CS1120 Photomosaic Assignment

This repository contains solutions and resources for the CS1120 Problem Set 1: Making Mosaics. The goal is to construct a photomosaic—an image composed of smaller images arranged to recreate the ori[...]

• Language: Python
• Working solution: photomosaic-2025-03.py
• Tile set: Original assignment uses the dali directory of small photos as input. There are several other directories for tiling options available in the repo from other photomosaic expe[...]

Assignment Instructions

Full details and requirements for the assignment are described in:

ps1/cs1120-Problem-Set-1-Making-Mosaics.html and

index.shtml (original assignment)

If you want to make the effort to make them a viewable webpage:

Open up the file and Download it to your computer then open it in your browser.

Double-click it, or right-click and choose “Open with → Browser” (Chrome, Firefox, etc.). That’ll render the webpage immediately.

Quick Start

1. Ensure you have Python installed.

2. Place photomosaic-2025-03.py in your working directory.

3. Make sure the dali directory of tile images is present as required by the script.

4. Run the main file with:

   python photomosaic-2025-03.py

The script will assemble a photomosaic using the provided inputs.

Collaboration & Submission

• See the assignment link above for detailed collaboration policy and submission instructions.

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Note: If you need more information about the problem set, consult the HTML assignment file linked above.

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Photomosaic

In doing research on this project, I ran across Sameep Tandon's (Sameep Tandon on GitHub) photomosaic creator. It's one of the better photomosaic generators I've fou[...]

Below is a photomosaic output from Sameep Tandon's photomosaic creator - mosaic.Sameep.py.

C:\Photomosaic>python mosaic.Sameep.py -i IMG_1025-resize.jpg -s dali-Flowers -r 5 5 -t 90 90 -a

A photomosaic of Long's Peak in Colorado, USA (Resized)