Method of creating a photographic mosaic

A method of creating a photographic mosaic, wherein a target image is recreated using a computer and at least one source image, comprising the steps of:

• a. creating an image library, wherein the image library has at least one image stored therein;
• b. selecting one image in the image library to be the target image;
• c. selecting one or more images in the image library to be the source images;
• d. processing the target image by dividing it into a number of squares or rectangles of equal size;
• e. evaluating each square or rectangle of the target image for luminance and assigning a luminance value for each square or rectangle;
• f. evaluating the source images for luminance and assigning a luminance value for each image;
• g. re-sizing the source images to the size of the squares or rectangles that the target image has been divided into;
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• h. creating the photographic mosaic by placing a source image in every square or rectangle of the target image by matching the luminance value of the square or rectangle with the closest luminance value of a source image within a predetermined margin.