# Pictures made from lots of pictures

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-made-from-lots-of-pictures/307922>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 12, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-made-from-lots-of-pictures/307922 "2005-06-12T02:34:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-made-from-lots-of-pictures/307922/1 "2005-06-12T02:34:11Z")

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You know…like a pic of Albert Einstein made from 10,000 covers of life magazine.

What are those called? And is there any software that makes the process E-Z?

Lady Chance wishes to experiment with such.

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**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-made-from-lots-of-pictures/307922/2 "2005-06-12T02:35:25Z")

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Mosaic. I believe you can make them in Photoshop.

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**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-made-from-lots-of-pictures/307922/3 "2005-06-12T02:49:18Z")

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[Photomosaics](http://www.photomosaic.com/)

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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-made-from-lots-of-pictures/307922/4 "2005-06-12T02:59:03Z")

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I had software like this (it came with my last printer). It had a bunch of stock photos included. You plugged your photo into the program and it would create the mosaic.

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**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-made-from-lots-of-pictures/307922/5 "2005-06-12T03:22:17Z")

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Youll find a comparison of several photomosaic creators [here](http://www.aolej.com/mosaic/compare.htm).