Ghost CanvasDownload
iOS · iPhone & iPad

Turn your iPhone into a camera lucida.

Ghost Canvas overlays any photo on real paper through the live camera view. Prop up your phone, look at the screen, and trace what you see — outlines, grid, AR anchoring and timelapse included.

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How it works

Three steps between a photo and a drawing.

1

Pick a reference

Any photo from your library, camera, or Files. Outline mode can reduce it to clean contour lines before you start.

2

Prop up your phone

Aim the camera at your paper. AR anchoring pins the reference to the table, so it stays put even when the phone shifts.

3

Trace what you see

Adjust the overlay opacity and draw. Record a timelapse of the whole session if you want to share it.

Screens

A drawing tool, not a photo app.

Ghost Canvas — Trace over the live camera

Trace over the live camera

The reference floats over your paper — dial its opacity as you draw.

Ghost Canvas — Outline mode

Outline mode

Any photo becomes clean contour lines, ready to follow.

Ghost Canvas — AR anchoring

AR anchoring

Pin the image to the table by its corners — it stays put.

Ghost Canvas — Filters & effects

Filters & effects

Posterize, monochrome and a proportion grid simplify any reference.

Features

Everything you need to get it on paper.

Outline mode

Two contour engines — including FDoG — turn any photo into clean, traceable line art.

AR anchoring

Pinned to the table by its corners, with perspective correction — the reference stays put even when you move.

Filters, grid & strobe

Monochrome, posterize, a proportion grid, and a strobe that flickers the reference to check your lines.

Timelapse

Record the whole session and watch the drawing come to life — saved straight to your photo library.

Projects & iCloud

Pick up where you left off — projects sync privately across devices, with time-spent tracking per drawing.

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$2.99, once.

A one-time purchase on the App Store — every feature included, on iPhone and iPad. No subscription to cancel, no ads to ignore, no account to create.