FIRST Photograph Mosaic

[Mazin]

1. Saw PhotoMosaic of Lincoln in history class.
2. Realized that we have a lot of photos in our gallery (http://www.technokats.org/gallery2/).
3. Remembered a mosaic software.
1+2+3 =

http://files.aztekera.com/images/firstmosaic800.JPG (http://art.aztekera.com/main.php?g2_itemId=543)

Now... what would happen if we got everybody to submit photos, and have a really really big FIRST mosaic?

(Click on the picture to go to my gallery. Below the picture will be a fullview button, if you really want to examine everybody's faces. The circle didn't turn out too well because it's only a light gray arc defining it. With a few thousand more photos, however, it would be much more visible.)

[Luckyfish05]

That's really great! I think it's really hard to see the circle though maybe with more pictures it'll show up more

[AV_guy007]

hmmm...
reminds me of this (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/23507)

[Koko Ed]

and this. (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/img/362/36207cd452c7bb3efe33ef57592da631_l.jpg)

[BandChick]

and this. (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38251&highlight=FIRST+mosaic)

[Koko Ed]

This one might take the cake! (http://marsbot.org/files/orange_black-real_surf_2006(no_abbr)_grad%20Mosaic.JPG)

[meatmanek]

Now, Koko Ed, that's just a bunch of random pictures that have been adjusted so that they're approximately the right color. That's cheating. :)

EDIT: Still a neat logo.

[ZZII 527]

Very cool. You can make your sponsors' logos, frame them, and give them as gifts!

I wrote a program that did this once. Works best with 1,000+ images. It's also possible to alter the colors so slightly that you don't notice it in the small pics, but it makes the large pics look better.

The guy who invented this, Robert Silvers, was a graduate of the MIT Media Lab. He's got a patent on the whole concept, not just his application, something that amazed me considering the number of (free) third-party programs that do it now. His company's website says that they "protect these rights vigilantly." Of course, there is also the clause that "an endeavor...solely for amusement, to satisfy idle curiosity, or for strictly philosophical inquiry" is exempt from patent infringement law. :rolleyes:

[Mazin]

They only start caring when you use the term "PhotoMosaic."