Idea Canvas Overview
As part of Spotter Studio, we’ve created Idea Canvas, a freeform whitespace designed to make it easier for you to brainstorm 100s of new ideas. Idea Canvas allows for flexible, intuitive brainstorming, leveraging Spotter AI while enabling a visually driven ideation practice.
Idea Canvas helps creators:
Ideate freely without limitations: An infinite canvas designed for rapid ideation. Purposely built for how Creators brainstorm.
Brainstorm 100s of ideas: Start from scratch or use Brainstorm to see hundreds of title, thumbnails and hook ideas in minutes.
Bank ideas to refine, organize, prioritize: Users can explode, and bank ideas for later use.
How to use Idea Canvas
Within Idea Canvas, you can:
Pick a starting point with inspiration blocks:
Capture an idea - quickly jot down an idea you can either add directly to your Idea Bank or Brainstorm further
Start with videos my audience also watches - use videos your audience also watch as a starting point
Use recent Outliers as inspiration - this surfaces your recent outliers for you to bein brainstorming
Generate video ideas based on my channel - suggest videos that are personalized to your channel
Start from my channel themes - these are specific themes personalized to your channel
Add sticky notes - use sticky notes to capture ideas
Explore an infinite workspace to brainstorm, generate, and capture ideas for video concepts.
Drag and drop Inspiration Blocks to spark new ideas from YouTube search, topics, and high performing titles.
Use the Hover Menu to quickly modify, explode, or combine ideas for iterative brainstorming.
Seamlessly bank ideas to the Idea Bank without disrupting the creative flow.
Pan, zoom, copy, paste, and duplicate text blocks for a fluid brainstorming experience.
Idea Canvas Feature List
Infinite Canvas: A persistent, freeform space for brainstorming.
Inspiration Blocks:
Capture an idea - quickly jot down an idea you can either add directly to your Idea Bank or Brainstorm further
Start with videos my audience also watches - use videos your audience also watch as a starting point
Use recent Outliers as inspiration - this surfaces your recent outliers for you to bein brainstorming
Generate video ideas based on my channel - suggest videos that are personalized to your channel
Start from my channel themes - these are specific themes personalized to your channel
Hover Menu Actions:
This But...: Transforms ideas with a slight twist.
Explode: Generates multiple variations of an idea.
Combine. suggests variations of two ideas combined.
Keyboard Shortcuts & Canvas Controls:
Shift + Click: Select multiple nodes.
Drag to Move: Adjust placement of ideas freely.
Pinch/Pan/Zoom: Navigate across the canvas effortlessly.
Undo Functionality: Allows iterative editing.
Clear Canvas: cleans work and gives you a fresh canvas
Auto Layout: captures all the work in your canvas in one space
Idea Canvas FAQ
Q: What is the purpose of Idea Canvas?
A: Idea Canvas provides a freeform brainstorming space for creators to generate, explore, and refine ideas flexibly.
Q: How does Idea Canvas differ from Idea Bank?
A: Idea Canvas is for freeform brainstorming, while Idea Bank is for storing and organizing developed ideas that are ready for ranking and prioritization.
Q: Can I save ideas from Idea Canvas into Idea Bank?
A: Yes! You can easily bank any text block, which will create a video project idea in Idea Bank.