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Favorite reference app for iPad!!
As someone who uses their iPad mainly for digital art, this app is amazing! You add images so easily, by dragging and dropping or through the app itself. And you can add so MANY per folder. I also love the new feature of being able to ROTATE!!!!!! Lol its so convenient. Can't wait to see what more will come of this app. You guys are doing great!Show lessAndy587
An artists dream come true
Seriously,
The first thing you want to do is open this app and press the little video camera icon in the top left and watch the 4 minute tutorial.
Not only is this app going to teach beginners about their iPad in that 4 minutes but the real gems of Viz Ref. 4 minutes of your life and you’re off. The ability to quickly drag and drop images right from google and other applications, directly to the side of my screen is one of the most convenient things when working on a project. Honestly, get this application.Show lessDropDeadDabs
Developer Response
Very glad to hear that you found the tutorial to be so useful and thanks for pointing that out to other users in your review. Thanks for the kind words!Everything I needed!
I’ve been using three other gallery/file organizing apps just to substitute for everything this app is doing. Not having to search through my thousands of ref images for the couple I needed for a single project has been such a life saver. I’m happy to use an app that’s made by artists, who understand what other artists need and are looking for.Show lessfuwasabi
Simply Fantastic, Fantastically Simple
I’ve been really enjoying using VizRef. I’m a comic creator and when I use writing apps I always delight in a nice virtual free form cork board filled with index cards, and now VizRef has provided me with that feature for visuals. As much as I’m using it to pull up specific references and look at them while drawing, I’m also using it as much or more to build inspiration and idea boards. I’d like to see the addition of some form of cloud backup & sync. I like cleaning out my overburdened camera roll and pushing all those materials to VizRef but worry about the risk of losing a large reference collection. I also use an old iPad for reference while at my drafting table so that I can keep all the screen real estate for drawing on the primary iPad, yet when on the go, split screen is the way to go... hence the desire to sync VizRef boards in the cloud for multi device use. A very simple markup tool would also be of interest. I frequently want to drop a reminder note or a quick circle on areas of interest from a reference. It’s doable now by copy pasting into Notes, marking up & re-importing, but it would be nice within the app. It’s a fine line to not over clutter a streamlined and conceptually simple app, but I wonder if these are already on the roadmap or if others have interest in such features. Either way, keep up the great work!Show less"The Imp"
Not enough space?
So the first board I made had only 5 references. On my second board I only have 1 photo, just something I screenshot from Pinterest , but when I tried adding another reference it told me to “Delete photos to free up space” but I only have 6 photos in the whole entire app. Is something wrong? So far that’s my only issue, I don’t want to keep deleting photos to add more if I only had 6 in the first place.
I totally don’t mind changing my review later, I’d just want to solve this issue so I can keep using the appShow lessdonndonnaho
Extremely useful tool for any iPad artist
I’ve just been using PureRef on my desktop and exporting images to icloud drive, and then dragging them over to procreate. Extremely glad to be able to shorten that process! With auto pack, the only thing i’d want is being able to pan while locked. I thought it would just keep images in place but it doesn’t like you pan through a filled boardShow lesscuboid64
Ok start
This is a useful app if you need it. It’s missing touch controls like 2 and 3 finger tap to undo/redo. Drag and drop pictures from the app is also strangely missing. A gesture to get to get to a quick menu would be great to see as well. Exporting a set of reference with airdrop is another.
Lastly, charging separately for the iPad and iPhone apps is a money grab. Don’t do that.Show lessStefan Johnsson
So useful
Any artist will appreciate this app. Easy and intuitive. Drew something real quick using it and I just enjoyed it so much. I usually limit myself to one reference when I draw because it’s all I can display without cluttering my screen. Being able to see so many at once has made a clear impact in my work. :3Show lessUpset as heck
I Love this!!!!! :):):)!
Found this on Twitter a couple of weeks ago and I gotta say it’s kinda a game changer! I used to use Pinterest boards or save hundreds of photos to my camera roll but now I can just everything on to this app! It’s literally so easy and so convenient! Recommend to any artists who usually use many references like me :).Show lessDon't readlol101
What I’ve been searching for
This app is designed for one purpose, and it fulfills that purpose extremely well. Importing photos is a breeze, and the AUTO-PACK tool (!!!) is a lifesaver for anyone who’s spent way too much time trying to arrange refs into a neat grid in procreate or concepts.
The only feature I’d like to request is a simple pen tool, so we can make notes on the “canvas” (sometimes we’re only interested in part of a reference photo, so it’d be helpful to circle it, jot down notes, etc.). Once you accumulate a lot of refs, it can be hard to remember why exactly you saved that one photo. And maybe a function to “attach” the note to the photo so it won’t get lost even if you move the photo (and maybe the auto pack takes the note into account when rearranging, to prevent overlap?).
But even without all that, this app is phenomenal and has earned a permanent place in my digital toolset.Show lesspearConfit
Developer Response
Hi pearConfit! Thank you so much for the kind words and feedback. Glad you enjoy the Auto-pack feature that we just implemented! We are currently working on improving that functionality as well! For the pen tool, is it simply to write notes? We do want to add text boxes for note taking but for drawn notes you can use an IOS shortcut to take a screen cap of an image and draw ontop of that! Simply take your pencil from the lower right hand corner and quickly slide up to invoke that shortcut gesture!
