Allow Repetition of an Image Once<title><header> <body> <p> Allowing the repetition of an image definitely has its benefits. <br/> For target images with large swaths of a solid color, repeating images that match the color can cover the area better than other source image.<br/> However, this clearly leads to less interesting collages. It's more exciting to look at different images than the same image repeated. </p> <table> <tr> <th> Target Image </th> <th> Mosaic Using No Repeats </th> <th> One Repeat Allowed Per Size </th> <th> Comments </th> </tr> <tr> <td><a href='images/greedy/target6.jpg'> <img src='images/greedy/target6.jpg' width='400' height='300'/> </a></td> <td><a href='images/greedy/percent_plus/result6.jpg'> <img src='images/greedy/percent_plus/result6.jpg' width='400' height='300'/> </a></td> <td><a href='images/greedy/double_images/result6.jpg'> <img src='images/greedy/double_images/result6.jpg' width='400' height='300'/> </a></td> <td> Here's a good example of the benefits of repeats. The black area at the bottom is kept black instead of having to resort to green images which don't really match well. </td> </tr> <tr></tr> <tr> <td><a href='images/greedy/target15.jpg'> <img src='images/greedy/target15.jpg' width='400' height='300'/> </a></td> <td><a href='images/greedy/percent_plus/result15.jpg'> <img src='images/greedy/percent_plus/result15.jpg' width='400' height='300'/> </a></td> <td><a href='images/greedy/double_images/result15.jpg'> <img src='images/greedy/double_images/result15.jpg' width='400' height='300'/> </a></td> <td> And here's an example where the mosaic isn't really improved, but the collage gets significantly less interesting because of the repetitions. </td> </tr> </table> <a href='all_repeats.html'> See all repeats vs. non-repeats results </a>  </table> </body> </html>