With the big site move and the chaos of the holiday season, I haven’t had much time to write lately. But for this, I just had to stop and share. I’m done all my holiday shopping – with over two weeks to spare! If you know me, that is completely unheard of.

For all those do-it-yourselfers out there, this is for you…
Originally before selecting a mosaic service to create my mosaic, I tried several different mosaic software programs, with not much success (read my intro for details). Recently, I again scoured the web and found 4 seemingly popular online mosaic creation sites that would create my mosaic right online – how cool! I loaded the same source and cell images into each tool along with similar settings for sizing and coloration. My results are summarized below. I hope you find this review helpful

 

The Final Mosaic

Picture Mosaics A “true” photo mosaic Low colorization and optimal cell size Less than 3 minutes

EasyMoza A decent photo mosaic; “striped” effect throughout Good cell size; noticeable colorization Roughly 5 minutes

Mosaically Not a great photo mosaic; too much lost detail Noticeable colorization; small cells Roughly 6 minutes

Print Mosaic A generally poor photo mosaic Heavy colorization; small cells More than 10 minutes

 

Photo Upload Options

Picture Mosaics Computer, mobile device, Facebook, Instagram, Picasa, Google+, Dropbox, Flickr	EasyMoza Computer, web image, stock image library
Mosaically Computer, mobile device, Facebook, web image	Print Mosaic Computer, mobile device, Facebook, Instagram, Dropbox, web image

 

Mosaic Output & Sharing Options

Picture Mosaics Free digital proof, hi-res download, prints, web url, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+	EasyMoza Free digital proof, hi-res download
Mosaically Hi-res download, prints	Print Mosaic Hi-res download, prints (*limited sizes), web url, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+