Mine used to be PDFs. A client sends three files that need to become one, and I'd open a whole suite just to drag some pages around, wait for it to finish starting, then close it again. Photos were the same: a RAW that only needs a crop and a resize for the web, and the full editor takes longer to load than the edit itself.
Next to the programs on the canvas, Warpstead now has tools for exactly those jobs. Merging and splitting PDFs, RAW and JPEG edits with crop and resize, short clips cut to 9:16. Nothing fancy. It runs on the PC and none of it needs a subscription.
We launch here on Thursday, and before that I'd like to check my list against other people's days. Which small job makes you open something heavy, or keeps you paying every month for a tool you use twice?
Hi everyone,
On my Windows desktop, work for one client ends up spread across a dozen windows piled on top of each other, and a lot of my time went into digging for the right one. Warpstead is what I built to stop doing that.
Each project gets a canvas. The programs you already use run on it as real windows, next to that client's folders, files and notes. Zoom out to see the whole job, zoom in on the part you need. When the client finally answers, you switch back to that project and everything is still where you left it.
Beside the programs there are tools for the small jobs that usually mean opening something else: RAW and JPEG editing with crop, resize and upscale, short video edits exported to 9:16 for Reels and Shorts, merging and splitting PDFs. It all runs on your PC and nothing gets uploaded.
It's a free beta for Windows 10 and 11 on the Microsoft Store. Version 1.0 will be a one-time license at US$89, no subscription. The first 100 people who register from the app and confirm their email get it free, and anyone else who registers before 1.0 pays US$55.
I'm building it alone, so it still has rough spots. Tell me which job you'd try it on first, and where it gets in your way.