How to? Create the effect of making small pics into one large one? at DVinfo.net

Jerry Porter · July 20th, 2010, 09:34 AM

I'm trying to figure out how to do the effect of having a bunch of small pictures of different people doing different things and then as you pull out on the images they become one large picture of something else like a logo. I'm working on CS5 Master and I though I remembered that there was a plug-in or filter that would automate this in past versions. I could be totally wrong about that though. Thanks for your help!!!

Ann Bens · July 20th, 2010, 01:25 PM

Look under the presets for PIP.

Jerry Porter · July 20th, 2010, 01:45 PM

In Premier or AE? Or I could not be so lazy and look in both.

Jerry Porter · July 20th, 2010, 02:45 PM

Did not find it in the PiP presets.

Lars Siden · July 20th, 2010, 03:20 PM

I belive that Microsoft has such a program/web sevice ...

read more about it here:

Creating your own Zooming Photo Mosaic

// Lasse

John Wiley · July 23rd, 2010, 04:35 AM

I don't know of any built in effects but I'm sure there are some plug-ins that would do this.

The long, manual way to do it would require breaking your image up in photoshop cutting it into many layers. Then import into AE and animate the layers individually. The trick is to place keyframes on your final, 'assembled' image first and then work backwards from that point taking the picture apart (rather than starting with pieces and trying to assemble them like a puzzle)

July 20th, 2010, 09:34 AM	#1
Jerry Porter Major Player Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Satellite Beach, Fl Posts: 784	How to? Create the effect of making small pics into one large one? I'm trying to figure out how to do the effect of having a bunch of small pictures of different people doing different things and then as you pull out on the images they become one large picture of something else like a logo. I'm working on CS5 Master and I though I remembered that there was a plug-in or filter that would automate this in past versions. I could be totally wrong about that though. Thanks for your help!!!

July 20th, 2010, 03:20 PM	#5
Lars Siden Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sweden, Stockholm Posts: 469	I belive that Microsoft has such a program/web sevice ... read more about it here: Creating your own Zooming Photo Mosaic // Lasse __________________ Sony HDR-CX130,Canon 5DMKII,i7 930@4.0, 12gb memory, 3x SSD + 2x1Tb(stripe), Geforce 480, Dual 24", Win 7 x64

July 20th, 2010, 01:25 PM	#2
Ann Bens Major Player Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 710	Look under the presets for PIP.

July 20th, 2010, 01:45 PM	#3
Jerry Porter Major Player Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Satellite Beach, Fl Posts: 784	In Premier or AE? Or I could not be so lazy and look in both.

July 20th, 2010, 02:45 PM	#4
Jerry Porter Major Player Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Satellite Beach, Fl Posts: 784	Did not find it in the PiP presets.

July 23rd, 2010, 04:35 AM	#6
John Wiley Trustee Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Byron Bay, Australia Posts: 1,155	I don't know of any built in effects but I'm sure there are some plug-ins that would do this. The long, manual way to do it would require breaking your image up in photoshop cutting it into many layers. Then import into AE and animate the layers individually. The trick is to place keyframes on your final, 'assembled' image first and then work backwards from that point taking the picture apart (rather than starting with pieces and trying to assemble them like a puzzle)