Thursday, 8 April 2010

I saw this on the Creative Review website.

It sounds really interesting.

It's a great idea combining graphics and sound

in a wallpaper creator.

Most of the iPad apps we've seen so far have been along the

lines of digital magazine apps.

Granimator, a new app by ustwo, refreshingly, looks to make

the most of the interactive touch screen and let users be

creative with that functionality - rather than simply swiping

a screen to get to another "page" (yawn).


The idea behind Granimator is that iPad owners using the app

can play around with various graphic and illustrative elements

onscreen to create musical wallpapers. ustwo has teamed up

with a host of in-demand imagemakers – including Airside,

James Joyce, Jon Burgerman and Pete Fowler – to supply

graphic and illustrative assets for the app. Each of these

collaborator's Granimator assets will be available in signature

artist packs, which will be released in packs of six on an

ongoing basis through an in-app shop.

Users can select and drag different graphic elements onscreen to

create interesting looking wallpapers.

Each element in the composition represents a different sound

that can be played by tapping it on the screen. A pinching

action can tweak the sound's pitch, thus enabling

you to fine tune your wallpaper composition – both visually and

melodically. Once you're happy with your creation, you'll be able to

save it as iPad or iPhone wallpaper and share it with your friends via

Flickr, Twitter and, but of course, a dedicated website at

granimator.com

"Granimator is the perfect blend of everything ustwo stands for:

creativity, passion, motion, sound and style," said Mills,

co-founder of ustwo, which has spent £55,000 to date

developing the app, with a further £75,000 set aside for

further development. "This is an iPad

app designed to enable users to create something beautiful,

while being fully engaged with the creative process."


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