Mosaic Toolkit - Squares, Rings, and Balls ...
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Freeware, use as you like but not for resale.
Version: v2.01x1-26-06 Issue Date: Feb 8, 2006
Category: LOtis Filters
Copyright: 2005-2006 Lance Otis
Author: Lance Otis
Organization: LOtis Digital Art
Filename: "MosaicToolkitV201.8bf"
Supported Modes: RGBMode,GrayScaleMode
Developed using FilterMeister File AfhFM04Beta7.8fb version 1.0 B7 dated 6/17/2005.
Tooltips are not active in this version.
Mail questions to: lanceo@silverlink.net

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Version: v1.07 Issue Date: Dec 30 2005
This Mosaic Toolkit version provides 8 mosaic Styles: Squares, Rings, Balls, Gears, Square Rings, Stars, Daisy, and All styles.

Sliders are provided for varying cell size, contrast, slight color tweaking of cells, ball glow/brightness, and blending with the original photo.

Options are provided for gradient, radial gradient, color inversion, and row shift to give a brickwork effect. Two additional options: More Balls and More Rings provide added effects to some of the styles.

Application of the different Styles, Sliders, and Options provide thousands of different mosaic effects.

Note: there is a checkbox hidden in the embedded mosaic image; it removes mosaic texture from backgrounds that are one color in the original photo. (Under development).
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Version: v2 Issue Date: Jan 17, 2006
Bug Fix: Corrected a pixel write beyond the end of the Preview and Image.

Styles: This Mosaic Toolkit version provides 2 new mosaic Styles: Triangles, and Quilt. Quilt provides a diamond shape with proper selection of contrast and brightness.

Sliders: In version 2, a slider was added to allow setting both horizontal and vertical cell size, thus allowing for rectangular cells. 

Options:  Added in version 2 are two more checkboxes: OnlyFG and Only BG, which attempt to restrict the mosaic effect either to the Foreground or to the Background (not always successfully). Also added in version 2 was a custom color option for Ring and SquareRing styles to give CMY-like  palette effect.

Help Notes (Version 2): When a certain controls are selected, Help Notes are displayed to explain its action.

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Version: 2.01
Minor fixes of Color Invert.

