Yugen Mosaic lets you create mosaics out of your favorite photos
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I usually review utility apps here on Windows Central. I love an app that helps me get work done more efficiently, or that makes it easy to work across devices. But when I saw Yugen Mosaic as part of Launch 2020, I was immediately intrigued. The app allows you to take images and lay them out as tiles in mosaics. After diving into it a bit, I’ve come away with some unique images and a tool that I’ll keep on my PC to make creative pieces of artwork.
Creating unique art
Yugen Mosaic
Bottom line: Yugen Mosaic allows you to create unique art with a few clicks. It has several modes to create mosaics and lets you customize how tiles are laid out across the artwork.
Pros:
- Easy to use
- Creates unique art
- Lets you customize how mosaics are made
- Has multiple modes for mosaic creation
- Repeats images if you don’t provide enough
- Free
Cons:
- Can hang at times
What you’ll love about Yugen Mosaic
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The app has multiple modes that allow you to create different types of mosaics. With Classic Mode, the app selects images that match the hue of the master image. For example, in the first image in the gallery below, the app selected images of my dogs on the grass to make up the grass sections of the master image. I prefer the Adjust Hue mode, which filters each image to match the hue of different portions of the master image. This lets you use a wider variety of images. There’s also a Plain Color mode that allows you to create purposefully pixelated images as well as a Random mode.
As a quick note, when I give an app like Yugen Mosaic a 5/5, I’m not saying that it’s better than any app I’ve ever given a lower score. I’m saying that for the task that it does and the price that it comes at, free, Yugen Mosaic is perfect for the job. It’s an easy to use app that doesn’t cost a thing to create unique pieces of art.
What you’ll dislike about Yugen Mosaic
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The only other drawback is just an inherent issue with creating mosaics; you need a lot of images. If you want to create a mosaic with any amount of detail, you need a massive number of images. The ones I made with my dogs above have over 500 images each, and the app had to repeat those images throughout the mosaic to fill it out. This isn’t a flaw of Yugen Mosaic as an app, but it’s worth knowing going into the app. If you have a dozen images and expect to make an edible mosaic, you’re probably going to have a bad time.
Should you try Yugen Mosaic?
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If you do try it out, make sure you have a lot of photos to use. If you want to make a mosaic that shows off details from a master image, you need quite a few photos. Luckily, I haven’t reached a maximum number of images that Yugen Mosaic lets me use within the app.
Creatng unique art
Yugen Mosaic
An excellent way to make a mosaic
Yugen Mosaic allows you to create unique art with a few clicks. It has several modes to create mosaics and lets you customize how tiles are laid out across the artwork.
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