# Light Strokes — Paint with the Video Camera

> Paint with the Video Camera (iPhone/iPad app by Richard Greene.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/light-strokes/id1540912789 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Richard Greene](https://appshunter.io/developer/1540912791)
- Category: Graphics & Design, Photo & Video
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 4 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2020-12-06
- Data updated: 2026-05-16
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/light-strokes/id1540912789/reviews.md

## What is Light Strokes?

This is the only app that lets you paint with whatever your iPad’s video camera sees.  Create artwork instantly by aiming it at people, pets, flowers dancing in the wind, whatever.  With Light Strokes, the world is your paintbrush!

FEATURES & BENEFITS:
 •  Adjust the camera settings (exposure, zoom, etc.) to paint with just what you want
 •  Choose colors and set transparency, so that paint builds up at the speed you’d like
 •  Blend colors along your “brush”, or use its edges to add texture, or do both at once
 •  Turn on dissolve, so that you can keep on painting without ever filling the screen
 •  Turn on mirroring to give symmetry to everything you paint
 •  Swipe right to pause painting while you line up your next shot
 •  Save your pictures or share them directly from the app

EXTRA FEATURES available with in-app purchase or free trial:
 •  Save combinations of colors and effects for quick and easy retrieval later
 •  Automatically make small random color adjustments, to add variety 
 •  Import photos or other images to paint on 
 •  Undo painted strokes made in error, or redo them

DEMO:
•  See a demonstration of the app (with and without special hardware for more natural painting) at https://youtu.be/S-s2kmsSa9w

SUPPORT:
 •  See the user guide at https://lightstrokes.com/Light Strokes for iPad User Guide v3.pdf
 •  Send email to help@lightstrokes.com

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 14-Day Trial of All Features | Free | one-time |
| Unlock All Features | $4.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 4.0.2 — 2025-12-13

Updated age ratings

### 4.0 — 2022-12-12

Additional paint modes:
 •  Use background color 
 •  Soften or blur
 •  Sharpen

Additional gradient modes:
 •  Dual
 •  Radial

And when the extra features are unlocked:
 •  Clear to or paint with imported image
 •  Search, export, and import effects 
 •  Continuous randomization and control of randomization ranges

### 3.0 — 2022-07-23

•  More control over gradients and their transition
•  More control over textures and their extent 
•  Simplified calibration for Light Strokes hardware

### 2.0 — 2021-11-29

Includes more camera control settings.

### 1.4 — 2020-12-06

No release notes.

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