User Guide

Mosaics350
A mosaic based on Tessellation.
A mosaic with a surface texture.
After creating a mosaic, using either of
the two methods, you can give it a
three-dimensional appearance. You
can also apply brush strokes to the
mosaic. A brush such as Distortion
will smear the tile colors. For
instructions on adding dimension to
the tiles, refer to “Render Tiles into
Mask” on page 358.
Suggestions for Creating
Mosaics
If you are either cloning from an
existing image or creating a mosaic
design from scratch, you’ll want to
follow a few suggestions:
• Use your first few courses of
mosaic tiles to delineate the most
important contours of your
subject—just as if you were
drawing with a pencil. Describe
the most important lines of your
scene first. Additional courses of
tiles should follow the initial
contours.
Tiles applied to the outline of an image.
• Use larger tiles in areas of flat color
and smaller tiles in regions where
you must add more detail. In flat
color areas, it’s effective to
introduce some color variability.
Tiles used in traditional mosaics
rarely have uniform color.
• If you’re working in a clone, turn
on the Tracing Paper feature by
enabling the Use Tracing Paper
check box in the Make Mosaics
dialog box. This helps you follow
the source imagery.