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		bvdbijl on Nov 19, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to Build a Portrait with Dice (using Photoshop... I believe this is because you would be getting a mosaic with all the different shades of gray instead of only 6

viraptor on Nov 19, 2011 [–]

If you reduce to 6 colours, then make a mosaic, you will get all different shades of grade. Mosaic will take (simplifying) an average of colours one tile covers.

bvdbijl on Nov 19, 2011 | [–]

Yeah, you should swap those two steps

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