photo mosaic

Images forming image

A photo mosaic is an image composed of many smaller photographs arranged so that, viewed from a distance, they form a larger coherent picture.

Each small photo functions like a pixel, its average color contributing to the whole: The tribute was a photo mosaic of the actor's face made from thousands of fan photos.

Software typically automates the matching process.

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montage · fragments · grid · thumbnail · digital · digital art · portrait · family portrait · artwork · pieces · assembly · big picture · software · pattern · image · pictures · arrangement · seamless

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Informal photograph taken quickly

single shot · candid shot

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