Features

Virtual.ink is built for live light-painting capture, performance, booth workflows, and teaching.

Core capture

• Real-time video light-painting with roughly 300 ms latency, depending on your system
• Live preview while you work
• Full-screen mode for clean public display
• Clean HDMI output while light-painting, even when not recording
• Up to 4K resolution, with the basic license limited to 720p

Controls and operation

• Control the app with a keyboard, Bluetooth presenter, or gamepad
• Multiple control modes and key-binding configurations
• Countdown support for timed starts
• Pause, resume, and reset exposure during capture

Visual modes and effects

• Mirror modes including 2x, 4x, twisted butterfly, and 3x horizontal
• Automatic crossfade on reset, adjustable from 0 to 5 seconds
• Decay mode
• Slow down and speed up sliders
• Rewind and boomerang playback effects

Saving and playback

• Internal photo and video saving
• Audio recording and speed control
• Image and video gallery
• Replay monitor that can loop the latest capture or the last five videos

Sharing and network tools

• Photobooth-style sharing by email, with SMTP support required
• Gallery and replay monitors accessible from other devices on the same local network through a browser

Dual camera and advanced workflows

• Dual camera mode lets you see the performer and the light-painting at the same time
• High-quality dual workflow for brighter environments and more advanced staging
• Requires a second compatible camera and a second converter

Post-processing add-ons

• Watermark
• Alpha transparency overlays in .MOV
• Blending-mode overlays in .MP4
• Color grading with LUTs
• Intro and outro video
• MP3 soundtrack support