Adjusting Dimensions and Randomness
Tile shapes have two categories of control: Dimensions and Randomness. These categories can be controlled by using the Settings pop-up menu.
The Dimensions sliders let you control the basic size of the tiles and grout spacing.
The Randomness sliders allow you to control the uniformity of the tile shapes. Increasing randomness makes the shapes more erratic, each different from the last. For example, if the Length dimension is 10 pixels, a Length randomness of 25% creates tiles that are randomly given a length in the range of 7.5 to 12.5 pixels.
To adjust tile dimensions or randomness
1 In the Make Mosaic dialog box, from the Settings pop-up menu, choose one of the following:
• Dimensions
• Randomness
2 Adjust the sliders.
3 Drag in the document window to apply tiles with the new dimensions or randomness settings.
Dimension control Example
The Width control sets the width of the tiles in pixels.
In this example, the width is set to 3.5 pixels (top) and 30.4 pixels (bottom).
The Length control sets the length of the tiles in pixels.
In this example, the length is set to 4.1 pixels (top) and 24.2 pixels (bottom).
Dimension control
Example
Pressure determines how tile dimensions are affected by stylus pressure. The Pressure slider allows you to control the width variance under differently weighted strokes.
With the Pressure slider set to zero, a light stroke produces narrow tiles, and a heavier stroke creates wider tiles.
Increasing the Pressure slider increases the effect of pressure on the width of the tiles. By increasing the Pressure setting, you can prevent the creation of narrow tiles in response to a light stroke. Setting Pressure to 100% creates uniformly wide tiles, regardless of the pressure.
In this example, the pressure slider is set to 0% (top) and 100% (bottom).
The Grout control sets the spacing between tiles in pixels.
In this example, the spacing between tiles is 0% (top) and 1 5% (bottom).
Increasing Width randomness In this example. Width allows the width to vary by the randomness is set to 92%. set percentages.
Increasing Length randomness In this example, the Length allows the length to vary by the slider is set to 98%. set percentage.
With Cut randomness set to In this example, the Cut slider is zero, the edges of the tile are set to 90°.
created perpendicularly to the stroke. Increasing Cut randomness allows the angle of the tile ends to vary.
Increasing Grout randomness The Grout randomness is set to allows the spacing between 100%. tiles to vary by the set percentage.
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