Executive Summary

Many digital artists and creators—roughly 40 million active creators—still spend disproportionate time building and correcting perspective, horizons and vanishing points by hand, which is slow, error-prone and costly for illustrators, concept artists, storyboarders and frequent content producers. This recurring friction reduces throughput and increases revision cycles, so it’s a tangible pain for professionals who bill hourly or publish at scale. The product would be an iPad-native app and plugin suite that uses on-device AI vision to detect horizons and vanishing points in real time, offering lockable perspective guides, smart transforms that preserve perspective when moving layers, and Apple Pencil‑first gestures for drawing with locked perspective. Core features would include exportable guide layers, PSD/Procreate compatibility, a lightweight SDK for third‑party integration, and a freemium model with a $30/year pro tier targeting a $1.2B addressable market ($30 ARPU × 40M creators). This moment is favorable because on-device AI makes private, low-latency vision possible on tablets, iPad + Apple Pencil adoption is growing among pros, and creators are increasingly willing to pay small annual fees for workflow accelerators—trends reflected in a Market Score of 92/100 and Revenue Potential of 88/100. With competition assessed as medium, the unit economics work if acquisition costs and retention are managed tightly. To stand out, prioritize ultra-low latency on-device models, a tactile Apple Pencil UX, and seamless interoperability with major art apps so the tool feels native rather than bolted on; those are things cloud-first competitors struggle to deliver. Realistic challenges include platform integration limits, edge-case model failures across diverse art styles, battery/compute constraints on tablets, and overcoming subscription friction, but a focused product, strong app partnerships and a clear $30/year value proposition can overcome those hurdles.

Market Opportunity

Lock horizon while editing perspective — AI horizon lock & guides targets a $1.2B = 40M digital creators x $30 ARPU/year for perspective/creative-tool micro-SaaS total addressable market with medium saturation and a year-over-year growth rate of 12% estimated annual growth in digital-creative tools and plugin markets.

Key trends driving demand: On-device AI vision -- enables fast, private horizon/vanishing-point detection on iPad without cloud latency.; iPad + Apple Pencil adoption -- more pros are using tablets as primary art devices, increasing demand for iPad-native workflows.; Creator monetization & micro-SaaS -- artists are willing to pay small annual fees for workflow accelerators and plugins.; Rise of plugin/companion ecosystems -- users expect lightweight, interoperable tools that integrate via export/import..

Key competitors include Adobe Photoshop (Adobe Inc.), Clip Studio Paint (CELSYS), Lazy Nezumi Pro, Procreate (Savage Interactive), Krita.

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Lock horizon while editing perspective — AI horizon lock & guides

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