Mosaic tiles: an image laid out in rounded tiles like a ceramic wall
Mosaic tiles divides your picture into a grid and sets one rounded tile into each cell, with softened corners and a narrow seam on every side. Rather than reading a single pixel, each tile averages nine samples from its patch, so colors come out smooth and even, like glazed ceramic or glass tesserae. The blurred backdrop appears only in the seams, where it acts as grout that picks up the colors around it.
Make it yours
Lay the tiles in rows
Set Tile shape to Wide and every tile spans two columns, giving long horizontal pieces like a kitchen backsplash. Tall does the same vertically, for upright tiles that stack in columns.
Use fewer, larger pieces
Raise Cell size to 24 for a mosaic made of far fewer tiles, where the subject is only suggested by color. It makes a calm backdrop for a title card or a quote graphic.
FAQ
How does Mosaic tiles pick each tile's color?
It samples a three-by-three grid of points inside the cell, applies Color contrast to each and averages them. Averaging smooths out noise and fine texture, so a tile never takes on a stray highlight, and neighbors shift in color gradually, the way hand-cut mosaic pieces are chosen.
How it works
Upload an image
Add a PNG, JPG or WebP up to 20 MB or pick a sample photo, then keep its own shape or crop it to 1:1, 4:5, 3:2, 16:9 or 9:16.
Choose a mode
Dither with 14 algorithms and 13 palettes, Shapes with dots, squares, lines, crosses and diamonds, or Photo art with 18 pixel and print styles from LED matrix to stained glass.
Style and use it
Set pixel size and contrast, add scanlines, bloom, grain or a vignette, then sign in with a free UX Pilot account to use it on the canvas or export it.