PhotoTiles: Make an image of images
Sometimes I see the name of a new piece of software that someone tips us off to, and the name conjures up something completely different from what the reality is. PhotoTiles, for instance, brought to mind the ability to create those cool pictures that are made up of all of your other photos. You know, like having a TUAW Logo that is made up of 2,500 thumbnail pictures that are chosen for their hue and intensity, then placed in the proper location.
Well, PhotoTile doesn't exactly do that, but this small program from Limit Point Software is a handy utility. Instead of doing what I imagined, it basically takes a folder of image and turns that into one grid-like "über-image."
For example, I took my Photo Booth folder, added a TUAW logo to round up to an even number of pictures, and dragged it onto PhotoTile. In a few seconds, it created the image that you see at right.
This is great for creating contact sheets of photos. PhotoTiles is donation-ware. If you use it, make a donation and you'll get an unlock code that unlocks all utilities from Limit Point Software including PhotoTiles.
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Sometimes I see the name of a new piece of software that someone tips us off to, and the name conjures up something completely different...
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there is an automator script that does the same
July 09 2008 at 1:59 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyGet ready for the old-school geek-out. For those of you who did not shoot in the celluloid era, this is what has been used for years as a proof called a contact sheet. The roll is laid on paper, developed, and a straight image transfer results. It is a very useful way of screening images.
July 07 2008 at 5:45 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI have only recently started playing with this technique using Apple's built-in screensaver. You can choose an iPhoto Library to be the building blocks of larger pictures (those beach and forest pictures I had ignored as stock photos) that will "transform" into the actual image while you Mac uses your appropriate pics to make the larger picture. Really cool how it can find the right colors and hues to pull it off.
July 07 2008 at 3:48 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyYeah, but why can't we access that app outside screen savers? I want something that will do this to different sizes and resolutions and access my imagery with Aperture...
July 07 2008 at 5:43 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThere is a great piece of freeware that DOES make those cool Photo Mosaic images that form another image... Its called MacOSaiX and it is one of my all-time favorite freeware programs. It is available here: http://homepage.mac.com/knarf/MacOSaiX/
July 07 2008 at 3:29 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyYou're right,
it IS great! just playing with it now...
PhotoTiles, for instance, brought to mind the ability to create those cool pictures that are made up of all of your other photos. You know, like having a TUAW Logo that is made up of 2,500 thumbnail pictures that are chosen for their hue and intensity, then placed in the proper location.
Ha ha! Thatâs a mosaic.
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