Mosaicus help

Mosaicus turns any picture into a real Commodore 64 picture, then lets you touch it up by hand or paint one from blank. These pages explain every format, tool and option.

New to Mosaicus? Start with Your first picture: open a picture, choose a format, adjust it, and see it on a C64, in a few minutes.

• Getting startedYour first picture, the window, painting from blank, projects and undo.
• FormatsEvery C64 format Mosaicus makes, what each allows, and which machine shows it.
• Converting a pictureOpening, framing, adjustments, palettes and colors, dithering, quality and presets.
• PaintingPaint colors, cell limits and clashes, and every drawing tool.
• SelectionsSelecting, saved selections, moving and transforming, the clipboard.
• Views and checksCompare with the source, overlays, checks, the sketch layer, the preview and the CRT.
• Exporting and runningFiles for C64 paint programs, data, assembly, PNG, programs, VICE and the C64 Ultimate.
• ReferenceKeyboard shortcuts, the menus, preferences and the command line.

TipPress Ctrl+K or / on any page to search the help. In the app, Help ▸ Keyboard shortcuts (F1) lists every shortcut.