Digital creative tool bringing the avant-garde cut-up literary technique into a modern visual format. Slice and reassemble any text into a typeset poster or broadside ready for download and sharing.
Cut-Up Studio is a web and mobile creative tool that brings the avant-garde 'cut-up' literary technique — pioneered by Dadaists like Tristan Tzara and later popularized by William S. Burroughs — into a modern, visual, and shareable digital format.
The core value proposition: take any text, algorithmically slice and reassemble it, then produce a typeset poster or broadside ready for download and sharing.
Key differentiators: reproducible randomness (seeded shuffles mean users can share exact compositions), visual-first (not just a text scrambler but a full typographic poster tool), OCR input (any printed page, book scan, or photograph becomes source material), community layer (public showcase creates discovery and remix culture), and mobile-ready (PWA with bottom navigation and safe-area support for iOS/Android).
Current status (May 2026): feature-complete and being prepared for Google Play Store submission as a PWA. Privacy Policy and Terms of Service pages are live. Core flows — create, save, share, remix, showcase — are all functional.
Text Input & OCR — paste text directly or upload an image/PDF with AI text extraction
Cut-Up Engine — slice by word, phrase, sentence, or visual strip with seeded randomness for reproducibility
7 Layout Styles — Grid, Cascade, Diagonal, Rag, Concrete, Scatter, Stair
Image Layers — background images with opacity, blend mode, scale, and position controls
Typography Controls — font, size, leading, margins, columns, and text color
Export — download as PNG or PDF; copy raw shuffled text
Save & Share — every project gets a shareable public URL with a preview image
Remix — any public project can be loaded into Studio as a starting point
Community Showcase — public gallery of community-created cut-up compositions
User Profiles — personal project libraries with public/private visibility toggle
PWA-ready — mobile bottom navigation and safe-area support for iOS/Android
Freemium model — free tier with watermark, paid tier unlocks export formats
Writers, poets, and experimental artists exploring chance-based composition; graphic designers seeking generative typographic layouts; music producers and lyricists looking for unexpected phrase combinations; students and academics studying Dada, Surrealism, or postmodern literature; anyone who enjoys creative play with language and visual design.
Reproducible randomness is a meaningful differentiator — seeded shuffles let users share exact compositions reliably. OCR input transforms any printed source into raw material, dramatically expanding creative possibilities. Visual-first approach elevates it above basic text scramblers into a real typographic design tool. Community remix culture creates a discovery loop that drives organic growth.
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