New way to make a mosaic without Adobe Photoshop?

KoV Liberty · October 18, 2009, 07:58:48 PM

Is there any possible way to make a mosaic without adobe photoshop? I can't afford it. Thanks.

joelyboy911 · October 18, 2009, 08:09:59 PM

You can do it Paint.NET.

Tarkus · October 18, 2009, 08:20:48 PM

I do it in The GIMP myself. Pretty much any image editing software that allows for layers should fit the bill.

-Alex

wouanagaine · October 18, 2009, 11:49:13 PM

Try Autostitch
It is free for non commercial usage

MandelSoft · October 19, 2009, 12:55:08 AM

You can do it with paint. Just copy-paste the images and make them fit precisely.

KoV Liberty · October 19, 2009, 01:12:36 PM

Cool. Thanks everyone. I have heard that you can make a certain pic size (for example: 800x1000) and take it directly in game. Is this true? And how do you use paint.net? Is it a website or download?

Fabian93 · October 19, 2009, 01:41:13 PM

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http://www.paint.net/

KoV Liberty · October 19, 2009, 06:01:06 PM

Thanks! But how do I take it in game? Can I assign a special key-combo or something?

joelyboy911 · October 19, 2009, 07:44:32 PM

CTRL+SHIFT+S

This key combo will take you to the game snapshot mode. Then you can find the pics in 'Documents/SimCity 4/Albums/*City Name*'.

Good luck.

wouanagaine · October 19, 2009, 11:25:29 PM

if you don't want png ( the ingame CTRL-SHIFT-S are saved in png ) you can use pic2clip or Gadwin printscreen which is superior

joelyboy911 · October 20, 2009, 12:01:26 AM

True, but if he's making a mosaic he would be saving it again anyway?

KoV Liberty · October 20, 2009, 01:10:03 PM

Thanks for the replies everyone. You've all been a big help!

But how do I open multiple pictures in the program and paste them together?

nerdly_dood · October 20, 2009, 04:25:56 PM

What I do is create a new image, and make it totally huge beyond any use, like 10,240 x 7,680 pixels, Then I paste the sub-images in there so they match up, and then select the part that I want. I cut that, delete everything so it's a blank page, and paste it so there's just the part that I want, with a ginormous white area. Then I use PhotoFiltre's handy "automatic crop" feature which removes dead space, and there you now have your mosaic. Be sure to save when you're done.

Link to PhotoFiltre download page
Photofiltre is a handy, versatile image-editing program that seems much easier to use than Gimp, which frankly seems a bit overwhelming to me, since its all in multiple windows, as well as being hard to navigate. PhotoFiltre is one single window that's not hard at all to navigate. It's particularly handy for very fine work, such as on 256x256 automata skins, where you can easily simulate a curve using several short lines - at this size you can't tell the difference. At normal image sizes, this would be nearly impossible to accomplish while still retaining the appearance of a smooth curve.

joelyboy911 · October 20, 2009, 08:01:39 PM

Nerdly_dood's method is a good one. You can make an enormous image, and use the area away from your mosaic as working space.

KoV Liberty · October 21, 2009, 06:52:14 PM

~~Thanks again everyone! But what I am referring to is how to put miltiple images in one in paint.NET. Thanks.~~ Actualy, no prob anymore! With special thanks to Tarkus who mentioned the word, "layers," that caught my eye in the Paint.NET thing and it worked! Also thanks for all of your suggestions to new image editing software! It will greatly enhance my pics for my MD. Thanks everyone!