How might we make a more useful location scouting app? Scout is a powerful tool designed to help location scouts save and share locations easily.
Contribution
User Experience
Visual Design
Research
Prototyping
Tools
Figma
Lightroom
Timeline
Three weeks
Prototype
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Currently scouting locations requires a suite of tools. From taking the photos at the location to sending the location information to a team, a location scout may have to use at least three tools.
Camera rolls full of forgotten locations. Many creatives rely on their phone and memory to save locations resulting in camera rolls full of lost spots
Goal 1
Give users the ability to save locations with as much info as possible
Goal 2
Allow users to organize and easily find saved locations
Goal 2
Allow users to organize and easily find saved locations
Gaps identified
• Can’t save videos
• Can’t save audio
• Limited sharing
• No team abilities
• Limited camera
Existing Apps
• Really Good
Photo Spot
• ShotHotspot
• Spoto: Photo
• Location Scouting
Prototyping
The feedback from testing my protoype was very positive. It also taught me that many photographers and videographers are unaware of existing location scouting apps.
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