Camera Lucida™: AR Drawing 4+
Masterful drawing in minutes!
Camera Lucida
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- £9.99
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
One time purchase, lifetime use. An AR tool for creating art, it allows you to overlay images onto paper and trace through your camera, start drawing today!
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 you're 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 iPad's camera. Simply point your device at your drawing surface, and watch the screen to see your reference image superimposed over your work. It's 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 artist's 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.
What’s New
Version 17.1
The professional choice for assisted drawing!
Version 17.1 has been recompiled to take advantage of the newest iOS 17 features, and some minor graphic designs have been updated including a new app icon.
Ratings and Reviews
Excellent drawing tool
I can highly recommend this app as a great time saver for artists and also for those who want to improve their drawing skills. It’s very easy to learn and the developer provides many useful video tutorials. The app has been very well designed and is excellent value for money. I am a very pleased owner.
I have been using this now for several months and the developer has added even more improvements. It’s absolutely faultless and very easy on the eyes. An excellent app.
Best drawing and painting aid for all levels of artists
I have used this app for some time now and find it the absolute top app for assistance with art work . The back up help is just amazing...new features being added all the time and the management take a personal commitment to giving guidance and instruction to all users. There are other apps which seem to be poor copies of camera lucida available but none anywhere near this original.
Developer Response ,
Thanks, Ken! Indeed, there are now a host of apps that have copied (some more successfully than others) the functionality of Camera Lucida. But, I continue to review their functionality and I like to think no other app even comes close! Camera Lucida is written to be a tool for artists - so I take the approach that above all a person's drawing should take center stage, not the app. With regards to "the management" you mention, it's just me, Peter Moeykens, a normal guy with two kids, a dog and a real lack of drawing talent! If there's something you don't like, it's my fault and you're free to contact me within the app to offer suggestions for improvements, added functionality, etc. Thanks again for the kind words!
Excellent app
This is a fantastic app. You can use it as is and get an idea of basic art concepts like shape, value and perspective without realising it or you can use it in so many ways to improve your pencil and paper drawing. It allows you to simplify a photo to between 2 and 12 levels and you can correct line work etc. Peter is very helpful if you have problems and for the money it is great.
App Privacy
The developer, Camera Lucida, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Provider
- Big Idea Design LLC
- Size
- 57.5 MB
- Category
- Graphics & Design
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Camera Lucida ™
- Price
- £9.99
- In-App Purchases
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- Auto-Correct For Perspective £4.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.