If it is lighter, use a lighter color or white, Image Placement: Save one as across and save one as down to make the order of photos not seem them same. If the main photo is darker, set the background color to black. Width :2700 px Height : 2000 px Background : The goal is to make the image look like they are not a background. Play around with these numbers to get the photos as close together as possible. The Width and Height varies on the number of photos and orientation of the main photo. In the output panel, use these settings: Template : custom Page Preset : custom Size : custom Press Refresh Preview to view any changes made to the image. In the content panel, press Ctrl+A to select all photos. On the folder panel, (left side of screen) select 'Resized Photos' file. Set the work space to 'output' (press Ctrl+F4 ). Adjust the settings and methods if using any other size. If these multiples are confusing to you, for now just make the total number of photos in the 'Original Photos' file equal 8, 64, 256, or 1024. For example if you only have 60 photos the highest multiple would be 64(8x8) it will take 16 8x8 photo squares to make up a 32x32 square. It is best to make the images the highest multiple of 32. I copied 6 photos to make the total number of files 256 (16x16). To see how many photos are in the the file Right click 'Original Photos'>properties and look for 'Contains' The number of files is how many photos are in the file. Copy all the photos for the background in to the file called 'Original Photos'. Name one 'Original Photos' and one 'Resized Photos'. Make 2 folders on your desktop or other desired location. For my photo I chose landscape.(see second image) Save the photo.īackground Photos- I have found if you use 1024 (32x32) photos, it makes the perfect balance of the main photo's resolution and size of the back ground photos. If the photo is portrait, set the height to 600px and the width to 400px.

(see first image) Image>canvas size- If the photo is landscape, set the width to 600px and the height to 400px.

Image>Image Size- Set the width (if the photo should be landscape) or the height (if the photo should be portrait ) to 600px. I first re-sized the width of the image to 600px. That gave me the ratio I needed to crop my image. To keep the ratio the same for the image I was working on and the final image, (The ratio will change based on your final photo size) I took 20/30=.6666667. (see above image for location of crop tool) Sizing Main Photo - Now you need to think ahead to what size you want the final print so that the final print isn't distorted. Select the crop tool and crop the image to the desired look. To do this, select File>open then choose the correct file. If the image you have chosen isn't as zoomed in as desired, open up Photoshop and open the main photo. It works better if the photo is close up. Choosing Main Photo- The main image is the larger Photo in the mosaic.

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