Sunday
Jul182010
New iPad Photo App: LightKit
Sunday, July 18, 2010 at 5:30PM | Editor 
Description from the AppStore: Light Kit is an app that turns your iPad into a host of different studio lights. It's the simplest way to get great looking light and reflections on miniatures, packshots and pictures in general.
LightKit 1.0 comes with 12 different lightsources that you can pick and choose from.
AppStore Link: LightKit - Price: £2.99/$4.99/€3.99
Editors comments: A nice idea, but I'm not sure I would want to put excess wear on my iPad screen.
Update on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 7:20AM by
Editor
Editor
For those interested, LightKit is currently on offer priced at £1.79/$2.99/€2.39, and although I can still see little use for this app, here is the developers latest video demonstration.
tagged LightKit, iPad lighting kit in iPad Photo App
LightKit, iPad lighting kit in iPad Photo App
Reader Comments (7)
This app works great!
I'm not sure this app would "put excess wear on my iPad" as Glyn suggests for it illuminates the same bright light that viewing this blog does on my iPad.
SCW
@SCW. The reason I am unsure about this app, is it is using the iPad's screen to shine a bright light, kind of like using the iPhone's screen as a torch/light source, which is something I am personally not comfortable doing for long periods of time.
Well of course not, it's an App & an iPad not a professional studio light. It's for taking photos at home, self portraits, photos of friends, items & other things... Thus short usage. If anyones going to buy an App & an iPad & expect professional grade products able to run for long periods of time.... I would be doing that, nor do I think anyone would expect to either... But more power to them ;p
SCW
*not
I love that the iPad is so much more than just a big iPod Touch. I love what's it's become. A portable Lighting kit? I'm all for it. I personally don't have a need for it, but like the concept. Great video too, I would've liked to see the different light sources on the iPad better, but showing the effects on models was effective.
Oh Dear....
One of the problems with Apps is that often there is no try before you buy version. This App is simply dire. You'd do better snapping light arrays on a halfway decent camera, load them as photos and then simply display them fullscreen.
I was hoping that this might give simulations of studio lighting, with for instance dial-in Color in degrees Kelvin or by spectrum, snoops, barn doors, soft boxes etc, but none of it. This is the first time I've been completely ripped-off.
Do NOT buy this rubbish, you have been warned!
Hey
I'm glad most of you like this app. I'm the developer behind it, so I'm trying to find out what people wants for upgrades etc. DOBM, i'm sorry you feel ripped off, it's a simple app, and the description says pretty much what it is, so I'm confused as to if you'd like to see those features, or expected them to be in there? You wrote pretty much the same in the app review right?
Many of those features will be incorporated in the next update though. Along with plenty more lightsources. It's true that you could display the images yourself, but some people do not have easy access to go and snap those images, or find that the 5 dollars the app costs is relatively little compared to the time it takes to go and do the process yourself. I guess it depends on how you value your time and what resources you have.
Peter