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Absolute must have!
I started using this app alongside drawing in procreate and now I can't imagine going without it! One recommendation I have is to add the ability to rotate individual images within the board to match the angle/perspective of what I am trying to draw. Currently can only rotate in 90 degree increments. Adding a different color circle above each image (in addition to the resize circles) that allows for rotation around the center point of the picture would be very helpful. If this function is included I’d give it a 6/5 if I could!Show lessFlairoz
Nice app for basic gathering of ideas.
Works very well for its intended purpose of creating a basic mood board with images. It’s kinda like a pinterest board without pinterest. The UI is very native iOS-like, polished, and very well done.
now I do wish it allowed you to use the markup tool or pencil on your boards in order to jot down corrections or mark up ideas, that seems like a no-brainer on a device like the iPad, but unfortunately it’s very absent. same with the lack of any keyboard shortcuts as well. Functionality is very basic, but if you only need to copy/paste images onto a board to wrangle ideas, it does that very well.Show lessmikel⚡️
No iCloud support
I just wish there was cloud support for VisRef. This is where other platforms like Pinterest make more sense, because I can save boards across multiple devices independent from local storage. I wish I could save pinboards in the same way.
Apart from that it’s good for building temporary collections arguably better than Pinterest as an example. I just wish it wasn’t tied to a device. When you get a new iPad/iPhone you lose your pinboards. Not very intuitive.Show lessboo_bees
Great app for artists
I love this app. It has been really useful as an artist but it did crash once and erase my board. I would really love these features eventually.
- The ability to lock image sizes! I want to be able to move things around from a zoomed-out view without dealing with accidentally resizing the image I'm trying to move.
- Some sort of backup? I had a board crash and I lost all the pictures.
- The ability to select a group of photos and automatically scramble/rearrange them and the ability to automatic change the grid (ex. From 2x10 to 5x4)
- The ability to add some text or basic shapes.Show lessJustBecause101
I was set to give this app a five star but now....
Well I was very excited when I learned about this app. I was able to put my pics, PNGS etc and transfer them as this app intended to my Procreate etc. I was organizing setting etc and tonight I went to add some more items to a new file and now it crashes everytime I try to move a batch form camera roll to Visref.
Some files even becoming permanently crashed and unretrievable. Very disappointed and have lost hours of work and documents. Some very important documents have been lost, destroyed. Hoping to retrieve a couple things but likely not.
This app had such promise, and what a benefit but now I can’t do anything. I have restarted my iPad etc. short if removing and reloading the app, thus loosing everything I have set up I have not odne that.
Hoping I can get off a couple files but likely those important things are gone forever too.
Very very very frustrated and disappointed as I was finding this so helpful. Now I’m just feeling betrayed.Show lessSillicacher
Developer Response
Hi Sillicacher. I believe the issues you we’re experiencing came about the same time that ios 14 came out. We’ve been working hard on making vizref more stable amd please let me know if things are ok now with the newest patch. Please email me at vizrefpro@gmail.com. Sorry about these crashes... apple released ios 14 out of nowhere amd it brought a ton of problems for us. I think we got through most of it.Love it!
I’m not an artist and do not use this for the intended purpose; however, it makes a great all-purpose “pasteboard” for any sort of reference material. The feature I love is the ability to save and arrange animated gifs. Also useful for collecting gifs for reference (example: fitness gifs). I’m sure I’ll find many other uses for VizRef in the future. So worth the inexpensive cost, as well. Only one thing: please allow the ability to back up our boards to iCloud. What if I want to see my boards on other iOS devices, or if the app gets deleted? All my boards will be gone. Please make backup your next update priority. Thanks!Show lessBAR112
Great App for artists
I use my iPad for art quite a bit and constantly use reference. VizRef is an amazing compliment to that. It’s a very useful companion to other art apps.
However I have one feature I wish it had. I wish you had the ability to export your board to a file. I know you can do a screenshot but I feel the resolution suffers. If I could export it to a file I could import it into other art apps and work that way.
Thanks again for the great app!Show lessJeffWelborn
Wonderfully Simplistic!
Love using this app and dragging in inspiration from Safari. The only thing I wish that would improve this app for me is if they could implement the ability to also be able to draw on the boards! I would love to be able to write notes or circle certain things I like about the images.Kyuhyunsaegyo
Fantastic app!
Love it but am still hoping for other features!
This app came recommended to me by another artist and previously I was just organising my images in the photos app in albums and folders. This is SO much better! Very happy I bought the app and will definitely be using it in split screen with Procreate, and full screen for my traditional work.
My main feature request would be some kind of info screen with metadata and tagging for the images. Often I want to save an image from an artist, and would like to save the artist and/or website I’ve saved it from— doesn’t have to be automatic, happy to enter it manually! Not as something visible all the time, because the main ui is great! But when an image is selected, if one of the icons in the bottom corner was to bring up an info screen with the metadata (esp useful for photos I’ve taken), one or two editable fields for artist/source, and maybe optional tags that could be searchable from the main screen. This is also a frustration of mine with my previous set up with the photos app. Before that, I tried to use Evernote for my reference, but that was extremely unwieldy.
Overall, this is a fantastic and well thought out app. It’s so nice to use something clearly made with artists in mind! I’ve already recommended it to other artist friends!Show lessMreeble
LOVE IT (but some suggestions)
This app has been a lifesaver! The frame by frame gif scroller's helped me with doing animation studies. Also being able to just lay out all my references in one open spot (as opposing to scrolling through pinterest images or my camera roll one at a time) has noticeably improved my workflow.
The only two things I'd want more from this app are:
1) Being able to make post-it like notes in my canvas
2) Being able to mass select multiple images in my open canvas. I like how I'm able add many images at once from my camera roll but I wish I could also do other things, like select a group of pics to drag to another spot on my canvas, or mass delete a group.
Otherwise I'm super satisfied with this app! I've recommended it to all my artist friendsShow lesskk31kr
