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>> SOMETIMES I FEEL MY HARD
DRIVE GETS TO ENJOY MY FAMILY'S
DIGITAL PICTURES MORE THAN I DO.
I DON'T WANT TO BRAG OR
ANYTHING, BUT I TAKE SOME PRETTY
GOOD FAMILY PHOTOS, I JUST NEVER
GET AROUND DOING ANYTHING WITH
THEM AND THEY SIT ON THE DRIVE
GRABBING VIRTUAL DUST.
AND TODAY I'LL GIVE YOU A FEW
WAYS TO MAKE YOUR PHOTOS FUNKY,
DIGITAL PICTURE COMPLACENCY
STOPS NOW.
SO IF YOU'VE GOT A BUNCH OF
FAMILY PHOTOS AND YOU WANT TO
BUNDLE THEM UP IN A CREATIVE
WAY, ONE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO
CREATE A PHOTO MOSAIC, IN THIS
CASE, I'M USING A PROGRAMME
CALLED MAC MOSAIC AND YOU CAN USE
ON THE P.C., ANDREA MOSAIC.
YOU CHOOSE AN ORIGINAL
PHOTO, AND IN THIS CASE I CHOSE
ONE OF MY SON AND ONE OF ME HERE
AND THEN YOU CHOOSE THE FOLDER
THAT HAS A WHOLE BUNCH OF YOUR
FAMILY PHOTOS, IN MY CASE I HAVE
3,000 FAMILY PHOTOS OR MORE AND
SO I SELECT THAT BUNDLE OF
PHOTOS AND IT STARTS CREATING
THUMBNAILS TO RECREATE THIS
ORIGINAL PHOTO.
THESE ARE ALL LITTLE TINY
PICTURES THAT I CHOSE FROM THAT
FOLDER.
IF WE ZOOM IN ON IT YOU CAN
MAYBE SEE A BIT BETTER, THERE'S
HEXAGONS AND WHATNOT OF ALL
THESE INDIVIDUAL PHOTOS AND AS
WE ZOOM OUT THERE WE ARE, WE'RE
BACK TO OUR ORIGINAL PHOTO.
AND IT LOOKS AMAZING AND IT
FEELS ARTSY, WELL, GEEKY ARTSY,
BUT ARTSY NONETHELESS.
AND MY SON HARRISON WANTS A
BEDROOM RE-DO SO WE'LL DO
SOMETHING SPECIAL, A CUSTOM
PHOTO MURAL, AND WITH
MURALYOURWAY.COM YOU CAN
CREATE A MURAL FROM YOUR OWN
IMAGES AND YOUR MURAL IS PRINTED
ON VINYL-COATED PAPER AND SENT
TO YOU IN ROLLS JUST LIKE
WALLPAPER.
CHOOSE A HIGH RESOLUTION PICTURE
AND THEY ASK FOR AT LEAST ONE
MEGABYTE BUT I RECOMMEND GOING
AS HIGH AS YOU CAN AND UPLOAD IT
AND CHOOSE THE SIZE OF YOUR
MURAL AND PAY THEM, IT COSTS
AROUND $9 PER SQUARE FOOT.
AND YOU CAN OPEN UP A
FREE BLURB.COM, AND DOWNLOAD
THEIR SOFTWARE, IT WORKS ON
MACINTOSH AND YOUR BOOK IS EASY
TO UPLOAD TO THE BLURB WEBSITE
AND PUBLISH.
THE SMALL SIZE CAN BE A SEVEN
INCH BY SEVEN INCH BOOK UP TO AN
11-BY-13-INCH ONE AND THEY CAN
BE HARDCOVER OR SOFT AND THE
PRICES WILL RUN FROM AROUND $13
ALL THE WAY UP TO $100 OR MORE.
AND THE NEXT TIME YOU'RE SITTING
IN FRONT OF YOUR LAPTOP LOOKING
FOR SOMETHING FUN TO DO, WHY NOT
MIX IT UP A LITTLE?
NOTHING SAYS THAT I HAVE LOTS OF
TIME ON MY HANDS BETTER THAN A
PHOTO BOOK OR WALL MURAL OR
MOSAIC.
HEY, GUYS, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF
THIS MOSAIC THAT I MADE HERE,
YOU LIKE IT?