I tend too get excited when I see a photo mosaic in everyday life. So, of course when I came across “The One” on Netflix, I was excited to see that they were using a mosaic as the main image. The show is about a DNA researcher who creates a new matchmaking service that matches people based on their DNA. I think the use of a mosaic for this poster image works great, as they are collecting a database of people and mosaics are, in many cases, a collection of people.

One thing I noticed in the mosaic was that it appears that the main image is “ghosted” on top of a grid of images. This is a technique that many mosaic companies use. The close up below shows the “ghosting” effect they used to create the mosaic.

My favorite software is through Picture Mosaics. Their software analyzes the cell images for shapes and colors in order to find the best spot in the mosaic for the images. I previously wrote a post on the different mosaic software techniques.