Lucinate
A creative playground for algorithmic art, generative visuals, video synthesis, and image processing. From intricate stills to evolving patterns, beat-synced visuals, and interactive shader art.
About
Lucinate is a creative playground for algorithmic art, generative visuals, video synthesis, and image processing.
Built for artists, coders, VJs, and tinkerers, it lets you explore the intersection of math and graphics — from intricate stills to evolving patterns, beat-synced visuals, and interactive shader art.
Whether you’re crafting generative textures, designing audio/MIDI-reactive visuals, or exploring the aesthetics of algorithms, Lucinate gives you the tools to turn abstract ideas into visual form.
Dive in and discover new ways to create, play, and perform with color, form, and code.
Features
- Universal app for Mac, iPad, and iPhone
- Built on Apple Metal
- Layer-based with modular flexibility and blending
- Bundled with parametric shaders for image adjustments, effects, texture utilities, coordinate space transforms, patterns, gradients, shader art examples, and more
- Inspect, tweak, or code your own shaders using the built-in editor and extensive Metal Shading Language library
- Use live camera, imported images or video clips as visual input
- Record your results to video or export still images
- Modulate any parameter with MIDI, LFOs, audio analyzers, and more
- Sync visuals to the beat via Ableton Link or MIDI Clock
- Receive audio from other apps via Ableton Link Audio
- Supports external displays and projectors
Roll your own shaders
Lucinate ships with an extensive library of Metal Shading Language code that you can use to code your own shaders in the built-in MSL editor. Or inspect, tweak and learn from any of the bundled shaders!
Audio & Beat sync
Use Audio Analyzers as raw shader input data or to modulate parameters. Audio input can come from hardware audio interfaces or Ableton Link Audio.
Any time parameter can be beat-synced via Ableton Link or MIDI Clock.
MIDI data can also be used as raw shader input for building polyphonic MIDI visualizers etc.
Support & Community
- Lucinate Discord server
- Lucinate Users Facebook group
- Lucinate Help - a copy of the in-app documentation.