Artensoft Photo Collage Maker Generates collages a"la Steve Jobs Mosaic Portrait
New computer program makes impressive photo collages in the style of a famous photo collage of Steve Jobs composed by Charis Tsevis from Apple icons, products and logos
Smolensk, Russia (December 14, 2010) Artensoft today announces Artensoft Photo Collage Maker 1.0, the first and only Windows application that can automatically generate high-resolution photographic collages in the manner of a collage portrait of Steve Jobs composed of small pictures of Apple"s gadgets by famous designer Charis Tsevis. To create a photo collage, there is no need to have any knowledge of design and collage techniques.
"A while back I saw an article in Forbes, which had a portrait of Steve Jobs made out of hundreds of tiny Apple icons and gadgets and decided to write a mathematical algorithm that could allow ordinary Windows users to create a photo collage like that automatically," says Eugene Baryshnikov, the program"s chief developer, Artensoft. "As a result, we have developed a unique technology that was derived from the analysis of the Steve Jobs photocollage. Now anyone with Windows PC can create an exclusive photocollage with a push of a button".
The program offers a wizard that makes it a matter of a few minutes to create a photo collage. The first thing is to choose a source photograph to make into a collage, and then add a collection of pictures that will be used as source material for the collage. For producing good results, it is recommended to have between 500 and 1500 images (picture sets are supplied with the program). Similar to a human artist, the program examines a source image and then recreates it as a hand-made collage automatically. The output can be saved to JPEG, BMP, TIFF or PNG.
Artensoft Photo Collage Maker gives a full range of options to produce a coherent collage. For example, the user can specify types of tiles to be used for generating a collage (mirrored images, 90 degree image rotation to the left or right, or 180 degree rotation). Besides, it is possible to set a radius for eliminating neighboring duplicate tiles, increase or decrease the number of large pictures, and select areas to be filled. When the first collage is generated, the user can manipulate a collage to individual preferences by resizing and replacing some tiles.
With Artensoft Photo Collage Maker, home users can create a one-of-a-kind collage portrait of relatives and friends and present it as a gift. The program can also be used by professional designers and advertisers, who can, for instance, create a mosaic ad banner from the products of a company or photos of happy employees.
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Source: http://www.artensoft.com/ArtensoftPhotoCollageMaker/