Hi, welcome to the AccuView Art Viewfinder testing family

Are you ever in such a hurry to get started painting that you forget to design your canvas or analyze your subject matter? Or maybe you just lose your concentration for a bit and your proportions get a bit out of whack. Well, I don't know of anything more frustrating that putting in hours or days of work only to realize the the composition is flawed or the drawing is out of proportion. We end up having to backtrack...scrape-out hours of hard work or repaint large portions of the painting to "pull it out of the fire.". Or even worse...we rationalize and say..."oh, that's good enough." We always recommend that artists "take time to save time." Take a few minutes to work out your composition before you put it down on the working surface. Use AccuView to iron out the kinks in design, make sure that the subject matter is drawn accurately, flesh out the values and find your key area of interest. Let AccuView help you put together your game plan and avoid the frustration of repainting or settling for less! 1. Take a photo of desired subject. Or choose reference from the camera roll. 2. Choose the window opening to match your canvas 3. Quickly change photo to B/W and use the value checker tool to check for proper values. 4. Choose from a selection of grids including the golden ratio or use no grid at all. 5. Using 2 finger method, enlarge, shrink, rotate and move your photo for desired compositional effect. 6. Alter size relationships, change value, color or thickness of frame and grid. Convert photo to B/W and use the adjustable Value Scale for in-depth study. 7. Save and store your project for future reference or email to yourself.