AndreaMosaic

AndreaMosaic
Developer(s)Andrea Denzler
Stable release
AndreaMosaic 3.39 / December 8, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-12-08)
Preview release
AndreaMosaic 3.39.12 Beta / March 15, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-03-15)
Written inC++, Assembly language
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
Available inEnglish, Русский, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Chinese, German
TypeGraphic art software
LicenseProprietary
Websitewww.andreaplanet.com/andreamosaic

AndreaMosaic is freeware[1] graphic art software developed and published by Andrea Denzler and that specializes in the creation of photographic mosaic images.

History

The first public release was version 3.12 in 2003.[2][3] In the following years new features where added once or twice a year. A completely new interface came out of beta testing with version 3.3 in September, 2008.[4]

Features

AndreaMosaic includes several features[5][6] for creating mosaics.[1][7] Together with the standard parameters necessary to create a mosaic the following features are available:

  • On-the-fly creation of image variants
  • Automatic cropping of images to fit the tile aspect ratio
  • Automatic color adjustment
  • Prevention of close duplicates
  • High-resolution mosaics (up to 100 gigapixel)

Versions

As of version 3.32 AndreaMosaic is available in Standard and Professional versions. Both share the same features but the Professional version exceeds the Standard version's limits of 200 megapixels and 30,000 tiles. AndreaMosaic is supported on Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 2003 and also on Mac OS X and Linux distributions through the free Wine software. The software can be installed using the standard installer or through a fully portable no-install archive. A collection of 500 sample images[8] is freely available.

License

The license allows free use of the software, including commercial use, but it requires that every published or printed photographic mosaic, or derivative work, includes a reference to AndreaMosaic. Also the publishing or display to a large audience of a particular mosaic should be added to the public list of artworks created with AndreaMosaic.

Artworks

Artworks was created worldwide using AndreaMosaic including

Reception

Although the software has proved popular[9] and has some powerful features,[5] it has been criticised for not being user-friendly[5] with a confusing[1] and dull[8] interface featuring atrocious grammar[6] but providing an excellent user guide[6] and producing excellent results.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Editor's Review of AndreaMosaic". PCWorld. 2008-05-28. Archived from the original on 24 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
  2. ^ "WayBackMachine: AndreaMosaic". 2003-07-02. Archived from the original on July 2, 2003. Retrieved 2016-07-03.
  3. ^ "How-To: Make your own photo mosaics". engadget. 2004-10-19. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
  4. ^ "Andrew Mosaic download and history". Archived from the original on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
  5. ^ a b c "Gadget Guy Review: Andrea Mosaic". WISCTV/Channel 3000. 26 November 2007. Archived from the original on 24 October 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
  6. ^ a b c "Make Artistic Mosaics With Your Photos". PCWorld. 2008-06-09. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
  7. ^ "Video Clip — Create a Photo Mosaic". PC Magazine. 2005-10-05. Archived from the original on 25 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
  8. ^ a b c "Create beautiful mosaics from your own pictures". Softonic.com. 2007-10-25. Archived from the original on 19 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
  9. ^ Caterina Fake (2006). Flickr Hacks: Tips & Tools for Sharing Photos Online. O'Reilly. p. 335. ISBN 978-0-596-10245-6.