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10 Reasons Why Home Outside® is the Ultimate Landscape Design App for You
Are you tired of staring at your boring backyard? Or are you a professional landscaper looking for a quick and easy design tool? Look no further than Home Outside® – the landscape design app for everyone! Here are 10 reasons why Home Outside® is the ultimate landscape design app for you:
1. Easy-to-use: Simple tap-and-drag functionality makes designing a breeze.
2. Hand-drawn elements: Choose from over 700 beautiful hand-drawn elements, including trees, gardens, pools, patios, hammocks, and more.
3. Sample designs: Get inspired with sample designs or use them as a starting point for your own creation.
4. Snap to grid: Elements stick to a re-sizable grid of guidelines for more precise placement.
5. Sketch tool: Draw garden beds and other free-form shapes with an eraser and brushes of different colors, widths, and opacity.
6. Map tool: Outline your property and import a map image with measurements into the app as a layer.
7. Site analysis: Mark the locations of your site’s utilities and light and moisture conditions with the site analysis palettes.
8. Animated figures: Add a palette of animated elements, including a person, dog, cat, bird, and car, that move through your design on a looped or repeating path.
9. North arrow: Use the north arrow to ensure proper orientation of your design.
10. Layers: Create different layers of elements in your design, add, delete, rename layers, and make each layer visible/invisible.
How to Use Home Outside®:
1. Download the app from the app store.
2. Select your background color and import a photo of your property plan.
3. Choose and place elements from the 29 palettes to create your landscape design layout.
4. Use the sketch tool to draw free-form shapes, and the map tool to outline your property and import a map image.
5. Use the site analysis palettes to mark the locations of utilities and light and moisture conditions.
6. Add notes to tag elements in your design with typed comments or descriptions.
7. Use the animated figures palette to add movement to your design.
8. Create different layers of elements in your design and reorder them as needed.
9. Save your design to the app’s gallery and email an editable design to friends.
FAQs:
Q: Can I import my own elements into the app?
A: No, the app only allows you to choose from the 700+ hand-drawn elements.
Q: Can I use the app offline?
A: Yes, the app can be used offline.
Q: Does the app have a tutorial?
A: Yes, the app comes with an in-app Design Primer by Julie Moir Messervy.
User Reviews:
- John Smith: “I’ve been using Home Outside for a few months now, and it’s helped me take my backyard from dull to beautiful! The app is so easy to use, and the hand-drawn elements are gorgeous.”
- Maria Rodriguez: “As a professional landscaper, I’ve been using Home Outside to share designs with my clients, and they love it! It’s a great tool for a quickie design that you can show clients and then refine as you like.”
- Emily Johnson: “I’m not a professional landscaper, but I love using Home Outside to exercise my imagination and creativity! It’s so much fun to try out fresh ideas for my yard.”
Download Home Outside® today and start designing the backyard of your dreams! #HomeOutside #LandscapeDesign #GardenDesign #DIY #DesignApp #Landscaping #Gardening #BackyardDesign
