Turn a landscape photo into a useful painting reference before it reaches the easel.
The app keeps crop, guide, value, palette, and export decisions in one painter-focused workflow instead of scattering them across general-purpose tools.
The guide workflow in the current simulator build, shown with a deliberately simple test reference.
What it is
Landscape Composition is a native studio-reference tool for oil painters preparing a photo before they begin working on the canvas.
Core problem
A source photo rarely arrives at the right canvas ratio, value structure, composition, or level of visual simplification for painting.
What I built
I built the full reference workflow: import, crop, guides, value and color adjustments, palette planning, local projects, and shareable export.
What I chose
Every tool is tied to preparing a painting reference. It deliberately avoids becoming a broad photo editor or pretending extracted colors are paint formulas.
Built so far
Canvas presets and custom ratios drive crop geometry instead of decorative frames
Transfer, composition, and landscape guides share tested normalized geometry between screen and export
Value modes, color adjustments, and palette extraction remain non-destructive
Saved projects preserve their image, crop, guide, adjustments, and palette across relaunch
Export can produce the image, selected guide, or a printable reference sheet
I keep the workflow covered with 114 tests and simulator checks across multiple iPhone and iPad sizes
Before launch
I’ve completed the simulator review build. Before launch, I still want to test camera capture on a physical iPhone and make sure large, real-world photos stay responsive on device.
