Well This is Fun
In response to the attentive developer: Thank you for considering some of the changes in my review. Even just incorporating the ability to save favorite effects would be a humongous help to professional artists who have to pay attention to every detail. It's very frustrating to finally find the perfect effect but discover you have to alter your image to make it work, yet have no way to apply the same effect after doing so. I'm not expecting Photoshop, which I do use extensively, I'm looking for different; your app covers that in spades and is exactly why I enjoy it so much. In fact, I also very much appreciate your philosophy behind the app because it very much *isn't* a philosophy akin to Adobe's. If you would like more specific feedback I would be happy to provide it and answer questions for you. If this idea appeals to you, drop an email address in your response and I'll be more than happy to get in touch. Previously: Imaginative, fun app. It does however, need some work. The most glaring issue is the size of the control panel that obscures a good third of the artwork. You can’t even keep the image where you put it, so you’re constantly sliding your art up so you can see the effects. Next, you should be able to make original resolution the default, I am NEVER going to downsize my images. There REALLY needs to be a way to save favorite effects, especially so you can reuse them or even more importantly, so if you have to redo something you actually can (this is vital). Also desperately needed is an undo button so you can revert to your last saved effect or easily go back to an effect you missed, the thumbnails aren’t enough. Better and more comprehensive instructions would also be an improvement. My biggest complaint about a specific effect is that while blurred background effects are cool, nobody is ever going to want huge sections of the foreground of their art blurred beyond recognition… blurred sections in the foreground should be kept to a few small sections. On my wish list: Effect sliders! Let me control everything please, especially colors, contrast and effect intensity (and blend modes would be especially handy). As a professional artist I’ll be keeping my eye on this one, it shows great promise. 3.5 stars (I’m rounding up with an extra half point for imagination). Good job, looking forward to future updates.
