Download
AndreaMosaic is completely free for personal and commerical use but the license requires that you make AndreaMosaic more popular by giving a reference/credit to AndreaMosaic.
Just download and run the preferred setup file. It will install and run the program. To create a mosaic follow the tooltips inside AndreaMosaic. But I strongly suggest you take a look at the manual. For any question contact me at the Helpdesk.

Download stable version
AndreaMosaic
3.53.0
The full free version. No Demo. No time limit. Download the Portable version if you want to use AndreaMosaic on a USB Disk / Pen Drive / Memory stick for a fully portable usage. Use the alternative link if you have troubles with the download. AndreaMosaic is also on Wikipedia.
AndreaMosaic 3.53.0 - 22 May 2023 - File size: 13 MByte.
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Windows Portable

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AndreaMosaic is available within PlayOnLinux software freely available under most Linux Distros. Alternatively use the WineHQ Wine library.
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AndreaMosaic is verified by over 50 different Antivirus Software, see Report here: Windows Report, MacOs Installer Report, Portable Report, MacOs (Mojave) Report.
Verify the integrity of a downloaded file. Click here for a Tutorial on how to verify your downloads. Wikipedia: Checksum, MD5 and SHA1.


Download development version
AndreaMosaic
3.53.3 Beta
The latest version in development:
- Updated Support for macOS.
18 February 2024 - File size: 13 MByte
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Windows Portable

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AndreaMosaic is verified by over 50 different Antivirus Software, see Report here: Portable Beta Report, Windows Beta Report, MacOs (Mojave) Beta Report.
Verify the integrity of a downloaded file. Click here for a Tutorial on how to verify your downloads. Wikipedia: Checksum, MD5 and SHA1.


Download Bonus Pack or Professional

The Bonus Pack is available to whoever supports in any way the development of AndreaMosaic. This version contains a few more Patterns. For more information see the Donation page and read the FAQ.

The Professional version is available to whoever supports extensively the development of AndreaMosaic. This version create mosaics up to 100 gigapixels made of 500,000 tiles. For more information see the Donation page and read the FAQ.



Various Downloads
If you need some images to create your first mosaic then you can download and install these 500 free images.
9 March 2008 - File size: 5 MByte
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Download the free K-Lite Codec Pack if you want to extract images from video/movie files using AndreaMosaic. You don't need to install the entire package but only a few Video for Window codecs. Those older components don't create any problems with your existing video/audio configuration. Follow the instructions in this video or the next four steps:
  1. Download the MEGA version
  2. Run the setup, select Advanced Setup
  3. Click Next until you reach the Select Components Window
  4. From the list box choose the last profile option: Deselect All
  5. Then scroll down the list and select only the VFW Video codecs. Click Next until installation is complete.

Note: For Windows 98/ME/NT you need to download version 3.4.5 of K-Lite Full Codec Pack. You may need to install also DirectX 8.1 or later.


Alternative macOS Installations
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Use the commercial CrossOver for Mac Software to run AndreaMosaic.
Also CrossOver has the Antivirus report issues. Read HERE a message from the Founder or HERE about how to deal with the Antivirus Software.
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How to use PlayOnMac to run AndreaMosaic:
  1. Download the free PlayOnMac software.
  2. Open the downloaded PlayOnMac file and drag it's main Icon to your Application Folder
  3. Run PlayOnMac. You have to do a Right-click and select Open because PlayOnMac is not digitally signed
  4. In the Main Screen of PlayOnMac, click on Install -> Graphics -> AndreaMosaic.
  5. Confirm the various Next buttons. If asked to install an Additional Components like 'Gecko', 'Mono' or 'X11' just press Cancel. They are not needed.
  6. Select Download AndreaMosaic or if you have already downloaded the Portable Setup then you can select 'Use a Setup file in my Computer'.
  7. After completetion it is possible to run AndreaMosaic within PlayOnMac and eventually create a Shortcut on the Desktop.
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Use the free Porting Kit Software to run AndreaMosaic.
Both AndreaMosaic and The Porting Kit are based on the Wine library and the WineSkin Software.
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Use the commercial and free VMware or VirtualBox Software to create a Windows or Linux Virtual Machine.



 

Credits Description
Open source JPEG Library (Wikipedia).
Open source PNG Library (Wikipedia).
Open source Unicode Library (Wikipedia).
Open source catalogs Library. (Wikipedia).
Open source C++ Library (Wikipedia).
Open source cross-platform gettext catalogs editor (Wikipedia).

Open source Windows Emulator for Unix/Linux like machines (Wikipedia).
Note: Mac OS X build of Wine created and credited to Mike Kronenberg

Open source version control system (Wikipedia).
Open source TIFF Library (Wikipedia).
Open source BigTIFF Library.
Open source version control system (Wikipedia).
Open source ZLIB Compression Library (Wikipedia).
Open source Compatibility Layer for Mac OS X and Linux (Wikipedia).
WineSkin packages the Wine library into a convenient macOs application.
The WineSkin software is actually mantained by the Porting Kit team.
Open source Compatibility Layer for Mac OS X.

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Enjoy!
Peace & Love.
Andrea

History

17 February 2024 - New Release 3.53.4 Beta
News:
- Updated macOS Support.

30 November 2023 - New Release 3.53.2 Beta
News:
- Updated macOS Support.

30 June 2023 - New Release 3.53.1 Beta
News:
- Updated macOS Support.

22 May 2023 - New Release 3.53.0
News:
- New #PriorityWide and #PriorityCenter Hashtags in the Filename/Folder will require those images in the 70% and 40% central area of the Mosaic.
Changes:
- Improved support for macOS with a dedicated native Installer.
- Raised Timeout native Open File under Mac.

2 April 2023 - New Release 3.52.5 Beta
News:
- New #PriorityWide and #PriorityCenter Hashtags in the Filename/Folder will require those images in the 70% and 40% central area of the Mosaic.

22 March 2023 - New Release 3.52.4 Beta
Changes:
- Improved support for macOS with a dedicated native Installer.

28 February 2023 - New Release 3.52.1 Beta
Changes:
- Raised Timeout native Open File under Mac.

28 February 2023 - New Release 3.52.0
Changes:
- Support for macOS Ventura.
- Improved performance on macOS.
- Fixed various minor Bugs.

15 February 2023 - New Release 3.51.2 Beta
Changes:
- Support for macOS Ventura.
- Improved performance on macOS.
- Fixed various minor Bugs.

11 February 2023 - New Release 3.51.0
Changes:
- Up to 2 million images in the image collection.
- Faster User Inteface with large image collections.

5 June 2021 - New Release 3.50.2 Beta
Changes:
- Up to 2 million images in the image collection.
- Faster User Inteface with large image collections.

30 May 2021 - New Release 3.50.1
Fixes:
- Improved macOS support fixing a few issues.
- Fixed WebMosaic issue on Safari.

7 April 2021 - New Release 3.50.0
Changes:
- Added WebMosaic feature.
- Faster performance when building the Image List.
- Added Code Signing for improved security (only Windows).
- Support for macOS Catalina, Big Sur and Monterey.

15 March 2021 - New Release 3.39.12 Beta
Changes:
- Improved WebMosaic feature
- Faster performance at the Build Image List
- Fixed main Image size reporting

7 February 2021 - New Release 3.39.11 Beta
Changes:
- Improved WebMosaic feature

26 January 2021 - New Release 3.39.5 Beta
Changes:
- Added WebMosaic feature

11 November 2020 - New Release 3.39.4 Beta
Changes:
- Improved Support for macOS Catalina

4 October 2020 - New Release 3.39.3 Beta
Changes:
- Improved Support for macOS Catalina

3 October 2020 - New Release 3.39.2 Beta
Changes:
- Minor Improvements.
- Added Code Signing for improved security.

8 December 2019 - New Release 3.39.0
Changes and Fixes:
- Play Sound at end of Mosaic creation.
- Fixed macOS Tile List Creation Issue.
- Fixed Windows XP compatibility (libcurl.dll).
- Updated Setup DLLs.
- Fixed a rare crash.
- Added List of Unused Images in Text Report.
- Added Tile# and Image# in the Text Report.

5 June 2019 - New Release 3.38.6 Beta
Changes:
- Added Tile# and Image# in the Text Report.

24 April 2019 - New Release 3.38.5 Beta
Changes:
- Added List of Unused Images in the Text Report.

18 March 2019 - New Release 3.38.4 Beta
Fixes:
- Fixed a rare crash.

21 February 2019 - New Release 3.38.3 Beta
Fixes:
- Updated Setup DLL's

24 January 2019 - New Release 3.38.1 Beta
Fixes:
- Fixed macOS Tile List Creation Issue.
- Fixed Windows XP compatibility (libcurl.dll).

9 August 2018 - New Release 3.38.0
Changes and Fixes:
- Updated Build System and latest Libraries
- Added Turkish translation and minor UI changes.

31 May 2018 - New Release 3.37.5 Beta
Changes:
- Updated Build System.

12 January 2018 - New Release 3.37.4 Beta
News:
- Added Turkish translation and minor UI changes.

24 March 2017 - New Release 3.37.1 Beta
Changes:
- Updated Librares and Development Environment.

12 March 2017 - New Release 3.37.0
News:
- Background Transparency option in TIFF and Photoshop File Format.
- Tile Layers option in Photoshop File Format.
- New advanced option for Web Page creation. Tiles can be copied in a subfolder or linked to the original location.
- New main option Adapt Size which replaces Integral Tiles and Adjust Tile Size.
- Added Advanced option on OS X to disable native file open dialog.
- Added two new patterns: Landscape (7 rows) and Landscape (10 rows).
- Added new advanced option Adjust Tile Size. If enabled it is not necessary to use Integral Tiles for avoiding the last column/row to be cropped. This feature is not enabled with Parquet Pattern.
- Added two new patterns: Landscape (7 rows) and Landscape (10 rows).

Changes and Fixes:
- Translation upgrades and minor changes.
- Minor Bug Fix.
- Updated German translation and minor changes to User Interface.
- Added German Manual in the installation folder.
- Updated TIFF library to version 4.0.6.
- Fixed bug which prevented to save very big JPG.
- Fixed bug on OS X when file name contains non latin characters.
- Fixed minor bug when creating gigapixel mosaics.


5 March 2017 - New Release 3.36.15 Beta
Changes:
- Translation upgrades and minor changes.

25 February 2017 - New Release 3.36.14 Beta
News:
- Background Transparency option in TIFF and Photoshop File Format.
- Tile Layers option in Photoshop File Format.

10 February 2017 - New Release 3.36.13 Beta
News:
- Minor Bug Fix.

6 December 2016 - New Release 3.36.12 Beta
News:
- Updated German translation and minor changes to User Interface.

12 November 2016 - New Release 3.36.11 Beta
News:
- New advanced option for Web Page creation. Tiles can be copied in a subfolder or linked to the original location.
- Added German Manual in the installation folder.
Fix:
- New Beta version for OS X.

31 August 2016 - New Release 3.36.9 Beta
Fix:
- Updated TIFF library to version 4.0.6.

9 July 2016 - New Release 3.36.8 Beta
Fix:
- Fixed bug which prevented to save very big JPG.

24 March 2016 - New Release 3.36.7 Beta
News:
- New main option Adapt Size which replaces Integral Tiles and Adjust Tile Size.

18 March 2016 - New Release 3.36.6 Beta
Fix:
- Fixed bug on OS X when file name contains non latin characters.

13 March 2016 - New Release 3.36.4 Beta
News:
- Added Advanced option on OS X to disable native file open dialog.

15 February 2016 - New Release 3.36.2 Beta
News:
- Added two new patterns: Landscape (7 rows) and Landscape (10 rows).
- Added new advanced option Adjust Tile Size. If enabled it is not necessary to use Integral Tiles for avoiding the last column/row to be cropped. This feature is not enabled with Parquet Pattern.
- Fixed minor bug when creating gigapixel mosaics.

9 October 2015 - New Release 3.36.1 Beta
News:
- Added two new patterns: Landscape (7 rows) and Landscape (10 rows).

7 October 2015 - New Release 3.36.0
News:
- New Mosaic Processing "Sequential by Date". It will place all images sequentially ordered by shooting date/time.
- New custom Tile Priority based on a grayscale image map.
- New improved 1/2 and 1/4 Tile Split selection algorithm.
- New advanced option for selecting 1/2 and 1/4 Tile Split algorithm.
- New Experimental Algorithm (only with No Duplicated Images setting).
- Better support under Linux through PlayOnLinux software allowing easy install/uninstall.
- Improved OS X User Interface and compatibiltiy with OS X 10.11 El Capitan.
- Updated license usage.

BugFix:
- Improved Memory usage and minor optimization and improvements.
- Fixed various minor bugs
- Fixed minor bug when saving compressed TIFF files.
- Fixed bug when writing PSD/PSB files over 12 Gigabytes.
- Fixed bug when loading settings file.


5 October 2015 - New Release 3.35.11 Beta
News:
- Compatibility with OS X 10.11 El Capitan.

25 August 2015 - New Release 3.35.9 Beta
News:
- Improved User Interface under OS X.The native OS X File selection window is used.
Fixes:
- Fixed bug when loading the settings file. Some setting values where not read correctly.
- Updated license usage (minor correction).

9 August 2015 - New Release 3.35.8 Beta
News:
- Updated license usage.
Fixes:
- Better support under Linux through PlayOnLinux software allowing easy install/uninstall.

15 May 2015 - New Release 3.35.7 Beta
Fixes:
- Fixed bug when writing PSD/PSB files over 12 Gigabytes.

8 April 2015 - New Release 3.35.6 Beta

Fixes:
- Fixed minor bug when saving compressed TIFF files.

23 February 2015 - New Release 3.35.5 Beta
News:
- New custom Tile Priority based on a grayscale image map.
- New improved 1/2 and 1/4 Tile Split selection algorithm.
- New advanced option for selecting 1/2 and 1/4 Tile Split algorithm.
- Minor improvements.
Fixes:
- Fixed various minor bugs.

1 February 2015 - New Release 3.35.4 Beta
- New Experimental Algorithm (only with No Duplicated Images setting). It's ok but too slow.

25 January 2015 - New Release 3.35.3 Beta
- Improved Memory usage and minor optimization.

14 January 2015 - New Release 3.35.2 Beta
- New Mosaic Processing "Sequential by Date". It will place all images sequentially ordered by shooting date/time.

10 January 2015 - New Release 3.35.1
Bug Fix:
- Fixed orientation of images generated with IPhone.

12 December 2014 - New Release 3.35.0
News:
- New option Integral Tiles enabled by default which reduces the crop of Tiles in last row/column.
- Improved Text Report and changed Tile Size default parameter.
- Improved Error Messages when saving the Tile List. Bad images are saved in a Text Report file.

Bug Fix and minor changes:
- Fixed a memory management issue with TIFF Files.


8 December 2014 - New Release 3.34.4 Beta

News:
- Improved Text Report
- Changed Tile Size default parameter for reduced Tile cropping.
- Renamed Integral Height to Integral Tiles in the saved parameters.

14 April 2014 - New Release 3.34.3 Beta
News:
- New option Integral Tiles enabled by default which reduces the crop of Tiles in last row/column.

13 March 2014 - New Release 3.34.2 Beta
News:
- Fixed a memory management issue with TIFF Files.

19 November 2013 - New Release 3.34.1 Beta
News:
- Improved error messages when saving the Tile List. Bad images are saved in a Text Report file.


6 November 2013 - New Release 3.34.0
News compared to the previous stable version:
- New "Folder Tile Variation" algorithm.
- Improved Memory Management (3 GB support and available memory detection).
- Border Color is now specified in R,G,B values.
- PNG File Support for Tile Images, Main Image and MaskFile.
- Main Image can be irregular through a transparency layer (PNG File).
- New special MaskFile*n size for a bigger Mosaic size.
- Multisized Tiles: 1/2 and 1/4 sized tiles.
- Tile Priority for position and tile size.
- Import/Export of all the Mosaic Settings.
- VideoMosaic export as a sequence of Images.
- User Interface improvement with new layout and graphical buttons..
- Automatic check and download of new versions.
- Ability to add individual Images to the Tile List.
- All the settings are saved in a local folder/per user for a improved Portable Usage.
- Added some MaskFile examples and improved MaskFile creation (bmp+jpg).
- Text Report contains also a list of unique files with usage count.
- The Web Page HTML option will create now a sub-folder with all the required files to publish the mosaic with a simple FTP transfer.
- Multiple Mask Files supported for each main image.
- Mosaic can be saved in Photoshop PSD and PSB format.
- Tile Images of the Mosaic can be saved individually.
- Maximum Duplication count parameter can be specified for individual images or group of images (by folder).

Bug fixes and minor changes:
- Minor Bug Fix: F1 Key for Online Help and corrected a Warning Message.
- Minor Improvements in the User Interface.
- Fixed bug in the Video Frame Extraction.
- Improved Russian Translation and Plural forms for the other languages.
- New advanced option showing a MessageBox at the end of the Mosaic Process.
- Fixed AVI file creation bug over 4 Gigabytes.
- Improved Text Report
- Improved Mosaic Information Area
- Mac OS X settings are saved in the Application Support folder of the user.
- PPM file format has now a fixed header of 100 characters for easier importing as RAW image.
- Fixed (a rare) random crash with multicore CPU.
- Added Button to load settings from a Mosaic Settings file.
- Removed support for Deep Zoom Composer (since it's a dead project).


29 September 2013 - New Release 3.33.17 Beta
News:
- Updated Chinese Translation.
- It is possible to add multiple files in the main screen and Tile list window with multiple selection.
- Configurable Font Quality option.

23 August 2013 - New Release 3.33.16 Beta
News:
- Updated Russian Translation.
- Allow creation of PSB files over 300.000 pixels width/height. But TIFF (Big64) is more portable.
BugFix:
- Fixed Custom Tile Variation bug and Custom Maximum Duplication parameter MAX[n].

4 August 2013 - New Release 3.33.15 Beta
News:
- Mosaic can be saved in TIFF with JPEG compression.
- Updated TIFF, JPEG, EXIF libraries.

3 August 2013 - New Release 3.33.14 Beta
News:
- Mosaic can be saved in Photoshop PSD and PSB format.
- Tile Images of the Mosaic can be saved individually.
- Maximum Duplication count parameter can be specified for individual images or group of images (by folder).
- Added Button to load settings from a Mosaic Settings file.
- Removed support for Deep Zoom Composer (since it's a dead project).
- Minor changes (User Manual, Chinese Traditional Translation).
BugFix:
- Minor Bug fixes.

24 June 2013 - New Release 3.33.13 Beta
News:
- Minor changes (User Manual, translations).
- MaskFile name saved in Text Report.

10 September 2012 - New Release 3.33.12 Beta
News:
- Multiple Mask Files can be used for each Main Image. Place all the Mask Files in a Folder and submit that folder when asked.
- The Web Page HTML option will create now a sub-folder with all the required files to publish the mosaic with a simple FTP transfer.

2 July 2012 - New Release 3.33.11 Beta
News:
- The Create MaskFile option will save a Image Map with the score/quality of each tile.
- With the MaskFile feature if there is a main image with suffix " Mask.png/jpg" then it will be used as a MaskFile.
BugFix:
- Fixed the Tile Choice algorithm error introduced in previous Beta version.
- When creating multiple mosaics the final size of each mosaic was not independent from the current main image.

14 June 2012 - New Release 3.33.10 Beta
News:
- Improved algoritm with Required Images and the Use All Images feature.
- Improved OS X version.
- Added some warning Message with Inconsistent parameters or other errors.
BugFix:
- Distance between duplicated tiles where not always respected (bug of a previous Beta)
- Sometimes not all Tiles are filled when Rotated 90 degrees where disabled.
- Was unable to save RAW file format if the filename contained Unicode characters.

10 February 2012 - New Release 3.33.9 Beta
News:
- Text Report contains also a list of unique files with usage count..
- Improved OS X version (new package, settings are saved in the Application Support folder of the current user).
BugFix:
- Various minor fixes
- Minor Improvements (multilanguage file handling and EXIF orientation).

27 August 2011 - New Release 3.33.8 Beta
News:
- Improved performance with multicore CPU.
- Added MaskFile examples and improved MaskFile creation (bmp+jpg) format.
- Minor improvements to the User Interface.
BugFix:
- Fixed (a rare) random crash with multicore CPU.
- Minor bug fixes (check for update, open folder on finished mosaic).
- In some cases the reported Width/Height in the Text Report was incorrect.

29 July 2011 - New Release 3.33.6 Beta
News:
- Mac OS X settings are saved in the Home folder of the user.
- PPM file format has now a fixed header of 100 characters for easier importing as RAW image.
BugFix:
- Settings where not saved/loaded correctly..
- Improvement of some error messages.
- Creation of MaskFile should not include white and black color.
- OS X Web Links are opened only once per click.

17 July 2011 - New Release 3.33.5 Beta
News:
- User Interface improvement with new layout and graphical buttons.
- Automatic check and download of new versions.
- Ability to add individual Images to the Tile List.
- All the settings are saved in a local folder, for each user or specified through environment settings for a improved Portable Usage.

1 July 2011 - New Release 3.33.4 Beta
News:
- Multiple Tile Size feature for improved Mosaic quality..
- Tile Priority based on size and location.
- Improved Text Report in CSV format.
- Easy Export/Import of all the Mosaic settings for each created mosaic.
- Improved Mosaic Information Area..
- VideoMosaics can be saved as a sequence of JPG images.
BugFixes:
- Fixed AVI file creation bug for files greater than 4 Gigabytes. They are split in 2 GB chunks..

10 June 2011 - New Release 3.33.3 Beta
News:
- PNG File Support for Tile Images, Main Image and MaskFile.
- Main Image can be irregular through a transparency layer (PNG File).
- Minor Improvements in the User Interface.
- Improved Russian Translation and Plural forms for the other languages.
- New advanced option showing a MessageBox at the end of the Mosaic Process.
- New special MaskFile*n size for a bigger Mosaic size (Professional Version).
BugFixes:
- Fixed minor bug in the Video Frame Extraction.

27 May 2011 - New Release 3.33.2 Beta
BugFixes:
- Fixed a crash in the previous Beta when creating a new Tile Collection.

25 May 2011 - New Release 3.33.1 Beta
News:
- New "Folder Tile Variation" algorithm.
- Improved Memory Management (3 GB support and available memory detection).
- Border Color is now specified in R,G,B values.

BugFixes:
- F1 Key for Online Help and corrected a Warning Message.

28 March 2011 - New Release 3.33.0

News:
- Updated some Translations.

20 January 2011 - New Release 3.32.18 Beta
News:
- Updated Russian and Dutch Translation.
- Mac version includes the Wine Library.

3 November 2010 - New Release 3.32.17 Beta (more info here)
News:
- Updated French Translation.
- Minor changes.

20 October 2010 - New Release 3.32.16 Beta (more info here)
News:
- Improvement in the user interface: a new main menu.
- Minor bug fixes and changes.

07 October 2010 - New Release 3.32.15 Beta (more info here)
News:
- New user interface for Load/Edit/Save all the Advanced Settings.
- Minor bug fixes and changes.

19 August 2010 - New Release 3.32.13 Beta (more info here)
News:
- It is possible to Load/Save all the Settings.
- It is possible to create the MaskFile from the current Pattern.

BugFixes:
- Minor issues and changes.

16 March 2010 - New Release 3.32.12 Beta (more info here)
News:
- It is possible to create Mosaics with tiles placed Sequentially or Randomly (see More Options - Mosaic Processing).
- It is possible to see a Mosaic Preview before saving the final Mosaic (experimental feature).
- It is possible to specify a different MaskFile for each Image. If you added image "MyImage.jpg" then the associated Maskfile should be "MyImage Mask.jpg".
- Minor Improvements in Messages, Text Report, and Settings.
- Portugues Brazilian translation of the User Interface (Thank you Juliana Vermelho Martins).
- German User Manual (Thank you Frank Winkler).

BugFixes:
- Minor issues.

23 February 2010 - New Release 3.32.11 Beta (more info here)
The Video Extraction feature was rewritten and tested, so the Video Extraction News are:
- Support for multiple CPU's.
- Improved Video Clip selection.
- It is possible to exclude Video Clips made of Static scenes.
- Button for Automatic Crop in the Video Extraction Window.
- Partital translation for Portugese language.

BugFixes:
- The Forward/Backward loop wasn't calculated correctly near the end of the produced Video Mosaic.

11 February 2010 - New Release 3.32.10 Beta (more info here)
News:
- Initial Support for VideoMosaics (Windows only, no Mac/Linux).
- Support for PPM and Photoshop RAW file format.
- Professional version supports up to 100 Gigapixel mosaics.
- Improved memory usage.
- Russian and Ukrainian translation of the User Interface (Thank you Vasily Nadolsky)

Changes:
- Improved keywords and terms used in the User Interface.
- Working thread priority changed from Idle to Lowest, and configurable.
- Removed [x] Original Tile Variant option.[/list]

BugFixes:
- On small screen resolutions AndreaMosaic is resized properly.
- Minor issues.

4 January 2010 - New Release 3.32.8 Beta
Bugfix:
- Corrected minor Bugs (http links, open folder links) under Mac OS X.

16 December 2009 - New Release 3.32.7 Beta
News:
- German Translation of the User Interface (Thanks to Frank IDK)
Bugfix:
- Corrected minor Bugs under Mac OS X.

9 December 2009 - New Release 3.32.6 Beta
News:
- Automatic Orientation of JPEG Images based on EXIF Settings (usually those created directly with Digital Cameras)
Changes:
- Updated Internal Image Library (LibJpeg version 7.0)

7 December 2009 - New Release 3.32.5 Beta
News:
- Improved performance on Multicore CPUs (Multithreading support).
- Mosaic's can be saved as TIFF files (useful for saving without compression or with very large mosaics)
- Video Extraction support for 8 bit video files (some Flash Videos for example).

19 June 2009 - New Release 3.32.3
BugFix:
- Corrected problem with the Add Folder button on Mac OS X / Linux.

16 June 2009 - New Release 3.32.2
News:
- Full support for Mac OS X.

25 April 2009 - New Release 3.32.1
News:
- Dutch Translation and minor text changes.

1 April 2009 - New Release 3.31.11
Comparing with the previous stable release 3.30 we have:
News:
- French, Spanish, Italian and Chinese Translation.
- Several new Patterns, mixing Landscape and Portrait Tiles. Extra Patterns available with the AndreaMosaic Bonus Pack
- Improved MaskFile processing. With Black/White color you can define tile boundaries without a border.
- Use All Images in Collection option will not place the tiles on the border
- Black&White mosaics can be saved as colored mosaics with the feel of a black&white mosaic
- It is possible to specify the location of the saved Mosaic.
- Improved algorithm when specifying the Frame distance parameter in the More Options.
- New image resize and new tile building processing for reduced memory usage and improved quality.
- The Faster algorithm support now the Frame parameters and No-Duplicated tiles together.
Changes:
- Minor changes (bigger font for Tooltip, Mosaic Information shows usable/total tiles in Tile Archive, bug fixes)
- When loading/saving files the last used path will be initially shown
- AndreaMosaic Portrait version is integrated into the Standard version.
- System error messages are in English now
Bugfix:
- Fixed bug when extracting frames from a Video/Movie file (was unable to save)
- Fixed wrong rotations of tiles (if main tile is rotated and flipping required)

25 March 2009 - New Beta Release 3.31.10
Changes:
- Spanish Translation updates.
Bugfix:
- Was unable to create mosaics made from Maskfile (fix on 3.31.9)

20 March 2009 - New Beta Release 3.31.9
Changes:
- Translation updates.
Bugfix:
- Sometimes the mosaic had a smaller size than the specified parameters (fix on 3.31.8)

18 March 2009 - New Beta Release 3.31.8
News:
- Several new Patterns for Portrait and Landscape tiles. Extra Patterns available with the AndreaMosaic Bonus Pack
- Improved MaskFile processing. With Black color you can define tile boundaries without a border.
- Use All Images in Collection option will not place the tiles on the border
- AndreaMosaic Portrait version is integrated into the Standard version.
- Added Spanish Translation
- Black&White mosaics can be saved as colored mosaics with the feel of a black&white mosaic
Changes:
- Better Pattern Description for Parquet and Mixed, and translation updates.
- Minor User Interface changes.
- When loading/saving files the last used path will be initially shown
Bugfix:
- Translation and minor user interface fixes

8 March 2009 - New Beta Release 3.31.7
BugFix:
- Fixed bug when extracting frames from a Video/Movie file (was unable to save)
- Minor changes in the translations

23 February 2009
- New Beta Release 3.31.6
News:
- New patterns 'Parquet' and 'Mixed' for allowing Landscape and Portrait tiles in the same mosaic.
- Minor user interface fixes

8 February 2009 - New Beta Release 3.31.5
News:
- Added language selection in main window
- Added Chinese Language
- Minor changes (bigger font for Tooltip, Mosaic Information shows usable/total tiles in Tile Archive, bug fixes)

6 January 2009 - New Beta Release 3.31.4
News:
- Added language selection in main window
- Added French Language

22 December 2008 - New Beta Release 3.31.1
Changes:
- Improved algorithm when specifying the Frame distance parameter in the More Options.

19 December 2008 - New Beta Release 3.31.0
News:
- It is possible to specify the location of the saved Mosaic.

Changes:

- New image resize and new tile building processing for reduced memory usage and improved quality.
- MaskFile use a new algorithm, with White as transparent color and higher tollerance
- Improved Interface for Extracting Frames from Video, with automatic Frame size calculation
- The Faster algorithm support now the Frame parameters and No-Duplicated tiles together.
- System error messages are in English now
- Added Italian Language

BugFix:
- Fixed wrong rotations of tiles (if main tile is rotated and flipping required)

24 October 2008 - New Release 3.30.4
Changes:
- Added support for Windows 98, Windows Millenium, Windows NT (maybe it works on Windows 95 too).

General Known Issues:
- Web Page HTML file has wrong name for the main image if mosaic is splitted.
- improved Tooltip mouse handling.

Windows 98 Known Issues:

- Tool Tip available only on main windows.
- Select Tiles: Image Icon's are shown incorrectly.

Linux Known Issues:

- the ? button doesn’t open the User Manual, but there is a shortcut in the Windows Start Menu.
- Web Page HTML file has wrong name of tiles, editing base folder is a workaround.
- When saving a collection the default file extension is not automatically added.
- Drag&Drop from File Manager/Desktop works well on GNOME but not on KDE.
- Internet Web Link to AndreaPlanet web site in ToolTip and AboutBox works only with the Windows 98/ME version.
- Video Extraction from Movies (require VfW codecs). I tried without success the K-Lite codec pack.

16 October 2008 - New Release 3.30.3
Changes:
- Removed 'beta' from title Window.


8 October 2008 - New Release 3.30.2
Changes:
- Updated User Manual.
- Splitting Window is shown automatically if Mosaic is greater than the limits of the saved File Format
- Fixed minor bug when calculating the size of very large mosaics.

23 September 2008 - New Release 3.30
Changes:
- More messages, tooltips and minor fixes.

22 September 2008 - New Release 3.23.10 Beta
Improvements:
- Improved Mosaic Quality: Tile selection improved colour accuracy.
- Improved Black&White conversion.
- Improved Image Comparison algorithm
- Improved performance when loading large JPG files.
- DPI/PPI Resolution is now saved into the final Mosaic.

Changes:
- More messages, changes to existing messages and tooltip layout changes
- When selecting Black&White tiles the resulting mosaic will be automatically in Black&White

Bug Fixes:
- Fixed several bugs

Known Issues:
- Linux: the ? button doesn’t open the User Manual, but there is a shortcut in the Windows Start Menu.
- Linux: Web Page HTML file has wrong name of tiles, editing base folder is a workaround.
- Linux: When saving a collection the default file extension is not automatically added.
- Linux: Drag&Drop from File Manager/Desktop works well on GNOME but not on KDE.
- Web Page HTML file has wrong name for the main image if mosaic is splitted.
- User Manual is not updated.

10 September 2008 - New Release 3.23.4 Beta
New Features:
- New 'High Quality' Mosaic Processing. It produces better mosaics.
- New 'Unique Variations' Mosaic Processing. It is useful for creating mosaics with real tiles.
- New Color Change Processing in the More Options Window
- Full compatibility for Pen Drive deployment. You can use the program on your Pen Drive without installing it.
- Rotation option is split between 90 and 180 degrees rotation
- Professional version allows to create mosaics up to 8 Gigapixels (this is a image made of over 24 Gigabytes)
- Select Tiles: Added Exclude and Required Folder. Required images are always included in a mosaic even if they don't fit well.
- Select Tiles: Added Drag&Drop for multiple directory selecting
- Select Tiles: A preview of all available Images for the Tiles is shown in the fourth list
- Mosaic Information is shown in custom measure units
- Full support for Linux Distributions

Improvements:
- Improved Mosaic Quality
- Improved Performance
- Reduced Memory Usage
- Improved Status Message
- Improved layout when XP Theme is not available (Windows 2000, Linux, etc)

Changes:
- The resulting mosaic is not shown but only saved
- Select Tiles Window: Removed Analyze button, it is done automatically at each Save.
- Parameter Tile Size: nnn Tiles x Row is calculated always on Rows even with Portrait images.
- New ToolTip layout

Bug Fixes:
- Fixed several bugs

Known Issues:
- Large bright images (over 3 Megapixel) in your Tile Archive are used when not needed.
- Linux: the ? button doesn’t open the User Manual, but there is a shortcut in the Windows Start Menu.
- Linux: Web Page HTML file has wrong name of tiles, editing base folder is a workaround.
- Linux: When saving a collection the default file extension is not automatically added.
- Mosaic size is shown with a wrong conversion when switching to feet or meter
- User Manual is not updated.

21 August 2008 - New Release 3.23.0 Beta
New Features:
- New User Interface made with a simple and clear design
- Preview of how the original image is splitted into Tiles
- All input parameters are designed to be easy to understand and to insert
- It is possible to specify the parameters in any unit: pixel, inch, feet, meter, cm, tiles, tiles x row.
- It is possible to make mosaics looking like a wall, see Pattern option
- It is possible to specify individually the kind of variations to allow (Flipping, Rotating).
- It is possible to specify a custom color for the Border.
- Increased number of variations with AndreaMosaic Square Version when rotations is enabled.
- Two new Image Compare algorithm: Stronger and Weaker.
- The Image Collection support multiple Folders
- Improved Memory usage.
- Improved Performance in several situations.
- Improved Mosaic Quality.
- Option to Split the final Mosaic in different pieces.
- Option to create automatically a Deep Zoom Composer project file to publish your mosaic on the web using Microsoft Silverlight Technology. Here a sample image.
- Option to save the resulting mosaic as a Windows BMP file for maximum image quality (no compression).
- Support for internationalization. Soon AndreaMosaic can be translated into any world language. Translators Wanted.
- All the produced files are saved in a subdirectory
Bug Fixes:
- Old algorithm used to rotate the tiles even if Flipping was disabled.
- Fixed bug when updating the collection and some images was removed.
- Several minor corrections

12 August 2008
- Updated the User License, AndreaMosaic is now creditware.
- Added List of Artworks created with AndreaMosaic to the home page..

8 May 2008 - 3.22.0
- Updated User Manual.

8 March 2008 - 3.22.0
- Raised limits of the maximum size of your mosaic to 200 MegaPixels.
- Improved Performance and Memory Usage.

17 September 2007 - 3.21.0
- Option for to use all Images in your Collection.
- Option to specify Quality of saved JPG Mosaic.
- Improved Memory Usage.
- Improved Performance.
- Added Progress Bar.
- Smoother User Interface through Multithreading support.
- Improved limits on maximum mosaic size. Maximum 32000 Tiles. 50 MegaPixels Image size.
- Status line for detailed processing information.
- It is now possible to stop the mosaic process at any time.
- Fixed the preview window of the original image, sometimes not working well..

18 July 2006 - 3.20.0
- Added option for specifying the size of the created Web Page.
- The Web Page now zoom automatically the image while moving the mouse (Thanks to 'aeracryon' ).
- Fixed some bugs.
- Updated the Donation List in the AboutBox!

10 October 2005 - 3.19.0
- Added option for saving an image to Bitmap Format.
- Improved quality on saving the final mosaic.

15 August 2005 - 3.18.5
- Added Sample Image Collection made with over 500 tiny sample images

1 August 2005 - 3.18.3
- Added some Photo Utilities for advanced users only.
- Minor fixes in the Text Report File and Updated User Manual about the Text Report File.
- Change: The Tiles X Row parameter is no longer used as Tiles X Col if Height > Width.

6 July 2005 - 3.17.6
- Updated User Manual
- Image Preview is centered to the Desktop Screen.
- Added Buttons for User Guide and Online Help.
- Added Usage Count in the About Box.
- Improved Mosaic Total Size and Total Tile count.
- Added Quality parameter in the support for very Big Mosaics.
- The Total Size and Tile Count was replaced with two new parameters TileWidth and Tiles per Row. So it is possible to give an exact size for the final mosaic/single tiles.
- New parameter Maximum Number of duplicated tiles. Together with the parameter Minimum distance between every duplicated tile it is possible to customize tile duplication.
- Minor fixes.

25 May 2005 - 3.16.5
- New release 'AndreaMosaic NTSC' in order to create photographic mosaics with tiles in NTSC video format.
- Drag & Drop Support. If you drag and Image from Windows Explorer to AndreaMosaic it will be added to the Image List.
- The Sequence Algoritm will work only on directories/files of the Image Collection that contain the name "FRAMES".
- Minor improvements for the Square version & flipping problem.
- BugFix: Fixed position of the tiles in the Map of the HTML File.
- BugFix: The Movie Extraction function now write correctly the JPG files.
- BugFix: When the parameter duplicated tiles was set to 0 then the Sequence Algorithm did not worked.
- BugFix: When creating an Image Collection also images with JPEG and JPE extensions are included.

7 November 2004 - New Release 3.15
- New release 'AndreaMosaic Portrait' in order to create photographic mosaics with tiles in portrait format.
- Now it is possibile to use images files (JPG) in CMYK format in addition to RGB and Grayscale formats.

1 November 2004 - New Release 3.14
- Now it is possible to save a Report as a Text file or Web/HTML file.

11 August 2003 - New Release 3.13 for Cinescope and Square
- Now it is possible to create mosaics with Cinescope tiles (aspect ratio 16:9) or Square tiles (same width and height of every tile)..

11 August 2003 - User Manual in English
- Finally I wrote some pages on how to use the program!

12 April 2003 - New Release 3.13
- The Extract from Movie window have now a preview feature of the extracted frames.

8 April 2003 - New Release 3.12
- The progress indicator is now more smoother and I added some more information in the About Box.

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