Wonderful app for artists.
I use Value Study in designing my multi-block linocut prints. Shane, the developer has created an extremely useful tool, so much better than posterizing in other apps. And he is extremely responsive in adjusting to meet my needs as an artist.
A Creator who Cares
This is an excellent app for artists and photographers—it’s helped my paintings immensely, making compositional design much clearer and easier. I’ll add that I encountered a minor problem with live view crashes, I messaged the creator, and within a couple of weeks he fixed it—and emailed me personally to let me know. That kind of dedication is worth five stars in itself.
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Good Value Study ap
Really like the app as long as it’s on no simplification. If I use the simplification part of the app, it’s very distorted. Without the simplification on it is a great app
Perfect app for learning
I’ve found this app to be wonderful as a learning assistant. The value decomposition is a crucial tool for learning how to see what matters in a photo, and you can easily change how many values to decompose an image into. The second feature I find so helpful is the grid option. I also like that that secondary grid is diagonal (a feature I haven’t seen anywhere else), which helps you avoid confusion with the major grid axis.
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Great for adult learners
I require this app from my students. Value study is not taught in many art classes. It is difficult to get students to see value in a colorful work of art. This app has given many of my students that “ Ah ha” moment.
The BESTEST
Just starting out with painting and this app is fantastic
My “go to” tool
Thanks for your thoughtful sharing of this app. I is my “go to” tool when I’m in the design process of creating my paintings. I was easy to learn and now easy to use. I’ve been using this app for years and it is a valuable tool saving me time and often allowing me to understand my work better.
THIS IS THE BEST APP FOR ART
This has been a daily STAPLE for over three years now. It immediately helped my art game and professionally now I RELY ON IT! A LIFETIME SUBSCRIPTION OPTION!? YAS!🙏 🙌To the person who made this THANK YOU SO MUCH 🫡🤌May your pillow always be cool, may your caps lock never negate your last password request and may your sleeves never be damp after washing your hands. YOU’RE ICONIC AND WHEN I CAN I’LL DONATE
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Response from developer
Oh wow, that’s a very positive review thank you so much!
Fun and useful
I am still mostly a beginner with visual arts. This tool has fascinated me and inspired me. I love doing value studies without color. It’s liberating. I can’t wait to use this app again and again.
Great tool for artists
Does an incredible job for learning values and includes a variety of tools to adjust values. Worth the price. Would love the addition of a copy and paste option when submitting photos. Besides that it’s perfect.
Time saver
Love this app. So easy to use and to follow when planning a particular painting!!
Small issue was sorted out very quickly!
I had an initial glitch getting started but Shane took care of it quickly and I am more than satisfied. An absolute pleasure to work with. Over and above customer service.
Love this app so much
So incredibly helpful! I’m learning portrait painting in oil and knowing the values is crucial to my success. This app saves me a lot of time and guesswork. I appreciate that I can choose how many values my subject is broken down into. Great tool. Thanks for making it!!
Response from developer
Ah thanks, appreciate you leaving a review!
Excellent resource
In trying to work out the value tones this app is fantastic.
I screenshot the outlines and then transfers them to my canvas.
It’s sooo useful as I find it really hard to judge value and tone. Thanks for developing it!
I screenshot the outlines and then transfers them to my canvas.
It’s sooo useful as I find it really hard to judge value and tone. Thanks for developing it!
Response from developer
Ah thanks! There’s a new Export feature which will help you save/print the outlines 😊
Fantastic
Great app for studies , very simple but affective
An artist dream App
I can’t describe how happy I’m that I found this App. I’ve been looking for years for a tool that would deal with values, but also simplification and histograms. This app does all that. It replaces a number of different apps I used in the past to accomplish the same results.
My only criticism is that it switches zooms when toggling between options. It also switches zoom levels when selecting a different value in the bottom gray scale. That’s a bit annoying, but I can live with that. A solid five star.
My only criticism is that it switches zooms when toggling between options. It also switches zoom levels when selecting a different value in the bottom gray scale. That’s a bit annoying, but I can live with that. A solid five star.
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Response from developer
I appreciate this so much! Thank you! I’m working on improving the zoom/pan so it feels nicer to use. Update: I've fixed the zoom issues.
Value Study’s value
This application has proven to be an indispensable asset in my creative process, particularly in discerning the core value structure of my artistic projects.
The BESTEST
Just starting out with painting and this app is fantastic
Highly recommended
I normally do not write reviews unless worthy! I’m a beginner at painting with acrylics, and blocking in values can be a chore, but with this tool, you can focus on blocking in mid, dark and light values separately, or all together. I’m still learning the tool, but do appreciate the detailed overview of how to use each function, with the why you might want to use a specific function. Very user friendly, my go to app! Believe me, I have downloaded many apps that do not detail what is needed as this app does.
I have one request, and that is when you toggle back and forth with the original colors and the histogram, it would be nice if whatever zoom % you are viewing would stay the same, eliminating re-zooming back to the area I am studying every time I toggle. Small request but would be very helpful as I study values in a specific area of my photo. Thank you for creating this app.
I have one request, and that is when you toggle back and forth with the original colors and the histogram, it would be nice if whatever zoom % you are viewing would stay the same, eliminating re-zooming back to the area I am studying every time I toggle. Small request but would be very helpful as I study values in a specific area of my photo. Thank you for creating this app.
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I have learned so much!
I encountered ‘Value Study’ by chance soon after it was released and have used it ever since. As an amateur artist striving to understand values and develop my painting, the App has been a fabulous companion on my journey. It is now a key part of my process, either as a short cut or a check of my own observation. Brilliant!
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