HOW TO SPOT
THE NEXT WINNER
‘The New
ActivCanvas App.’
I
first heard about the ActivCanvas app at a Fine Art Trade Guild presentation.
That was last year when the app was still in beta mode. But I was very
interested straight away.
This
is how it works, and why I was so enthralled.
1. You download a free app
to your mobile phone or tablet.
2. You see a picture that
you like somewhere. Maybe it is in a shop, at an exhibition, in a magazine, or
on the web. Where-ever, but you like it and want to know more.
3. You point your phone at
the painting, photo, or print … and click.
4. The app then recognizes
the picture and up comes a video that tells you about the image and the artist.
5. It also gives you a link
to a place where you can see more and even buy the picture.
How
magic is that?
ActivCanvas app logo
Obviously
there has to be a huge library of images somewhere that the app can access. And
another library of videos that can be linked to after the app recognizes an
image.
So
the app people have created these libraries and are now inviting artists,
photographers and gallery owners to supply the images and videos.
I
have uploaded hundreds of my own prints and paintings. And I have created
videos about the pictures. The originals and prints don’t each have their own
unique video, because that would be impossible. But each genre has a video, and
every video has a link to an appropriate page on my website.
Do
you want to see how it works? You can even see me talking about it when the app
people came to my studio to do some filming.
Down
load the free app to your phone here.
Now
point your phone or tablet at my picture of the Cristo statue in Rio de
Janeiro, click the app, and see what happens.
Did
it work for you?
Let
me know please.
Cheers
Colin
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