Mosaic Toolkit - Squares, Rings, and Balls ...
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Freeware, use as you like but not for resale.
Version: v2.022 4-21-06 Issue Date: 4-21-06
Category: LOtis Filters
Copyright: 2005-2006 Lance Otis
Author: Lance Otis
Organization: LOtis Digital Art
Filename: "MosaicToolkitV2022.8bf"
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.
For MS Windows operating systems. Tested on XP sp2, Win2000, Win98 sp3
Mail questions to: lanceo@silverlink.net

General:
   Free, not for Resale.
   This Mosaic Toolkit version provides 10 mosaic Styles: Squares, Rings, Balls, Gears, Square Rings, Stars, Daisy, Triangles, Quilt, and All styles.
   Sliders are provided for varying cell size, contrast, and slight color tweaking of cells, ball glow/brightness, and blending with the original photo. X and Y sliders allow setting both horizontal and vertical cell size, thus allowing for rectangular cells. Blending now has an option for adding a grid (blend 21).
   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.  Two checkboxes: OnlyFG and Only BG attempt to restrict the mosaic effect either to the Foreground or to the Background (not always successfully). Also added in version 2 is a custom color option for Ring and SquareRing styles and a grid Line option is now available via the Blend Combobox.
   Application of the different Styles, Sliders, and Options provide thousands of different mosaic effects.
   Help Notes: When a certain controls are selected, Help Notes are displayed to explain its action.

Plug-in Filter Installation:
   Copy MosaicToolkitV2022.8bf file to the plug-in filter directory for the photo graphics application. 
   For Adobe PhotoShop this would be a directory like: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\Filters.  
   For Paint Shop Pro X this would be a directory like: C:\Program Files\Corel\Corel Paint Shop Pro X\PlugIns. 
   Earlier versions of Paint Shop Pro by JASC may use a different plugin directory. 
   Other programs, such as the free IrfanView graphics program also support plug-in filters. Follow their directions for plug-in installation.

Use:
   Adobe Photo Shop: Available under the Filters menu: LOtis Filters: Mosaic ToolKit  - v2.022 ...
   Paint Shop Pro X: Available under Effects>Plugins menu:  LOtis Filters: Mosaic ToolKit - v2.022 ...

Revision History:
---------------------12/30/05 --------------------------------------------------
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).
---------------------Jan 17, 06------------------------------------------------
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. 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.

---------------------- Feb 8, 06 ------------------------------------------------------------------
Version: 2.01
Minor fixes of Color Invert.

---------------------- March 16, 06 -------------------------------------------------------------
Version: 2.02
Added more Help Notes

---------------------- April 2, 06 -------------------------------------------------------------
Version: 2.021a
Added a Grid Line option to the Blend Combobox.
Added a dialog resize grip to the lower righthand corner.
--------------------- April 18, 06 ------------------------------------------------------------
Version: 2.022
Resized the default resource window size to 516 dlgu wide by 180 high using resource hacker. To accomodate OS that do not support window resize. Added ResizeMT.txt guidance for users that want to try resouce edit to change default window size.



