FotoDa 4+

And actually brilliant. My most used app. At least half of the results are disappointing and I have to resort to browsing Twitter while waiting for the magic to appear, but it’s all worth it — over 1000 startling keepers over the past month.

I wish it weren’t so easy to accidentally dismiss the new images when they appear, and I’d like to be able to select one photo, then let the app take over and surprise me. Fewer bugs and greater speed would also be nice. Meanwhile, I’m madly in love with the current version.

Update: dev contacted me, turns out there's an undo function that allows you to recover a dismissed image. Solves the problem I mentioned above.

Thanks for the review @lumierefl. Glad you are enjoying FotoDa.

I'm working to improve speed and fix known bugs. Not sure you noticed, but there is 1 level of undo hidden within the spiral button... there is a thumbnail that you can click to go back to the previously generated image :D

I will go into deep mourning if this app ever ceases to exist. It has done so much for my creativity. If I feel like I’m in a slump, I play around with this for a while and then I’m back. I kinda wish there were some sort of settings so we could exclude certain output formats (I hate hate hate segments). It would allow me to save an awesome image that’s covered up by another image in the corner, and then import that into a new creation.

Anyway, I’m super grateful for this app. Thank you so much for making it!! 💜😺

glad you like the app and very happy to hear that it helps with your creativity - that was definitely an intention of the app... getting confirmation that it's working is awesome :D

I also dislike the segments a lot of the time, but I left it in because every now and then I would get a segmented one that I liked... I've been considering adding more creative control to future versions of the app, turning off segments is a great idea and I'll definitely add it for the next update :D

I’ve been using a slew of glitch art apps over the years. Most of these apps have expected controls and standardize tricks (scan lines; 3D; warp) but few are as stripped down and pure as FOTODA. FOTODA brings back the wonder of you working your imagery in a (somewhat) uncontrolled/unpredictable way - it spits out art! Now, I’ve found some ways to work the app for my liking, but it’s still so unpredictable and that makes it both fun and inspiring.

glad you're enjoying the randomness of the app - thanks for the kind words