DRAW ON ANYTHING
Draw on any video in your library
Smart shuttle control naturally clears your drawings as you scrub precisely back and forth through a video.
Draw on your iPad's camera or any connected USB camera.
See the results over HDMI, AirPlay or NDI.
CUSTOMISABLE
Customise your toolbar with your favourite colors and pen styles.
Add a laser pointer so you can draw (extra)
Sparkle wand adds a touch of magic to your calls (extra)
RECORD
Record with/or without as a full video or transparent drawing layer
PAUSE AND REWIND LIVE VIDEO
Action Replay lets you pause and rewind live video (extra)
EASY TO USE WITH YOUR MAC
Seamless connection to your Mac available via CueCam Presenter.
See your webcam, or whatever you're sharing, directly on your iPad screen while you draw.
FOR PROS
Use the transparent NDI feed with Ecamm Live, OBS, mimoLive or your switcher of choice.
COMMUNITY
Active creator community on Discord and Squares TV.
WHO IS IT FOR?
* Sports coaches and broadcasters
* Filmmakers providing feedback in-person or remotely
* Anybody who wants to be able to communicate more clearly on a webcam
RECOMMENDED BY EXPERTS
"Video Pencil, an innovative app for the iPad, enables you to annotate directly onto your screen during live streams and online meetings. Be it crucial notes or interactive doodles, your audience will see your on-screen markings as if they were overlaid on your camera feed, creating an immersive and engaging presentation experience." - Alec / Take One Tech
"One of my channel members suggested this app called Video Pencil which I had never heard of so I decided to try it live on stream and see what it could do. After the stream I was so excited that I had to come and make this video" - Aaron Parecki
"Video Pencil has fundamentally changed the way I teach, lead, present and interact with my audience in Zoom. Being able to see my program output in Video Pencil on my iPad and then telestrate right on the screen is HUGE! Kudos to Michael for developing an indispensable tool to enhance my workflow." - David Paskin (Torah Tech Guy)
“I have one word for the Video Pencil app: brilliant! I used Video Pencil with Ecamm and I loved what I could do. So easy to use. I could actually see where I was drawing on the screen. I did a session for grades 1 and 2 students about how shapes can be the building blocks for faces and they were over the moon with the demonstration. My favourite moment was hearing the question “how did you do that?” Thanks, Video Pencil for helping me level up my virtual presentations." – Marty Chan (Author, Playwright)
See Developer Website for more testimonials.
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I have been coaching youth soccer for 15+ years and have found that video is one of the best tools in my coaching toolkit. I have used a few different apps on my iPad, but Video Pencil is that app that I have needed to teach most effectively. I use Video Pencil connected via HDMI to a TV in the classroom for live game film review and I use the recording feature to create clips for the team or specific players. Players love getting this type of teaching and feedback and the parents always give lots of compliments. I could not do what I do without Video Pencil.
Pretty Good, but limited and expensive
Guitar must-have
A good app that allows you to import a video from Photos or Files and then draw on it. However the video progress bar up top is not good for longer videos and you can only jump back by 5 seconds. If the way you scan though a video can be fixed (like a wheel with a speed setting like other telestrator apps) then it would be 5 stars, however $40 is still rather expensive for the basic functionality it has. Overall would recommend
Have Telestrator, Will Travel
BeGroovee
I can’t tell you how much fun I’ve had with this app and using it to diagram out sports plays, put online courses together with a more “human” touch, and go all-out telestrator mode live via Ecamm. This app is one of the best values out there and the customer service and response time is fantastic. Highly recommend for all educators and sports fans.
Transparency Over NDI Crashes App
Jake Kricket
Currently in my testing if I enable transparency only over NDI the app crashes and cannot reopen. To get it back to working order I need to uninstall and reinstall the app on my iPad. Everything else seems to work fine, however the primary reason I wanted to use this application was because of its ability to send the drawings only, over an alpha channel via NDI. Since that functionality is not able to work I personally do not have a use for this app.
Developer Response
Please contact me at michael@squares.tv to resolve this - I'm unaware of an NDI crash so I'd need extra info to understand how to reproduce the problem.
* Show what kind of connection has been made with CueCam
* Export drawings as transparent videos
* Allow CueCam controls to be dragged to the edges for vertical video uses
* Fixed the bug where sometimes Live Titles wouldn't trigger
* Revamped Live Titles to be more reliable, give better feedback, and introducing a confirmation step
* Watermark no longer drifts, but migrates to different edges and corners
* Toolbar placement is now more flexible and less finicky
* Made the spotlight vignette look correct when vertical aspect ratio is used
* Added symbols for table-top gaming (dice values, explosions, etc)
* Touched the In-App Purchase handling - please tell me immediately if anything goes wrong with new or restored purchases!
* Detect vMix and mimoLive NDI connections
* Fixed a bug where sometimes the floating toolbar would end up in the wrong position during app-switching
* Prevent a bug where Live Titles would trigger when the app enters the foreground(!)
* Improved Pause Points editing so it synchronises with the main video timeline if opened via the toolbar "Edit" button
* Prevent a line from being drawn when using the Spotlight tool
Version 1.8.0
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Information
Seller
Good To Hear Ltd
Size
39.4 MB
Category
Photo & Video
Compatibility
Requires iPadOS 17.6 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 17.6 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 14.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
