Swipe

Viewing wide photographs in a vertical feed

Swipe was a social photo and video sharing app. As Lead iOS Developer, I designed and implemented a tilt-to-pan interaction for viewing photographs that extended beyond the phone's screen. The app's overall visual design was led by Edwin de Jongh.

Photographers wanted more of their images to be visible

The team had invited social media influencers to post on Swipe. Some brought professional photographs that did not fit the app's vertical format, and they told us they were unhappy with parts of their images being cut off.

Exploring how to reveal the rest of the image

I considered a button or gesture to fit the whole photo on screen. A button would add another control over the image. I also explored using the phone's movement to pan across the photograph.

I built a prototype that let people tilt the phone from side to side to reveal the rest of a wide image, showed it to the team, and implemented the interaction for production.

After we shipped it, influencers who had raised the cropping issue told us they were satisfied with the solution and were now happy to post on the platform.

Lead Designer: Edwin de Jongh · Product Manager: Marwan Roushdy