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Effect

Cell Mosaic

Break the frame into irregular cells that sample colour from the source.

Mosaic thinking runs from Roman tesserae to stained glass to modern photomosaics: break a continuous scene into cells that still read as a whole from a distance. Digital cell mosaics sample colour per region instead of laying physical tiles.

Irregular cells keep the surface from looking like a boring grid. The result sits between painting and collage.

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Example

Properties

  • Mode

    cell packing

    Range
    Hex, Voronoi
    Default
    Hex

  • Scale

    cells across frame

    Range
    3 to 64
    Default
    56

  • Gap

    grout between cells

    Range
    0 to 0.4
    Default
    0.08

  • Height

    extrude brighter cells

    Range
    0 to 1
    Default
    0.35

  • Jitter

    cell center noise (voronoi)

    Range
    0 to 1
    Default
    0.35

Command line

Requires Rethings Pro. Install the tool from Rethings → Install Command Line Tool… 

rethings apply --effect cell-mosaic --set mode=0 --set scale=56 -i input.jpg -o output.png

Gallery

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