MOSAIC CREATOR Mosaic Creator allows you to create a photo mosaics and thumbnails made of many small cells.

Also it can render good images using least image collections with fine color enhance. Specific for Mosaic Creator are optional non-rectangular pattern cell shapes (puzzle, shape, triangle, hexagon, etc) and generating clickable thumbnails. Mosaic Creator includes pattern shape editor for user defined patterns (only in professional version). You can start create mosaics only with one image. You must select cell images, source image, destination image size and pattern type. You can enhance the rendering process by fine color modifying the cell images, and finish up the result mosaic image by adding a cell borders, alpha masks and color masks. There is not limitation for number of cell images and output mosaic file size. The Mosaic Wizards simplifies the process of mosaic definition and preparing thumbnails from your photos. Mosaic Creator is shareware. Thank you for evaluating Mosaic Creator. Main features: Create photo mosaics, mosaics Clickable web gallery thumbnails Precalculate tile mosaics from glass, ceramics, stones and quilts Create mosaics from text Create ASCII art as HTML or image Create video mosaics Photo mosaics ------------Unlimited number of cell images Unlimited size of output mosaic file size Printing services Internal viewer Nonrectangular cell shapes (puzzle, hexagon, triangle) Pattern shape editor Predefined pattern shapes (more than 60 free) Mosaic Creator Wizard (easy create 6 types of mosaics) Fine color enhance (single cell and detail cell) Antialiasing for smooth results Control repetition image cells Ability to create photo mosaics Fast render preview Control cell border parameters Alpha masking Color masking Define filling matrix Web gallery thumbnails ---------------------Create unique clickable multipage thumbnails

Thumbnail Wizard Nonrectangular galleries Master and detail pages with full navigation Color schemes, set colors and textures Add comments to your photo Add watermark to protect your photos Add borders to your photos Edit your footer Resize and stretch options Drop shadows Support EXIF information Tile mosaics -----------Convert any image into a mosaic tile design Set any mosaic dimensions (Size calculator included) Automatic filling from selected tile pictures Control tile repetition control Optimize result price Export high quality tile mosaic preview Set any grout color and control gap size Render random pattern design Works well for pools, kitchens, bathrooms, countertops, floors Prints a list of used tiles Prints mosaic design in real size Prints a tile grid, grid with tile numbers Render mosaic design with tile numbers Prints an estimate price based upon tile price Easy to use with any tile set Video mosaics ------------Control cell image repetition in video mosaic Use video sequences as cell images Render to frames or AVI file Supported image file formats: Source & Cell Image Formats - BMP, JPG, PNG, TIFF, GIF, TGA, PCX, WMF, EMF Output Image Format - BMP, JPG, TIFF, PNG ---------------------------------------------------------Changes in Mosaic Creator ver. 3.1 added render mode selection - buttons and content popup menu added option to control filling process - auto, center, random and more added dithering options for source image - 6+ dithering types (recommended for t ile mosaics) added non-integer distance limit - ready to experiment with tile mosaics added cropping for source image added gradient selector as source image (ready for tile gradient mosaics) minor speed enhancements

ver. 3.00 added mosaic size calculator added transparency option for alpha mask added font option for HTML ASCII art added source image processing - sharpen, saturation, contrast, brightness, gamma , RGB added cell image processing - sharpen, saturation, contrast, brightness, gamma added filling grid - cell groups (max 5 cell groups), zoom added enhanced reports - filling matrix, price list - exprtable to PDF, and more added new option - size of export filling matrix added basic undo/redo feature - for each rendered settings with fast preview (op tionable) added displays printing size when cell size and number of cells changed added file association for .mos (mosaic definition) and mot. files (mosaic templ ate) changed option force use each cell image hidden registration number ver. 2.98 added option - cell image comments as file names ver. 2.95 added option - shutdown computer after finished render render mosaics greater than 2GB - PNG and TIFF file formats (limited) render mosaics - multipart (option for number of parts), (where is max limit? some testers (maniacs) wanted) added random cell offset added random gap size added cell rotate - uniform, random or predefined math functions added new patterns added rotate and gap options in video render mode added force first cell images in sequence in video render mode added option - export delimiter minor optimalisation changes in rendering ver. 2.9 service release minor optimalisation render bug fixing (minor rounding problems) minor visual changes (main menu) ver. 2.82 new option - force use each cell image, requested from users but not recommended :) when used, mosaics can be rendered not in high quality ver. 2.81 new option - each mosaic saved to new file, don't overwrite previous images speed-up loading image list ver. 2.8

ability render and prepare mosaics from physical tiles (glass, ceramics, stones) added calculation of used cells minor speed enhancements added grayscale output option added display cell ID in mosaic added display CSV filling matrix added visible source image in filling matrix added support for render mosaics with text + many new options added filling grid images added grout images added tile sets added image button sets for thumbnail navigation added size mosaic calculator for tiled mosaics added font size option on thumbnail added new wizard for all types of mosaics (many new options), four steps and ren der added shadow options added option to control pattern cell gap added support for multilanguage interface, now we need translators only :) added color schemes for thumbnails ver. 2.65 added HTML codepage selection added half-portrait and half-landscape size in thumb wizard added EXIF details for detail thumbnail image ver. 2.6 changed border compare calculation added multiple page thumbnails added JPEG compression option in thumbnail wizard added output thumbnail file name combobox added watermarking (text and image/logo) added auto removing file name duplicates in cell image list added footer property added borders for thumbnail images

ver. 2.5 fixed errors on background rendering filled with image added thumbnail wizard link in main menu and toolbar added rendering sequence window added rendering sequence to JPG files added rendering sequence to AVI file, AVI file properties dialog added rendering 3 options for sequence rendering frame to frame added command line support for rendering *.mos file added force cell images - render with limited image set changed border compare calculation ver. 2.4 filling matrix - define filling cells, load from image

ver. 2.35 preview of wizard thumbnail templates added new thumbnail templates ver. 2.3 crop cell images to cell size - avoid cell image deformations automatic cropping cell images in thumbnail wizard JPG output file type used in thumbnail wizard ver. 2.2 support multiple color masks added color masks images added thumbnail templates comments for thumbnail images and position options thumbnail image destination directory option relative paths used for thumbnail images text output for cell image matrix ver. 2.01 Service release added thumbnail templates ver. 2.0 (step from 1.5 :o) Cached analysed cell images (speed up rendering from 10% to 50%) Render speed up - Fast render method (10% to 400%) with large cell image set Filling source image - added filling by filename Mosaic Background - added source image, image, tiled image Border transparency Added masking page -> Alpha mask: -B/W transparency -selectable background -mosaic background -cell average color -source image -image Color mask: -color mask selection -transparent color selection -transparent color tolerance -color mask transparency Added Jpeg options - save quality and progressive flag Ability generating thumbnails -> -save HTML with clickable map -save image page with button navigation bar -resizing cell images for thumbnail detail -additional options for image page New options for stretching cell images, Alpha mask and Color mask

Thumbnail wizard More than 20 thumbnail templates Photo mosaic and mosaic templates Source color fix rendering mode Border compare rendering mode Multi-resolution compare rendering mode Now installation includes more than 60 patterns. ver. 1.5 Added option for minimal distance of same images Now you have full range of options for control cell image distribution. All free patterns added to installation. Now installation includes more than 50 patterns. ver. 1.4 added output file formats JPG, PNG and TIFF Supported TIFF compression methods: -PackBits (Macintosh) -Zip (best lossless) -Jpeg -None (lossless) ver. 1.3 preview window fast preview render option (1/2, 1/4, 1/8 size) speed up 30-40% render (nonrectangle cells) exact repeat cell image repeat control (create thumbnails) randomizing cell filling (non-artifitial mosaics) stretching cell images pattern cell count multiplicators (pattern editor) ver. 1.2 added free patterns added process priority setup antialiasing enabled in trial version ver. 1.1 fixed problem on 256 color cell image (JPEGs) fixed color dialogs ver. 1.0 First release - please refer all bugs and improvements large output image - save output line by line printing service antialiasing

help file ver. 0.9 beta internal viewer background color mosaic wizard ver 0.8 beta non-rectangular patterns pattern definition editor shape preview system configuration ver. 0.7 beta drawing borders selectable recognition quality temporary image cache size calculator cell color enhance ver. 0.6 beta First version rectangle cells image compare functions image repetition ---------------------------------------------------------Available Versions ---------------------------------------------------------Free Trial Version Limitations: Trial time 30 days Output image file size limit 10 MB predefined 70+ patterns no antialiasing label "Created by Mosaic Creator" on the bottom left ---------------------------------------------------------Lite version Meets non-commercial needs. You can use it commercial, but must respect version limitations. Limitations: Output image file size limit 25 MB (image size A4 & 300 DPI or A3 & 150 DPI) predefined 100+ patterns no pattern editor price $29 ----------------------------------------------------------

Professional version For commercial use, appropriate for professional graphics like large posters. no limit for output image file size (tested 900 MB image, 21 000 x 14 400 pixels, OS file limit 2 GB) predefined 100+ patterns pattern editor for making own patterns antialiasing price $99 ---------------------------------------------------------MINIMAL SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Windows 95 - 98, NT, 2000, XP Pentium 200 (Pentium II recommended) 32 MB RAM (128 MB recommended) 3 MB hard disk space for installation ---------------------------------------------------------Installing and Starting Mosaic Creator Windows 95, 98 and NT users: To install, click on SETUP.EXE. Click Yes. Follow the instructions on the screen. To start, click Start/Programs. Go to the Mosaic Creator folder and click "Mosaic Creator". ---------------------------------------------------------HOW TO REGISTER Registering of features features of registration Mosaic Creator In the trial version a number have been disabled. In order to enable all the Mosaic Creator, you must register to receive a number.

How to Register: Registration is performed online. Order processing is performed by Regsoft or ShareIt!. Follow this links: Secure online order form. Mosaic Creator Lite http://www.regsoft.net/purchase.php3?productid=33627 https://secure.element5.com/shareit/checkout.html?productid=146546&language=Engl ish Mosaic Creator Professional http://www.regsoft.net/purchase.php3?productid=33629 https://secure.element5.com/shareit/checkout.html?productid=146599&language=Engl ish You will be asked to input information about yourself. When

Regsoft or ShareIt!, have received your order, your registration number will be emailed to you straight away. In Mosaic Creator select the menu Help/Register, and input your name and received registration number. Mosaic Creator shows password for unzipping additional pattern shapes. Registration is now complete! CONTACT Mosaic creator homepage: http://www.aolej.com Some questions, bug report and advice you can send to olej@aolej.com Thank you for using Mosaic Creator.