FordArtWorks Apps

***** Android Authority: 10 best apps of June ***** ***** TheGuardian: Top Apps of the week: July **** SourcesPro is a genuinelyunique, fun App for creating computer graphics images andanimations. It allows you to combine simple geometric constructs(waves and repeating patterns) in various ways. Surprisinglycomplex (and often quite beautiful) things can emerge. (Thebackground to the banner above was done with Sources.) It is deep,with countless possible permutations. It is an App to explore.Itworks on fairly modest phones and on large tablets. To get an ideaof the range of things that Sources can do (so far!) have a look atthe galleries on the web site. See also the montage of imagesabove. A full 58 examples are built in to the App to give youinspiration and show how certain effects can be achieved. Ofcourse, animation adds a whole other dimension - these images move!You can use the animation designs as live wallpers now, which is aload of fun, using the FREE SourcesWP -market://details?id=uk.co.fordartworks.SourcesPlayer. SourcesWPrequires Android 4.0+. Please note that it is possible to createmoving/flashing patterns with the App when you animate. If you aresusceptible to epilepsy caused by flashing lights, see the warninghere http://www.fordartworks.co.uk/advice.htm#warning. This warningalso comes up (by default) before the App starts. The App isdesigned to generate high quality image files (up 4000 pixels), soit can, of course, be used without making any use of the animationfacility. This is a fun, creative app whose possibilities will takeyou a very long time to exhaust. Explore, and enjoy!

SourcesWP is a unique live wallpaper forAndroid - you launch it via your Live Wallpaper Chooser. Itcontains a full 30 built-in designs and they cover an unusuallywide range of types - from geometric to gloopy to glassy tohand-drawn, from 3D solid appearance to purely 2D - see thecomposite image. You have full control over the speed, quality anddirection of the animation.Another distinctive feature of SourcesWP is the fact that it canbe made to pause after a certain amount of time and draw the lastframe as a high quality still image. As well as preserving preciousbattery life this means you get a live wallpaper and anever-varying still wallpaper in one! Any time you want to resumethe animation - simply double tap.What is truly unique, however, is the fact that with SourcesProyou can modify any of these wallpapers yourself, visually, or youcan create completely new wallpapers. None of the built-inwallpapers to your taste? Make your own! You like one but it wouldbe better if...? Edit it yourself and make it exactly the way youwant it!And SourcesWP with its 30 wallpapers is FREE!Remember - as a live wallpaper, NOT a standalone app, SourcesWPdoesn't come with a launcher icon - so there are two ways of usingit:1) bring up your live wallpaper manager (hold on screen untilwallpaper manager shows, then Live Wallpaper->SourcesWP2) alternatively, you can go via your settings screen:settings->display->wallpaper->livewallpaper->SourcesWP

***** Android Authority: 10 best apps of June ***** *****TheGuardian: Top Apps of the week: July **** 2 hints for peopletryingthis app: - drag from the 4 source buttons, don't click them,and -watch at least some of the built-in "video" lessons anddemos.Sources (even the Lite version) is a deep program. "Sources"is afun and unique program for creating computer graphics imagesandanimations. It allows you to combine simple geometricconstructs(waves and repeating patterns) in various ways.Surprisinglycomplex (and often quite beautiful) things can emerge.(Thebackground to the banner above was done with Sources.) It isdeep,with countless possible permutations. It works on fairlymodestphones and on large tablets. Sources is not a drawing program- youdo not manipulate pixels. Rather, you place and adjust"sources" -suppliers of repeating waveforms. You can turn onanimation andwatch the various parts move and interact. To get anidea of therange of things that Sources can do (so far!) have alook at thegalleries on the web site. See also the montage ofimages above. 58examples are built in to the App to give youinspiration and showhow certain effects can be achieved. Some ofthese demonstratefeatures of SourcesPro and those parts will not beeditable onSourcesLite. Of course, animation adds a whole otherdimension, andwith SourcesPro you can even set your designs as livewallpapers,using the freeSourcesWPmarket://details?id=uk.co.fordartworks.SourcesPlayer .SourcesWPrequires Android 4.0+. Please note that it is possible tocreatemoving/flashing patterns with the App when you animate. Ifyou aresusceptible to epilepsy caused by flashing lights, see thewarningwhich comes up before the App starts. Lite Version: - fullbasicfunctionality. (Pro version has a number of additionalfeatures,plus much higher quality output.) - no waveform functions,whichadd a whole range of possibilities - no image optimizations -can'tcreate the largest images or animation - no limit controlsonSources - can't create or edit live wallpapers for SourcesWP -just3 levels of undo/redo The full set of differences isdescribedhere: http://www.fordartworks.co.uk/tutorial1f.htm It'sfun, andyou will not exhaust its possibilities for a very longtime!Explore, and enjoy!

Instant photo effects app, now with stroke-based filters