iaza

On-Demand Image Processing

iaza is an ad-supported web-service that I wrote and brought online in 2007. It is targetted towards younger people, particularly those who don't own serious desktop graphics programs but wish to apply lots of fun and interesting effects to their images. A fair number of these images are photos, however the center of gravity for iaza is actually artwork of various forms: anime, dolls, avatars etc. With iaza, animating images, making transparencies and applying a wide array of special effects is a snap.

There are a number of vc-funded on-demand image processing sites out there. Typically these are heavy flash-based sites that focus on photographic images. Basically they try to reproduce the desktop application experience on the web.

In contrast, iaza is designed to be as plain, simple and lightweight as possible (minimal chrome, in the current vernacular). This makes it extremely fast and transparent. With iaza, the image is at the center of attention - not the artifacts of the application. Thus all the options are immediately visible and clickable, enabling one to quickly engage and have some fun.

iaza has become increasingly popular and attracted a dedicated following. As of early 2012, the site was averaging over 1.5 pageviews a month.

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