The HP Sprout | Let’s Get Creative
Did you guys know that I am a secret nerd? Okay, so maybe it is not that big of a secret, but as well as a collection of comic books and a fetish for house hold cleaning products, I also have a rather large soft spot for new technology and gadgets. My laptop was pretty much on death’s door, I think spilling a large mass of nail varnish remover across the keyboard didn’t really help matters. So when the wonderful guys over at HP asked if I would like to partner up with them to trial their latest innovation, I could hardly turn this opportunity down. Let me introduce you to the HP Sprout.
How is the HP Sprout different from your usual desktop computer?
Okay, so I got pretty excited about all of the Sprout’s special features. First of all, it has a Intel Real Sense 3D Camera (I know, awesome right?) and a 14 Mega Pixel High Res Camera! So not only can you scan standard documents, all from the Touch Mat, but you can scan both 2D & 3D objects.
My favourite feature, has to be both the Touch Screen and Touch Mat, I absolutely love this element and it makes my workspace feel much more interactive and fun. Speaking of fun, there is actually a Piano game pre-installed onto the Sprout workspace, which caused me and my house mate to have a fit of giggles. I got far too excited about this and I know that I will be playing around on this a lot more than I probably should do.
As a beauty blogger I am continuously thinking of new ways to present my blog posts to you guys. I am a huge fan of photography as I hope you can tell, but I also love to create things beyond the camera. I originally trained as a graphic designer, and I am forever itching to make my work have more of an illustration feel to it.
Instead of creating a standard flat lay image with my own camera, I decided to pop a few beauty products onto the Touch Mat and allowed the HP Sprout camera to do it’s work. I placed numerous products on the mat at one time, and cleverly the scanner saved each individual product as a separate file. As well as this giving me the ability to create flat lay images with ease and speed, it is also a great way of me logging individual products. As part of my role at Crownbrush UK, I do a lot of product photography, knowing I can use this system instead is wonderful and will no doubt make my job a lot easier.
As you can see from the photographs above I then chose individual images to be arranged in a collage. The editing suite on the HP Sprout allows you to resize, rotate and cut away parts of the images you create, all simply with a touch of my finger tips. I am so excited to use this process for more of my posts in the future. Being creative is just who I am and it is nice to be able to express this side of me more.
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This collage of the new Too Faced Melted Metal Lipsticks is my finished piece. I am so happy with it, especially as this was my first attempt at creating a collage using the HP Sprout.
I am really looking forward to getting to know my HP Sprout more closely and learning to use it in more expressive and creative ways which will hopefully enhance the nature of my blog content. For those of you wondering, it does also come with a wireless keyboard and mouse so you have the ability to use this system in a traditional way.
*This post was sponsored by HP UK. All opinions are my own.
20 Comments
liza prideaux
Oh my gosh so incredibly jealous as a complete tech geek myself this post excites me, how cool you were able to create that flat lay. I also love the touch screen, so cool!
Liza | Glambeautys
Zoe Newlove
Yayyyy techy geeks are the best! I did get a bit over excited about the touch screen feature haha! xxx
Frankie CH
I loove techy things like this! Although the quality isn’t quite there yet, I think it looks really cool!
Frankie | Crazyblondegal
Zoe Newlove
Yeah it isn’t the same as my “posh camera” but it is pretty impressive for just an overhead projector style camera! xx
Kathryn
This looks fantastic! I’m very nerdy with computers and software!
Kathryn /Cherries in the Snow
Zoe Newlove
Fellow nerds! We are the best kind of people haha!
Heather Mcknight
LOVE LOVE LOVE! This is such a fantastic idea and I can not wait to see where you go with this!
Heather, porcelainbeautyx
Zoe Newlove
Thanks YOU! I gots some exciting ideas, just need to find the time to put them into action hehe! Can we just like meet up already haha? xx
Heather Mcknight
Hire me as your PA, that way you’ll have plenty of free time as I’ll be able to take care of all the admin side of everything, AND we will finally get to meet as i’ll be “forced” to move down south! 😉 xx
Beautylymin
Wow!! This looks amazing!!! I haven’t used a desktop in years but this is very tempting!xx
Beautylymin
Zoe Newlove
Neither have I! Definitely prefer it now to a laptop – apart from I obviously cannot travel around with this beast of a machine haha! xx
Cherry Pullinger
This looks so so good!
Zoe Newlove
I never expected to get as excited as I did over a computer! Couldn’t recommend it enough!
Fee
This looks beyond amazing Zoe!!! You lucky girl 🙂
The feature you showed looks so so useful for bloggers like us. Totally lusting after it now!
Fee x
Rachel Shuchat
Whaaaat this looks so cool, holy crap.
RachelShuchatMakeup
nueyork
This looks so, so cool!
nueyork.blogspot.com
Sarah
That is actually amazing and the best thing I’ve seen in forever!!!!
Sarah | More Than Adored
Jennie May
Oh wow, this looks so unique and a lot of fun to play around with! x
kat clark
OMG that touch mat is so clever! xx
Georgina Kent
OMG that looks AMAZING! I’m such a gadget nerd!