Houzz the Platform about repair of premises and interior design

Houzz is the platform about repair of premises and interior design on iPhone and iPad.

Houzz announces start of the Sketch tool which allows to draw and do marks in photos in applications of Houzz on iPhone and iPad.

Function is optimized for iPad Pro. Sketch suggests users to add stickers, texts and goods from the section of Purchase directly in the photo of interiors — both own, and loaded from the section website Houzz® photos (more than 8 million images of arkhproyekt from around the world). Also Sketch allows to work jointly on projects in real time — for example, several people can do marks in the same photo at the same time.

"People use the Houzz application at each stage of repair: derive inspiration, admire design in photos, employ specialists, select goods, communicate and cooperate with each other with the help of albums of the ideas — Alon Coen, the president and the cofounder of Houzz says. — We constantly think of how to make processes of repair or interior design even more interesting, fascinating and productive. Sketch is the powerful new tool which allows people 'try on' goods to any interior, communicate, exchange photos with designers, customers, family members and other participants of process".

Every month users of applications of Houzz browse more than one billion photos and on average spend about an hour in applications of Houzz on iPhone and iPad devices. With Sketch start users of applications of Houzz had following features:

• Add goods to any photo. Users can select goods from the section of Purchase on Houzz and place it directly on the photo of an interior that allows to experiment with options of a house decor. The size and arrangement of elements can be regulated. When the necessary option is found, users can click on the image of a product to obtain all information on goods (and also about where it can be purchased).
• Do marks directly in photos. Users can draw, write or type the text directly in photos: lead round a circle the pleasant element, note the place of future window or doorway, to specify the sizes of the premises and location of objects of an interior.
• Place accents using stickers. Sketch offers 150 stickers for every taste in order that users could note quickly and conveniently in photos the pleasant elements — places of the planned improvements and also what it would be desirable to change.
• Create mudborda and designs of premises. House owners and professionals can easily realize the design ideas, create mudborda and plan location of premises using the wide range of ready templates.
• Work with different people over the same image at the same time. Using Sketch users can do marks in photos, save them in the albums of the ideas and, at the same time or separately, to edit them together with the family, friends involved as specialists. With the help of push-notifications all project participants will be aware of changes.

To begin to use a new feature, it is enough to press the Sketch button in any photo on Houzz. The Houzz application for iPhone and iPad is free and is available to downloading in App Store.