

ver. 2.0 (step from 1.5 :o)

Cached analysed cell images (speed up rendering from 10% to 50%)
Render speed up - Fast render method (10% to 400%) with large cell image set
Filling source image - added filling by filename
Mosaic Background - added source image, image, tiled image
Border transparency

Added masking page ->

Alpha mask:
   -B/W transparency 
   -selectable background
   -mosaic background  
   -cell average color 
   -source image 
   -image

Color mask:
   -color mask selection 
   -transparent color selection
   -transparent color tolerance 
   -color mask transparency 

Added Jpeg options - save quality and progressive flag

Ability generating thumbnails ->
   -save HTML with clickable map
   -save image page with button navigation bar
   -resizing cell images for thumbnail detail
   -additional options for image page
New options for stretching cell images, Alpha mask and Color mask

Thumbnail wizard
More than 20 thumbnail templates
Photo mosaic and mosaic templates
Source color fix rendering mode
Border compare rendering mode
Multi-resolution compare rendering mode
Now installation includes more than 60 patterns.


ver. 1.5

Added option for minimal distance of same images
Now you have full range of options for control 
cell image distribution.
All free patterns added to installation.
Now installation includes more than 50 patterns.


ver. 1.4

added output file formats JPG, PNG and TIFF

Supported TIFF compression methods:

-PackBits (Macintosh)
-Zip (best lossless)
-Jpeg
-None (lossless)


ver. 1.3

preview window
fast preview render option (1/2, 1/4, 1/8 size)
speed up 30-40% render (nonrectangle cells)
exact repeat cell image repeat control (create thumbnails)
randomizing cell filling (non-artifitial mosaics)
stretching cell images
pattern cell count multiplicators (pattern editor)


ver. 1.2

added free patterns
added process priority setup
antialiasing enabled in trial version


ver. 1.1

fixed problem on 256 color cell image (JPEGs)
fixed color dialogs

ver. 1.0

First release - please refer all bugs and improvements

large output image - save output line by line 
printing service
antialiasing
help file

ver. 0.9 beta

internal viewer
background color
mosaic wizard

ver 0.8 beta

non-rectangular patterns
pattern definition editor
shape preview
system configuration

ver. 0.7 beta

drawing borders
selectable recognition quality
temporary image cache
size calculator
cell color enhance


ver. 0.6 beta

First version
rectangle cells
image compare functions
image repetition 

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Available Versions 
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Free Trial Version 

Limitations: 
Trial time 30 days
Output image file size limit 10 MB 
predefined 70+ patterns
no antialiasing 
label "Created by Mosaic Creator" on the bottom left 

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Lite version 

Meets non-commercial needs. You can use it commercial, but must
respect version limitations. 

Limitations: 
Output image file size limit 25 MB 
(image size A4 & 300 DPI or A3 & 150 DPI) 
predefined 100+ patterns 
no pattern editor 
price $29 

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Professional version 

For commercial use, appropriate for professional graphics like large posters. 

no limit for output image file size 
(tested 900 MB image, 21 000 x 14 400 pixels, OS file limit 2 GB) 
predefined 100+ patterns 
pattern editor for making own patterns 
antialiasing 
price $99

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MINIMAL SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 
Windows 95 - 98, NT, 2000, XP
Pentium 200 (Pentium II recommended) 
32 MB RAM (128 MB recommended) 
3 MB hard disk space for installation 

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Installing and Starting Mosaic Creator 

Windows 95, 98 and NT users: 
To install, click on SETUP.EXE. Click Yes. Follow the instructions
on the screen. To start, click Start/Programs. Go to the Mosaic Creator
folder and click "Mosaic Creator".


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HOW TO REGISTER

Registering   Mosaic   Creator  In  the  trial  version  a number
of  features  have  been   disabled.   In order to enable all the
features  of  Mosaic  Creator, you must  register  to  receive  a
registration number.   

How to Register:    Registration   is performed    online.
Order processing is performed by Regsoft or ShareIt!.

Follow this links: 

Secure online order form. 

Mosaic Creator Lite - 
http://www.regsoft.net/purchase.php3?productid=33627
https://secure.element5.com/shareit/checkout.html?productid=146546&language=English


Mosaic Creator Professional - 
http://www.regsoft.net/purchase.php3?productid=33629
https://secure.element5.com/shareit/checkout.html?productid=146599&language=English


You  will  be  asked  to  input  information about yourself. When
Regsoft or ShareIt!,  have received your order, your registration number will
be  emailed  to  you  straight away. In Mosaic Creator select the
menu Help/Register, and input your name and received registration
number.  Mosaic  Creator  shows password for unzipping additional
pattern shapes. Registration is now complete!
 

CONTACT

Mosaic creator homepage: http://www.aolej.com

Some questions, bug report and advice 
you can send to olej@aolej.com

Thank you for using Mosaic Creator.	

