My layout was 8"x8" so I needed a overall mosaic that was 8 tiles wide and 8 tiles high. With everything cut, it's now time to select the photos that you'll use on the page. You do not want to cut a person's face right in half as you cut your tiles, so start your cuts on either side of the key element.Īs you cut off each row of tiles, be sure to line it up carefully to the side, so you don't get them out of order or mixed up. then cut again in the other direction, creating tiny tiles.Īs you cut each photo, be sure to pay attention to the key element in the photo before you make the first cut. Start by cutting strips in one direction. Now it's time to start cutting those images up into tiny squares. (For a 12" layout, use twelve 7/8" tiles. You can choose any size of tile you want, but to avoid having to do any math, just follow my general rule of thumb: make 7/8" tiles and plan for as many tiles as you have inches of paper. On an 8"x8" layout, that gives me plenty of room to have the mosaic be 8 tiles high and 8 tiles wide, and fit perfectly on the layout. I like to account for this space by just making my tiles 7/8" square. You have to remember that your tiles will have a space (like grout) between them, so you can't just use eight 1" tiles for an 8" layout, because they won't all fit on the page. Next you need to decide on the size of the "tiles" in your mosaic. I chose a two-page scrapbook layout featuring photos of my friends parasailing. The first step to creating a photo mosaic is to gather together a bunch of photos relating to the same subject, as well as pretty sheet of colored paper for the background. I cut the pictures into tiles and create a the photo mosaic. I came up with an artistic and clever technique for fitting lots of pictures in a dense area, while still appearing to be a single layout. I often find myself trying to display several photos of something in a limited space, whether it's a single scrapbook page layout or in a frame.
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