Silent phone recording: a hand holds an iPhone scanning a kitchen with Polycam; the detected walls, counters and cabinets are outlined as the phone moves through the room.
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On location.
Capture the space on your phone.
Light the scene
before you step on set.
Build the set. Shape the light. Find your frame.
7-day free trial, no card needed. Built for Apple silicon Macs.
Silent screen recording: in a small furnished room set, an ARRI M18 is placed and aimed at the actor and a 4-by-4 bounce board is moved in beside her, while the Camera Monitor refines the close-up as the light changes.
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LESS GUESSWORK. MORE POSSIBILITIES.
Show your crew
the look you're going for.
KaveLight gives filmmakers a place to explore lighting, blocking and composition.
FROM AN EMPTY SET TO YOUR NEXT SHOT
Think it. Try it. See it.
Start with the space you're shooting.
Build or import your location, then explore where your cameras and lights could go.
Real-scale props. Editable spaces. Room to experiment.
Silent screen recording: a room is built from a floor, walls, a ceiling and a window, the figure Marcus is placed inside, and a camera is added so the set appears in the Camera Monitor.
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WORKS WITH CLAUDE AND CHATGPT
Connect your AI.
Quickly build your sets and more.
Let a connected AI assistant help build and adjust your scene while you direct the creative choices.
Silent screen recording: a film still of a motel room is given to Claude, which builds the room, its lamps and the camera in KaveLight until the Camera Monitor matches the reference frame.
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YOUR LOCATION. YOUR STARTING POINT.
Bring the real world in.
Scan the real place on your phone and import it as a set, or rebuild it quickly with AI.
Silent screen recording: the kitchen scan opens in KaveLight as a set of real walls and floors, listed in the scene panel and ready to light.
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On your Mac.
Open the scan as a set you can light.
ALREADY BUILT A SET?
Drag and drop.
A SketchUp export comes in with its named parts. KaveLight also imports USDZ, FBX, OBJ, glTF and Collada files.
Silent screen recording: a SketchUp model of a warehouse set is dragged into KaveLight and arrives with its named parts listed in the scene panel.
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Dress every corner.
Real-scale props, ready for your scene.
Seating
Find the right shape for the space.
Bedroom
Build the room around the story.
Decor
Make a set feel lived in.
BEYOND THE SETUP
More ways to
find your scene.
Real Camera bodies.
Real recording formats.
Choose a camera body, recording format, and lens. See how each choice changes your frame in the Camera Monitor.
Silent screen recording: the camera panel switches bodies, recording formats and lenses, including a Sony VENICE 2 anamorphic format, and the frame in the Camera Monitor changes with each choice.
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Easily light in Overhead 2D mode.
Position cameras and lights in the overhead view, with your frame in sight.
Silent screen recording: in Overhead 2D mode, four ARRI M18 fixtures behind a 20-by-20 diffusion frame are dragged into place around the actor and the camera while the Camera Monitor shows the result.
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Add atmosphere
Silent screen recording: the Atmosphere density and forward-scatter sliders are raised and haze fills a white room, revealing the beam from a Fresnel through the window in the Camera Monitor.
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Add haze and see the beams from your fixtures take shape.
MEET YOUR CAST
A face for
every frame.
Choose your cast. Set a pose.
Build the scene around them.
GET HANDS-ON
Move fast.
Fly the camera and move around your set with a PlayStation or Xbox controller.
The lights
you actually use.
ARRI. Aputure. Mole-Richardson. K5600. Nanlux. Work with real fixtures and manufacturer photometric data.
Tungsten · HMI · LED
Find your exposure.
Trust your eye.
Check false color and waveform in the Camera Monitor. Choose your sensor, lens, T-stop, shutter, ISO and ND — and make the shot your own.
36 camera bodies · 279 recording formatsPlanning estimates. Always verify on set.
RIGHT AT HOME ON YOUR MAC
Big ideas.
Local processing.
Built for Apple silicon. Rendered on your machine.
Keep creating wherever the production takes you.
Native Mac appOn-device renderingOffline for up to two weeks
Pricing
Start with a 7-day free trial, no card needed.
Yearly
Save 40% vs Monthly$249a year
7 days free, no card needed.
Monthly
$34.95a month
7 days free, no card needed.
Perpetual License
$999once
Pay once, every Mac app update.
7 days free, no card needed.
Cancel anytime in the app.
Student? Email support@kavelight.com for 50% off your first year of Yearly.
WHAT OUR USERS ARE SAYING
“After some intensive real world use of KaveLight, I completely love it. You could stop now and still have gone further than anyone else has ever gone down this road.”
“KaveLight so far seems to have the best balance of intuitive use, accurate pre-vis, while also not being overly complicated. Plus the AI integration is an actual game changer.”
“It’s been a lifesaver whilst I’ve been studying cinematography at the NFTS in the UK.”
“Since I discovered KaveLight, I’ve really liked its possibilities for exploring lighting setups and camera positions, and sharing visual ideas with directors and crews.”
“These overheads are so important for transmitting information to GE and are absolutely the secret sauce of this whole program.”
“KaveLight really surprised me with its efficiency and how focus is kept on developing the exact tools a DP needs most.”
A FEW THINGS TO KNOW
FAQ
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