Free
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Everything you need to plot a set by hand.
- 01Hand plotting, unlimited plots
- 02The full lamp library
- 03Live lux, amps and circuits
- 04Live link: opens in any browser, no app
- 05Works offline
No account to make.
Lighting plots for iPhone. The one below works, so drag a lamp.
Walk the set with the phone pointed at the floor, like Apple's Measure app. Tag talent's mark, then camera, then every head. Tap Done and you've got the plan.
Aim the dot at the mark and tap +. Do the same where the camera goes.
Pick a head from the rail, tag where its stand goes, then set the head height. Undo or delete a tag as you go.
The tags are laid out top-down, camera at the bottom looking up, with the same numbers. Send it from there.
LiDAROn an iPhone Pro with LiDAR you see the room as a wireframe while it scans, so you know which corners it has got.
No LiDARAny recent iPhone can tag. Without LiDAR it tags from the floor alone, a little rougher, so nobody on the crew is locked out. Coming
Floor planIf the location sent a floor plan, tap two spots on it you can find in the room, like a door frame and a corner, then tag the same two in AR. The lamps land on the plan.
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One plan, three setups. Each remembers which lamps are on. Try keys 1, 2 and 3 on the plot above.
An A4 PDF with the plan, gear list, head heights and power. Or the plan as an image, or a text list with one line per head for WhatsApp. You get one last look at the names before it goes. See the sheet filled in from your plot.
Add the plan from Photos or Files, PDFs included, and set the room size in metres. It sits faintly under the lamps, and AR tags can be lined up with it.
The best boy, the genny op and production open it on any phone, Android too, with no app and no sign-up. They see the plan, the kit list and the power, and it updates when you move a lamp.
Everything works with no signal: plotting, the maths, the sheet and the order. The link catches up once you're back above ground.
The window, the sockets, the genny spot. Tap a pin to see what's there. Coming
Camera, talent and lamps with labels, black on white, ready for a treatment or a deck. Coming
LiDAR makes it sharper, but any recent iPhone can tag the set from the floor. Coming
Name the scene. There's no account to make. On set, point the phone at the floor and tag talent, the camera, then each lamp.
Done lays the tags out top-down. Drag the camera, talent or a lamp. Duplicate or mirror a head, or add lamps from the library.
A grid or snoot narrows the beam, a softbox or a frame of 216 opens it. Key to fill and amps update as you go. The figures are estimates, and the sheet says so.
Gaffer sheet, plan image or text list, through the share sheet. One page for the gaffer, the best boy and whoever is on the genny.
Grey circles labelled light, a phone turned sideways, and paying before it'll save. Those apps got us through a lot of shoots. They haven't changed much since.
From App Store listings, makers' pages and reviews, October 2026. A dash means we couldn't confirm it.
The plan for the setup, then every head with its modifier, gel, distance, light at the subject and amps. Then the power, circuit by circuit, against 16 A. The app's sheet adds each head height from AR.
It's black on white, so it survives the photocopier on the truck. Lit lamps are filled in black instead of yellow.
Change the plot at the top and this sheet changes with it.
| No | Head | Mod, gel | At subj. | A |
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The plot already knows the heads. Lampwerk adds the stands, cable, distro and a genny size, and turns it into an order for your kit house.
Every number can be changed before it goes. It sends as a PDF from your own Mail or WhatsApp, so it comes from you and the hire desk can reply as usual.
It's built from the plot at the top. Add or move a lamp there and the order changes with it. Coming
Plotting and sending the live link are free, with no limit on plots or lamps. Pro is for the depth: the hire order, the gaffer sheet, AR tagging and your own kit.
Everything you need to plot a set by hand.
Try it free for 7 days. Cancel any time in your Apple settings.
Gaffers and DPs on the beta get their first year of Pro free when Lampwerk launches. The app tells you how to claim it.
Same setup as a product shoot. A key through Medium Yellow, a soft fill from the other side, and a back light for the edge.
Switch them on and off. The reflections follow, and so does the plot on the screen. Turn the phone on its side and the plan fills the width, with the lamps and Add lamp down the right.
Lampwerk is in beta on iPhone. It's free while we test, and there's no account to make. Leave your email and we'll send a test invite.