One of James Alliban’s latest projects, called Cell (a collaboration with Keiichi Matsuda) was supported by Microsoft. Will Coleman, the UK Windows Phone product manager was James’ point of contact throughout the process of that project. After showing Will his mobile apps, he expressed an interest in commissioning a Windows Phone version of Composite.
Matchbox Mobile who were also involved with Cell were brought in to develop the app and work with James and Juliet Lall to keep to the original concept and style. Composite allows you to remix your surroundings to create artistic compositions. Users are given the opportunity to paint pictures using the live video stream from their device’s front or back facing cameras. Simply point an iPad towards your subject and start painting to reveal it. A variety of control over the brush and video stream is offered to allow for a huge range of different aesthetics. These include brightness, contrast, color offset, alpha, blur and thickness.
This mobile app allows users to manipulate and edit images using compositing techniques and tools right in the palm of their hand. In addition to being a tool to create finished compositions,it works as a quick sketch pad for artists and illustrators to combine ideas on the go for future pieces.
