How to Apply the Truman Show Poster Effect to Your Photo?

If you look closely at the poster of the movie "The Truman Show," you will notice that the picture of Jim Carrey is made up of many smaller photos.

What technique has created this effect, and how can you apply it to your photo?

This result is called a photomosaic.

We will take you through a few simple steps to apply this effect to your photo in less than 5 minutes!

In the end, there’s a short video that demonstrates these steps in action.

Steps to Apply the Technique Used in Truman Show Poster:

Before we get started, download and install TurboMosaic. It takes less than a minute to download and complete the installation.

1. Open TurboMosaic and select a size for your photo mosaic. In this example, we will use an 18 X 24 Portrait Size.

Screenshot of TurboMosaic highlighting the selection of mosaic size

2. Reduce the number of rows and columns to make individual cells bigger.

Screenshot of TurboMosaic highlighting the controls to change the number of rows and columns in the mosaic

3. Select your main picture and crop it if needed.

Screenshot of TurboMosaic highlighting the control to select the main picture

4. Add photos to be used as tiles in the photomosaic.

Screenshot of TurboMosaic highlighting the control to add tile pictures

5. Generate your photomosaic!

Screenshot of TurboMosaic highlighting the control to generate the mosaic

Here’s a short video that demonstrates the above steps: