My original idea of making a Web 2.0 image editor (Photoshop-esque) turns out to not be terribly original. In 10 minutes of Google searching I found Pixer and Pixenate which both do server-side image editing. So far though there are no mobile oriented apps but I’m sure there are some available online if I keep looking.
Some of the more interesting applications I’ve found thus far are Fauxto which implements a fair bit of the functionality found in Photoshop – including layers, effects, tools etc, and Preloadr which sits between uploading pictures and them being posted on Flickr.
I then decided to look for web-based video editors (it was a logical progression) but these too already exist – Yahoo! offering one such service at Jumpcut.
Either I need to find a new idea to explore or try and develop the design for a mobile equivalent – developing an effective mobile interface would probably be the biggest challenge if I was to continue with this idea.
2 Comments
I just thought I’d put my 2 cents in.
Your idea does not need to be 100% original. Think of how you can better it. Surely, there is something that you can work with.
Nothing is perfect, no matter how long its been around.
Suna
True, at the moment I’m just trying to decide if the idea is still worth pursuing. Both of the editors I found have rather crappy interfaces so improving on them is definitely possible. Thanks for the positive comments though