Photo Jumble Help for Mac

Photo Jumble User's Interface


The following is Photo Jumble's main window:

PhotoJumble Main Screen

To access all features of the program please use Main menu.

The following Buttons and Controls are intended to help you access the most common features of the program fast:

Page Setup screen button.
This will bring up Main Image Setup dialogue.

Tiles Setup screen button.
This will bring up Add Layers dialogue.

Lock layers checkbox.
This will "Locks" layers position. You still be able to select layers but can not move or resize them.
Open Library Button.
When this option is enabled you may use right click over layer to display tile images from library suitable for this layer. When this option is not active the program offer you additional layers options. Please see Main image popup menu also.

Mask Background Checkbox.
Use this option to show or hide background image.

Add Shadows Checkbox.
If this option is checked then program will add a shadow to the every layer picture. The properties of the shadows are the same as has been settled in the Preferences dialogue. Please see Layers Options for more details.

Add Borders Checkbox.
If this option is checked then program will draws a border around every layer picture. The properties of the borders are the same as has been settled in the Preferences dialogue. Please see Layers Options for more details. Border option works only for rectangular layers. Non rectangular images can not be drawn with borders.
Color correction options:

Color Correction Settings
If this value is not zero program will use the color correction for every layer picture.

Color Blending Settings
If this value is not zero program will blends every layer picture with underneath background area.


Controls below are essential for photo mosaic rendering and are similar to same options in Mazaika program.

Repeat Tile Image Setting.
Use this value to set a number of occurrence of any given tile in the final mosaic. If this value is Auto (or 0) then program doesn't control the overall occurrence of tiles. If this value, for example, is 1 then any tile in the mosaic could be used only once. Please be careful with this control, if you do not have very much tiles in the library, it is recommended to set this value to Auto.

Distance Setting.
Use this value to set a distance between the same tiles in the mosaic. If slider pin is in the middle of the slider bar then the distance between repeated tiles will be same as the half length of mosaic. If this value is 0 (pin is on the left) then program could repeat the same tile one by one. While you are adjusting the Distance control you will see a special white rectangle in the middle of the mosaic that will show you the size of the "unrepeated" area corresponded to the current Distance value.

Rotation Setup Button.
This will bring up Layer Rotation Setup Dialogue.

Render All Button.
This will renders mosaic by replacing images in the layers with most similar images from current opened library. If no library is open, program will asks you to open library first.

Zoom control buttons.
Use this button set to control mosaic view.
Use "100%" to view the mosaic in an actual size.
"+" - will Zoom In image.
"-" - will Zoom Out image.
"Fit" - will fit mosaic image into main screen.