Camera Lucida™: AR Drawing app for iPhone and iPad

4.0 ( 2960 ratings )

Photo & Video Education Productivity
Developer: Peter Moeykens

9.99 USD

Current version: 17.1, last update: 6 months ago
First release : 20 Mar 2010
App size: 54.85 Mb

Draw Like a Pro with Camera Lucida™: AR Drawing

One-Time Purchase: No subscriptions! Buy it once and use on your devices.

Enhance Your Art Skills: Whether youre sketching with a pencil or painting with a brush, Camera Lucida™ helps you become a better artist.

Unmatched Functionality: With 12+ years of development, Camera Lucida™ offers features that no competitor can match. Create stunning physical art using your iPhone or iPads camera. Simply point your device at your drawing surface, and watch the screen to see your reference image superimposed over your work. Its more versatile than a light table, better than a projector, and easier to use than a traditional Camera Lucida™.

How It Works: Place your iPhone or iPad between your eyes and your drawing surface. The app shows a virtual image on your screen, guiding your hand as you draw. This clever method makes it easy and fun to create detailed art.

Top Features:
• Buy it once for lifetime use.
• Advanced Image Filters: See with an artists eye.
• Zoom in Lock: For ultra detailed drawing.
• Session Save & Restore: Automatically realign your camera, sketch, and reference image.
• Full Color Palette Control: Use your own paints, markers, and more.
• Camera Adjustments: Use your device camera and adjust for different setups manually or with an in-app purchase to auto-adjust.
• Time-Lapsed Recordings: Share your drawing process on social media.
• Advanced Tools: Vertical split screen sliders, timed image fading, and more.
• Video Tutorials: Watch tutorials within the app or on YouTube.
• Comprehensive User Manual: Accessible from within the app.
• Reliable Customer Support: Plus, an active user community for inspiration.
• External USB Camera Support: For USB-C equipped iPads running iOS 17.

Easy Setup: Secure your iPhone or iPad above your drawing surface using common household items like a stack of books or a vase. Tutorials are included to help you get started.
Contact: For any questions or support, email cameralucida@bigidesign.com.

Pros and cons of Camera Lucida™: AR Drawing app for iPhone and iPad

Camera Lucida™: AR Drawing app good for

Since reading Hockneys "Secret Knowledge" I always wanted to draw portraits with a camera lucida. This brilliant App. has distinct advantages over the mechanical version, and just saved me $400 for an antique or $70 for a modern plastic version. Worth every cent. Thanks a load.

Great app with good features. But please update the design, and the icon. Please.

Im one of those cookie decorators that version 7 is aimed at & Im having great fun. I just discovered this app, but it is now so easy to get accurate, high quality artwork & lettering on my cookies. (And all my friends appreciate my practice cookies!!)

Dont know yet where Ill use it, but its such a brilliantly simple idea. Projection stencils, tracing, counterfeiting paper bills !!?!!

I purchased this app to try it out for transferring one of my drawings to fabric as an embroidery design. This app is so intuitively designed, I had my drawing transferred very easily and quickly with no extra tools except this app, my iPad, my drawing, my fabric and fabric pen. Im looking forward to using this app again.

Im not very artistic so was looking for something to render mechanical drawings with. Being able to quickly sketch mechanical objects is a real plus. Ive been looking at optical, prism based camera lucida systems and thought Id give this a try. With online support, this app certainly earns my 5 star rating. Im still going to get the optical system. I dont think one will replace the other!

Some bad moments

Nice concept, although theres a lag between the pencil and the camera. There could be other factors in regards to the lag; software and hardware.

I brought it as I thought it will help me with my cake n cookie decoration but there is a lag between the pencil and image on screen ...dislike

I didnt like the app. There was a ton of lag. I could only put my ipad in one position because of the camera which caused me to draw upside down and the most horrible drawing Ive done. The books I had to stack it up on were in her way, although that might be just me.

Loved this app but I can not even open it anymore. It keeps shutting off. I dont want to delete it. Please get this fixed!!! I hope to be adding some starts soon!!

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