CatchLight

CatchLight turns your device into a light source. For miniatures, models and macro. Animated candle, fire, TV and storm light for video. Custom shapes and gradients.

CatchLight turns your iPhone or iPad into a precision light source, built for miniature photographers, painters, scale modelers, macro and video shooters. Turn your iPhone or iPad into a fully customizable light source, dialled in exactly for small subjects, tight setups, and detailed work.

Build your light from a full shape library and fine-tune every parameter: brightness, softness, vignette, Kelvin temperature, gel color, noise texture and gradients. The noise layer adds organic film-grain character to your light, so your miniatures and models read as real environments rather than lit objects on a table.

For video, the light can move. Candle and fire flicker, lightning storms across the frame, a TV glows and shifts, and sparkle scatters specular highlights across jewelry and polished surfaces. Standard cinematography looks, from a device you already own.

Features

Shape library: circle, ring, square, hexagon, softbox, umbrella, window, gradient, line, text, image, and more Precision controls: brightness, softness, vignette, Kelvin temperature, gel color, and saturation Noise layer: intensity, scale, and blur for organic, natural-looking light Live light: nine animated themes including candle, fire, TV, police, lightning, sparkle, gradient and lava Sparkle controls: adjustable contrast and grid-to-random scatter, built for jewelry and specular highlights Gradient palettes: ring editor with saved custom color loops Window grid: adjustable columns, rows, and frame width Multi-shape canvas: layer multiple light sources for complex setups Presets: save and recall complete lighting configurations Custom themes: build and save your own color sets Sync: presets, themes and palettes stay in step across your devices Link mode: wirelessly control other displays from a single controller device Multi-device studio: dedicate separate devices to key, fill, and rim External display: connect to a TV or monitor for large soft light panels Photo backgrounds: use images as light sources for realistic reflections

Perfect for miniature painters and photographers, scale modelers, tabletop RPG and wargaming hobbyists, jewelry and macro shooters, and product photographers working with small subjects.