{"id":17258,"date":"2011-11-09T23:32:49","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T06:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnack\/?p=5329"},"modified":"2011-11-09T23:32:49","modified_gmt":"2011-11-10T06:32:49","slug":"check-out-mixel-social-collaging-for-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/09\/check-out-mixel-social-collaging-for-everyone\/","title":{"rendered":"Check out Mixel: Social collaging for everyone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m delighted to see that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.subtraction.com\/\">Khoi Vinh<\/a> &#038; Scott Ostler have launched <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixel.cc\">Mixel<\/a>, a free &#038; intriguing iPad app for creating, sharing, and remixing artwork. Check it:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/31827422\" width=\"425\" height=\"239\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitAllowFullScreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nI had the pleasure of color-commenting a <a href=\"http:\/\/layertennis.com\/100219\/\">Layer Tennis match<\/a> in which Khoi parried with Nicholas Felton last year. Afterwards we chatted a bit about whether &#038; how the fun of &#8220;Photoshop tennis&#8221; could be brought to a radically wider audience. I&#8217;ve been eagerly awaiting the arrival of this new project, and I got to kick the tires while swinging through New York a few weeks back.<br \/>\nTwo bits of interesting sauce:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Like Instagram, Mixel lets one follow &#038; be followed, and it can import your existing connections.\n<\/li>\n<li>The app keeps all pieces separate, making it easy to find artwork, see what&#8217;s trending, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Khoi&#8217;s shown remarkable restraint in crafting the editing environment. Forget about things like complex layer blending: there&#8217;s no adding text* or even simple brush strokes. That&#8217;s by design: You&#8217;re meant to communicate visually rather than verbally, and drawing skills can&#8217;t be a prerequisite. <em>Anyone<\/em> should be able to jump in &#038; participate immediately. It&#8217;s 180 degrees from most Adobe apps (which trade simplicity for power), and I find that refreshing.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;ll be fascinating to see who tries the app, who sticks with it, what they make, and why. Will the rough aesthetic have legs, or will the app be drawn towards refinement &#038; complexity? How might it grow to serve particular audiences (e.g. designers wanting to brainstorm\/moodboard together in small groups)? We shall see.<br \/>\nIn any case, congrats to these guys on the launch. What do <em>you<\/em> think of Mixel?<br \/>\n[See also: Khoi&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.subtraction.com\/2011\/11\/10\/introducing-mixel\">philosophy on the app&#8217;s mission<\/a> is well worth reading.]<br \/>\n<em>* One can add images that include text, but you can&#8217;t whip out a text tool and start laying down captions. No lolcats for you!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m delighted to see that Khoi Vinh &#038; Scott Ostler have launched Mixel, a free &#038; intriguing iPad app for creating, sharing, and remixing artwork. Check it: I had the pleasure of color-commenting a Layer Tennis match in which Khoi parried with Nicholas Felton last year. Afterwards we chatted a bit about whether &#038; how [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17258"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17258\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}