Aviary Peacock: more than an Effects Editor, a Visual Laboratory
I have mentioned Aviary a couple of times here, and I'm always impressed about their ability to innovate and create top notch web applications.
Today I will talk about Peacock, an online effects editor that provides an incredible interface for endless creative expressions through your digital images. Watching the video above is the best way to understand how it works, but according to their website:
Peacock is a cross-platform pattern generating application, that runs entirely inside a web browser. Files are constructed with a hub (node) based system, that allows for non destructive editing. There are over 65 hubs that when are chained together can replicate almost any kind of digital imaging effect. [...] Peacock does so many amazing things that we decided to call it our "Visual Laboratory". Experiment with pixel-based images in completely new ways
The main features are:
- Node-based UI: Drag, drop, and connect generators, effects, resources, and controllers.
- One smart bird: Combine terrains, patterns, computational effects, and more to create stunning art.
- Share and learn: Collaborate with other users. Follow step-by-step tutorials to learn new skills.
- Import from popular photo-sharing sites: Import images from Flickr, Picasa, and Facebook.
- Complementary suite of creation tools: Use your Peacock creations in other Aviary tools.
As all software on the Aviary suite, Peacock is free for personal use. If you want to use it commercially, you can buy the Pro plan for USD $24,99 per year.
Try Peacock here.
