Camera Lucida App Reviews

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.

I managed to produce drawings on paper which were vast improvements of what I would have been able to draw on paper in the past. There is a learning curve to use this app and some jury rigging involved. For this app to do its job you need a stand to keep the iphone steady. This will likely make it impractical to use with an ipad. Ideally it should be mounted on an offset arm to allow for total coverage, if not, the stand will be in the way of the drawing hand. There is an appreciable lag between the hand drawing on paper and its image appearing on the screen which complicates the hand to eye coordination. Also, the final drawing size was small as it depends on the separation between the paper and the device... which brings things back to the stand.

Why the latest version of the camera lucida dont have the graffiti portrait option? Thanks

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 !!?!!

No information how to use and very complicated

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!

I use this app to transfer images to royal icing decorated cookies and love it. I was considering purchasing a $300 Kopy Kake machine but thought I would give this $5 app a whirl. It meets my needs as a hobbiest and has saved me the money and space a Kopy Kake would require. So glad I found this app...

This is an amazing application for the iPad. In minutes, my drawings went from amateur to professional looking. If you have a little bit of art background, you can become a master in minutes. There are so many helpful things in this camera lucida app that make it better then a real optical one. I believe this is a must-have for any profession that requires drawing! As I said, buy this app or youll be sorry you didnt!

This is an awesom app! Worth every penny! It has re-ignited my interest in drawing and painting and it allows me to achieve amazing results! Well done!

After I finished my first oil painting I have done in years using the camera lucida app. I was amazed at my brilliance. The most I have ever spent on a app but it was worth every penny. Thank you developer.

This amazing App allows a good artist to become a great artist, and someone who is not an artist to produce passably good renderings of images or even portraits. The concept is not new, camera lucidas have been used, usually secretly, by artists for hundreds of years. This App takes the best elements of that ancient concept and turbo-charges it. If you can trace, you can draw, its that simple. This is sure to be a "must have" in any serious artists atelier, and getting the latest iPad (as I did) just to run this one App is not overkill, its that good and well worth it. Using Apples adapter/charger and a VGA cable attached to another monitor allows paintings of virtually any size to be made, subject to the iPad cameras resolution, which is likely adequate for anything less than monumental murals. I set mine up using a French easel in my studio and used my large studio easel to support a small 15" monitor. It works brilliantly, and with the remote keyboard support, makes doing details a snap. Version 8 has new many features, including the aforementioned Bluetooth support for keyboards and a very neat "Tims Vermeer" type mirror edge control which allows very easy comparisons; invaluable for matching colours or tonality. Simply the best App for serious painters and visual artists, and crosses that murky barrier between the digital and the physical in a very elegant package.

You really cant believe how much this app will improve your drawing until you try it. Very highly recommended.

i have been using this app for a couple of months now without a single problem. i recently had a practical setup question, which was answered and solved within hours ... outstanding support!! i can highly recommend this app.

Ive been an artist for many years. Been to a good art school. Sold a fair bit of work. So, when a friend said I should try this app I was curious. I found it amazing. Few artists can get the shape of a face on canvas without some help. This happens to be a great way! And when I had a small problem making it work on my iPad, Peter worked tirelessly to ensure it worked. In the end my fault for having a setting wrong. So, tell your friends... a great app.

OMG! This app is just what I wanted. I have been using a clunky lightbox to trace art onto my drawing surfaces and it just wasn’t practical for the large size art I want to create, 22”x30” for example. This app makes doing huge art easy and effortless. The developer, Pete, was super helpful in walking me through how to mirror my iPad to my flatscreen and now I am making large art with intricate detail like a master! Thanks Pete for this amazing app and the affordable price. When you release an IPO for this app, I want to invest! Thanks!

Bought this app based on a recommendation on a cookie decorating page. This app works great and costs a fraction of what the expensive projectors do!! I was able to project an image onto my cookie and trace! A must have for all cookie decorators!! Thank you camera lucida!!!

This is the most fun Ive had with any app from any category! Im a decent artist on my own but this app is helping me get to the next level. I want to find a good phone mount to use on my table that wont move, even still this app is a miracle for artists