XCode
XCode
Photo Scope
Photo Scope is a creative utility app built for photographers to document, organize, and enhance photo shoot planning. With tools for summarizing shoots, cropping for print, extracting color palettes, and tagging locations, it streamlines the creative workflow from idea to archive.
Photo Scope is a creative utility app built for photographers to document, organize, and enhance photo shoot planning. With tools for summarizing shoots, cropping for print, extracting color palettes, and tagging locations, it streamlines the creative workflow from idea to archive.
Problem Discovery
Problem Discovery
Problem Discovery
Photographers often juggle location scouting, shoot details, and post-processing info across scattered apps. There was a clear need for a unified, creative-focused utility.
Photographers often juggle location scouting, shoot details, and post-processing info across scattered apps. There was a clear need for a unified, creative-focused utility.
User Research
User Research
User Research
Spoke with 5 photographers (pro and hobbyist) to understand common workflows, pain points with tracking locations, managing shoot notes, and extracting visual references.
Spoke with 5 photographers (pro and hobbyist) to understand common workflows, pain points with tracking locations, managing shoot notes, and extracting visual references.
Wireframing
Wireframing
Wireframing
Mapped out modular features: shoot summaries, crop tool, palette generator, and location tagging. Created clean wireframes in Figma to define intuitive navigation and tool flow.
Mapped out modular features: shoot summaries, crop tool, palette generator, and location tagging. Created clean wireframes in Figma to define intuitive navigation and tool flow.
Visual Design
Visual Design
Visual Design
Focused on clarity and creativity—rounded cards, glassmorphic backgrounds, and accent colors to reflect a visually rich experience for creatives.
Focused on clarity and creativity—rounded cards, glassmorphic backgrounds, and accent colors to reflect a visually rich experience for creatives.
Prototyping
Prototyping
Prototyping
Built modular SwiftUI views with animation and dark/light mode responsiveness. Each feature was tested as a standalone tool for usability.
Built modular SwiftUI views with animation and dark/light mode responsiveness. Each feature was tested as a standalone tool for usability.
Development
Development
Development
Implemented using SwiftUI + CoreData. Features include image cropping with grid overlays, color palette extraction from photos, location tagging with maps, and PDF export of summaries.
Implemented using SwiftUI + CoreData. Features include image cropping with grid overlays, color palette extraction from photos, location tagging with maps, and PDF export of summaries.
Testing
Testing
Testing
Ran manual user testing sessions to validate flow, cropping accuracy, palette color reliability, and interaction with media pickers and maps.
Ran manual user testing sessions to validate flow, cropping accuracy, palette color reliability, and interaction with media pickers and maps.
Outcome
Outcome
Outcome
A multi-functional companion for creatives. Photo Scope simplifies planning and reflecting on shoots while blending aesthetics with practical tools.
A multi-functional companion for creatives. Photo Scope simplifies planning and reflecting on shoots while blending aesthetics with practical tools.
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