Observed arrival · 2026-11-10
ShapeStudy turns reference images into value studies
A browser-based image tool for blurring, desaturating, and reducing reference images to notan studies, with controls for saving and comparing versions.
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- Artists studying value, composition, and reference images
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- The value picker uses perceptual CIE L* and also displays a 0–10 value scale.
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The interface distinguishes an untouched Original from a Working copy and saved versions; edits to the selected version are saved automatically. Users can inspect value through gray, average-colour, threshold, and posterise options, and add square-cell or diagonal grids. The page also lists shortcuts for comparing, fitting, mirroring, and peeking at the original.
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