What is Edit & Modify?
Edit & Modify is an experimental personal project with the goal of creating lightweight free tools for designers, photographers and creatives alike. Building tools that strip away everything but the essentials and are built with intentional restraint, which means no social feeds, interruptions or unnecessary complexity. The project launched with E : M a photo editing and filter app for iOS, and I have A : C a fun ASCII camera in beta along with web tools for ASCII, Dithering and an image colour palette generator, with more updates and tools coming soon.
Why did you make it?
I built this project as a rejection that creators should pay monthly subscriptions to access the basic tools of creation. It’s a dramatic reaction really, but there are few applications that have a single payment, Edit & Modify goes the opposite direction, the project is completely free, you have access to these tools and all updates forever. I wanted to build and replace tools that I would use regularly and be a place where I could experiment with what it means to have creative tools that have a single purpose, find new ways to develop tools that would exist in multiple extensions with Figma plugins, web and iOS versions all grounded in a clear vision to build thoughtful, distraction-free tools that support creativity.
Who or what inspired you?
I am hugely inspired by internet artists like Chia Amisola or creative technologists like Ash Herr; people who create these incredible online projects or experiments. While Edit & Modify isn’t in the same realm, it’s very much inspired by a catalog of people online who are creating and experimenting with what it means to publish or create online.