Apps that push you to create?
Last week, I downloaded and purchased @AgBr after seeing it on the homepage. Its design and super specific goal just immediately clicked with me. I love black & white photography, and this was a really interesting and approachable way to experiment with it; even though I've never been much of a photographer myself. I'm usually just appreciating others' photos.
But then, over this past weekend, I noticed that I kept feeling compelled to take pictures throughout my day so that I could play around with different filters and try out different levels of film grain on them. Having the tools to create was suddenly making me look for more and more opportunities to use them.
I'm curious if others have had experiences where a really great app or product actually pushed you to start creating in a way you hadn't before. What was it?
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It's awesome to hear your experience with AgBr @jakecrump, and how using it makes you want to go out and take more pictures. That's exactly the kind of creative experience we were going for!
One of my favorite creative tools of all time is @Looom for iPad - a little sketchpad for animation. Animation tools are often complicated and intimidating - but with a few gestures, well thought out interface, and clever visual metaphor (the spinning notched wheels) Looom makes it super easy to experiment and quickly get animation ideas out.
I'm always motivated by the "paint tool sai" drawing program. It is already a hundred years as the simplest and understandable structure not complicated by functions that are in many other structures such as "Photoshop" and similar (although they are also good and necessary).
In essence, the more accessible and familiar, the stronger the attraction to creativity and creation of new content.