Guide

How to Weave Pictures into Art

Photo weaving interlaces slices of two or more images so they read as one textured composition. This guide walks through pattern choice, strip width, and per‑picture tuning inside Picture Weaver.

1. Pick the right pattern

• Basket weave — the classic. Best when two images share subject placement (e.g. two portraits centered in the frame).
• Horizontal / vertical strips — cleanest for stitching landscapes or panoramas together.
• Diagonal — adds motion; great with high‑contrast pairs.
• Staggered brick & herringbone — textile‑like textures for 3+ images where you want rhythm rather than clean joins.
• Checkerboard, circles, triangles — mosaic‑style patterns that work well with 4+ images of similar tonality.

2. Tune strip width

Thin strips (Thin / Medium) preserve detail — faces stay recognizable. Wide strips read more abstract and graphic. Start narrow, widen until the balance between the images feels right. Use the per‑picture override (Tune → Override width) to give one image chunkier bands while keeping the rest fine.

3. Order matters

Drag the thumbnails to reorder. The first image usually gets the “top” interleave, so put the image you want dominant first. In Basket mode you can also lock a picture to horizontal‑only or vertical‑only from Tune.

4. Set canvas & background

Pick an aspect ratio that matches where the piece will live (square for Instagram, 3:2 for prints). The background color shows through any transparent gaps in patterns like circles or triangles — a dark background makes colors pop, white keeps it airy.

5. Export

Click Download PNG. The export renders at 2400px on the long edge — enough for social, web, and small prints. All rendering happens in your browser, so nothing is uploaded.