SurfaceSketch vs PointAnimate

Introducing Surface Sketch, the revolutionary iPhone app that transforms your creative process! With Surface Sketch, you can bring your artistic visions to life by seamlessly integrating images into your 3D space using advanced SpriteKit technology. Whether you’re looking to create a mural, design a custom piece, or simply trace an intricate image, Surface Sketch makes it easy. Upload or snap a photo, adjust its opacity, and project it onto any surface—be it paper or a wall. Thanks to VisionOS compatibility, you can wear a headset to see your image in vivid full color right before you, allowing for precise tracing and effortless color matching. Unleash your creativity with Surface Sketch and turn any surface into your canvas!

PointAnimate is a creative point cloud viewer, editor, and VFX tool for turning 3D scans into animated digital artwork. Load a point cloud and transform it into dynamic motion graphics with flowing, swirling, distorted, and experimental effects. Designed for visual creators, PointAnimate makes it easy to explore point clouds not just as scans, but as a source for generative visuals, particle animation, and VJ-style content. Alongside its visual effects, PointAnimate includes practical editing tools to clean, prepare, and shape your point clouds before bringing them to life. Features Viewer + Editor - View point clouds in 3D (PLY, XYZ, PTS, FBX, LAS, LAZ, E57, FBX and OBJ) - Crop and segment point clouds - Remove noise and outliers - Measure distances - Export and continue working with your creations Animation + VFX - Choose from a range of built-in point cloud animations and VFX - Fine-tune each effect with its own settings and controls - Transform points into different visual styles, including lines, contours, and vein-like structures - Rotate and reposition the point cloud to shape the final visual - Save your favorite settings as presets for quick reuse - POPs (Point Operators) on GPU - New: Stream your visuals over NDI to TouchDesigner, Resolume, OBS, and other VJ software for performance and processing. AR + Live Point Cloud - Bring point cloud visuals into augmented reality - Experiment with live AR and slit-scan-inspired effects Whether you are experimenting with point cloud art, building VJ visuals, or exploring new ways to animate 3D scans, PointAnimate gives you a unique way to create with particles and depth.