The digital workshop
Explore ideas. Build tools for everyday use.
DLS Lab is where I build tools for my digital everyday life: scripts that take repetitive work off my hands in Adobe InDesign, modules for individually designed websites, and my own apps that make specific tasks easier. I use almost all of these tools every day. That is why I keep improving them, fixing bugs and adapting them to new requirements.
It is also about keeping creative control. My website modules give you specific ways to shape content, layout and interactions, rather than leaving the entire process of building a website to AI.
Alongside these practical helpers, the Lab has room for music experiments and new ideas. Here I share what they become – from the first experiment to a tool I use every day.
Projects & experiments
Learning & AI
Frida
Learning in short sessions. Frida combines practice for Austria’s retail apprenticeship examination with Telegram reminders and a private learning area.
Visit project websiteAI & video
BrandPulse
My development project for AI-assisted video production: from research and scripts to narration, rendering and human approval. With YouTube channels and published examples.
Explore the projectMusic & macOS
Musicalizer
A macOS app for musical ideas: structure songs, edit tracks and export MIDI for the next step in Logic.
Audio experiment
Zolahr Synth
My own software synthesizer for Logic Pro. Four sound layers and a synchronised step sequencer, for sound design and trying out patterns.
Workflows
Data Organizer
A small macOS menu-bar app that moves incoming job files to the archive.
Calculation
Transport-cost calculator
A browser tool that adds up stored tariffs and calculation rules into transport costs you can follow.
Interactive experiment
Universe
Explore a 3D universe, fly between planets and play Shooter, Snake, Ring Run and Planet Forge. An experiment to explore and play in your browser.
Play universe3D characters & animation
The Niks
Four characters made from my logo, with their own faces, voices and films. Here is how they came to be, step by step from sign to 3D film.
See how they were madeDownloads
Buy once, use permanently and download again any time.
Adobe InDesign · JSX
PDF Page Browser
Choose PDF and InDesign pages from thumbnails. Switch all selected placements together.
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Adobe InDesign · JSX
Delete Overset Text
Review overset text before deletion, choose which stories to process and remove it in one Undo step.
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Joomla · Module
DLS Showcase
Put your projects in the header. Image and video cards respond to the pointer.
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Joomla · Module
DLS Reviews
Show customer reviews as a highlighted quote, carousel, grid or rating badge. Enter reviews manually or optionally connect Google.
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Joomla · Component
DLS Gallery
Photo galleries for Joomla: manage albums in the back end, upload images and show them as grid, masonry or justified layout with a lightbox.
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Joomla · Module
DLS Reveal Header
One scene, two seasons. Make your Joomla module respond to mouse and touch.
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Joomla · Plugin
DLS Cookie Consent
Consent per provider: optional services stay blocked until visitors allow them. Rejecting is as easy as accepting.
Details & usage →Joomla 6.2+ · System plugin
DLS Contact Guard
Limit Joomla core contact attempts across sessions. Configurable quotas, trusted proxies and native updates.
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Adobe InDesign · JSX
Compact Frames
Pack image frames compactly on a page while keeping their sizes and crops.
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Adobe InDesign · JSX
WordCloud for InDesign
Words and whole phrases inside your shape, editable right in your layout.
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Adobe InDesign · JSX
Link Text Frames
Check the order first, then connect the text flow.
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