Moscow, Russsia -- (SBWIRE) --05/13/2011 -- Artensoft, the developer of software for creating photo collages, has prepared a gift for all owners of digital photo cameras - today the company is launching Artensoft Photo Mosaic Wizard 1.4, the latest version of the popular photo mosaic builder with enhanced functionality.

Artensoft Photo Mosaic Wizard is designed for home users, photo camera owners and professional designers. Over time people accumulate hundreds of photos with relatives, friends and interesting events. Now, it´s possible to turn these photos into a beautiful photo mosaic that can make a personalized gift to the friend or relative, or can be used to decorate the interior of the user´s own apartment. For example, one can make a portrait of a beloved from pictures of her favorite flowers, or a photo mosaic of the newlyweds from their pre-wedding photos. This gift will always remind its owner of the best moments of life and set in a good mood.

At the core of Artensoft Photo Mosaic Wizard lies an intelligent algorithm for building a natural photo mosaic. When the original picture is uploaded, the program carefully analyzes its contents, and then arranges tile images into a mosaic, taking into account such factors as color, brightness and shape of each fragment of the original picture. The whole process takes only a few seconds. Placement and orientation of tiles looks chaotic, which allows the user to make a photo mosaic as natural and close to the original as possible.

WHAT´S NEW IN VERSION 1.4?

The new version introduces advanced colorization, which allows the user to lay the photo mosaic over the source image to improve the quality of the composition. When the effect is applied, the details of tile pictures are not lost, but color, brightness and contrast of the collage are corrected.

The user can customize the intensity of the overlay effect in percents by toggling the slider. The new feature is especially useful if the database of tile pictures is small and it´s necessary to improve the quality of the photo mosaic.

Another novelty in version 1.4 is the removal of the restriction related to the number of tile pictures for building a photo mosaic. Earlier this number was equal to 1500 images. Now the user can create a photo collage from any number of images in the database, even from a single picture. In combination with the advanced colorization effect it may help to produce some fairly original photo mosaics. For example, a photo mosaic could be created from a single image and the composition will be laid over the original picture, repeating its colors.

For convenience of the user, the new version of Photo Mosaic Wizard offers the ability to choose the minimum possible radius to exclude duplicate images in the composition. The larger the radius, the farther are similar images and vice versa. In the first version, the radius was a constant and set by default.

Also, the process of creating a photo mosaic has become much easier and faster. The new version introduces the ability to remove tile images from the database directly during the process of indexing photos, without having to wait for its completion, and significantly increased speed of rendering a composition for preview, because Artensoft Photo Mosaic Wizard now calculates only the area that is required for previewing.

To learn more about Artensoft Photo Mosaic Wizard 1.4, users can download its free trial version, or read more information about the program and view samples of photo mosaics at http://www.artensoft.com/ArtensoftPhotoMosaicWizard/

Links:
Program overview: http://www.artensoft.com/ArtensoftPhotoMosaicWizard/
Screenshots: http://www.artensoft.com/ArtensoftPhotoMosaicWizard/screenshots.php
Photo mosaic gallery: http://www.artensoft.com/ArtensoftPhotoMosaicWizard/gallery.php
Trial version: http://www.artensoft.com/downloads.php (8.3 MB)

About Artensoft
Artensoft is the developer of software for editing photos and creating mosaic photo collages. Hundreds of photographers, designers and home users leverage the power of Artensoft software to turn ordinary photos into extraordinary photo compositions that can not only beautify your home photo album, but also professional brochures, banners and posters. For more information, visit the company´s website at http://www.artensoft.com

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Media Contact:
Eugene Baryshnikov
Artensoft, CEO
Email: mail@artensoft.com

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Moscow, Russia -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/26/2011 -- Artensoft today announces Artensoft Photo Collage Maker 1.1, a new Windows application that can automatically generate high-resolution photographic collages from small pictures. New computer program makes impressive photo collages from small photographs of different sizes. To create a photo collage, there is no need to have any knowledge of design and mosaic techniques.

Artensoft Photo Collage Maker gives a full range of options to produce a coherent collage. For example, the user can specify types of tiles to be used for generating a mosaic (mirrored images, 90 degree image rotation to the left or right, or 180 degree rotation). Besides, it is possible to set a radius for eliminating neighboring duplicate tiles, increase or decrease the number of large pictures, and select areas to be filled. When the first mosaic is generated, the user can manipulate a collage to individual preferences by replacing some tiles.

The program offers a wizard that makes it a matter of a few minutes to create a photo collage. The first thing is to choose a source photograph to make into a mosaic, and then add a collection of pictures that will be used as source material for the collage. For producing good results, it is recommended to have between 200 and 1000 images (picture sets are supplied with the program). Similar to a human artist, the program examines a source image and then recreates it as a hand-made mosaic automatically. The output can be saved to JPEG, BMP, TIFF or PNG.

With Artensoft Photo Collage Maker, home users can create a one-of-a-kind mosaic portrait of relatives and friends and present it as a gift. The program can also be used by professional designers and advertisers, who can, for instance, create a mosaic ad banner from the products of a company or photos of happy employees.

Links
Read more about the program at: http://www.artensoft.com/ArtensoftPhotoCollageMaker/
Screenshots of the interface: http://www.artensoft.com/ArtensoftPhotoCollageMaker/screenshots.php
Photo mosaic gallery: http://www.artensoft.com/ArtensoftPhotoCollageMaker/gallery.php
Demo: http://www.artensoft.com/ArtensoftPhotoCollageMaker/download/ArtensoftPhotoCollageMaker-Setup.exe

Pricing and Availability
Artensoft Photo Collage Maker 1.1 is available immediately from Artensoft, its online shop, and through a network of authorized resellers worldwide. For new customers the program is available for $79.95 (US). Upgrades are available for free. More information on the product can be found at http://www.artensoft.com

About Artensoft
Founded in 2007, Artensoft develops software tools for editing images and creating photo collages. The company has launched two popular programs: Artensoft Photo Mosaic Wizard, a software tool for creating photo mosaics, and Artensoft Photo Editor, a photo editor. For more information, visit htp://www.artensoft.com

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