Architecture Overview

The Mosaic Art Generator is built with a modular, high-performance architecture designed for scalability and maintainability. This section provides deep insights into the system's design, algorithms, and performance characteristics.

System Architecture

The application follows a pipeline architecture with distinct phases:

Material Loading → Color Indexing → Grid Generation → Tile Placement → Optimization → Final Assembly

Each phase is optimized for performance and can be configured independently.

Core Components

🎨 Color Processing Engine

• Lab color space for perceptual uniformity
• k-d tree indexing for O(log n) search
• SIMD-optimized color calculations

🧩 Tile Placement System

• Multi-factor scoring algorithm
• Usage tracking for variety
• Adjacency constraints for quality

⚡ Optimization Engine

• Simulated annealing algorithm
• Parallel processing support
• Configurable cooling schedules

📊 Performance Monitoring

• Real-time progress visualization
• ETA calculations
• Memory usage tracking

Navigation

• Algorithms - Deep dive into the mathematical foundations
• Modules - Detailed module breakdown and interactions
• Performance - Performance analysis and benchmarks
• Color Spaces - Color theory and implementation

Explore each section to understand how the Mosaic Art Generator achieves its high performance and quality results.