SELECTING THE BEST PHOTOS FOR YOUR MOSAIC
Here are some tips to help you choose the best possible background photo and cell photos for your photo mosaic.
Background Photo / MAIN PHOTO
* Choose a simple photo - complex details get lost in the mosaic process.
* Choose a high quality photo - make sure your photo is high resolution.
* Choose the right size - choose a photo that matches the shape of your photo mosaic.
* Choose a high quality photo - make sure your photo is high resolution.
* Choose the right size - choose a photo that matches the shape of your photo mosaic.
Cell Photos
* Submit as many as you can - the more cell photos you can include the better.
* Medium or high resolution - make sure your photos are medium or high resolution.
* Matching colors - choose photos that go well with your background photo.
* Medium or high resolution - make sure your photos are medium or high resolution.
* Matching colors - choose photos that go well with your background photo.
BACKGROUND PHOTO GUIDELINES
Simple photos work better as background photos because complex details are lost in the photo mosaic process. If a photo contains people, it's better if its a close up photo of their faces rather than a wide angle picture that includes their entire bodies.
Choose a high quality photo that is both high resolution and a clear picture. We recommend a resolution of at least 1200x1600 pixels (2 megapixels). Generally digital camera photos work better than scanned photos.
Choose a background photo that is the same shape as your photo mosaic. For example, a 20x30 photo mosaic should have a background photo that has a 2:3 or 3:2 length:width ratio. The background photo can be either portrait or landscape, but it will need to fit in a 20x30 rectangle. If your background photo isn't exactly the right size, we will be happy to crop it by hand for you. If possible, we'll make sure no important details are cropped out.
Choose a background photo that is the same shape as your photo mosaic. For example, a 20x30 photo mosaic should have a background photo that has a 2:3 or 3:2 length:width ratio. The background photo can be either portrait or landscape, but it will need to fit in a 20x30 rectangle. If your background photo isn't exactly the right size, we will be happy to crop it by hand for you. If possible, we'll make sure no important details are cropped out.
CELL PHOTO GUIDELINES
All of your photos will most likely work well as cell photos. We encourage you to submit as many as you can, and we don't charge extra no matter how many you submit. Generally, we recommend mosaics be made have at least 50 cell photos. Although if you have as few as 20 photos available, we will be happy to work with you and use our advanced facial detection software to create more cell photos out of your existing collection of photos. By request, we can use our facial detection software to extract people's faces within your cell photos to create new cell photos that add to the quantity and variety of photos included in your photo mosaic.
Although we encourage you to submit as many photos as possible to be used as cell photos, it's best if the cell photos are similar in color to the background photo. Suppose a photo mosaic uses a picture of a sunset as the background photo, which is mainly composed of the colors orange and yellow. Using a collection of wedding photographs, which typically contain a lot of black and white, will not work well to create the orange and yellow sunset.