- What is iSoftBox?
- iSoftBox turns an iPhone or iPad display into a clean, controllable light for photography. It can provide product or macro lighting, a backlight for film digitizing, illumination for astrophotography flat frames, or a broad source for light painting.
- How do I adjust the light?
- By default, swipe vertically with one finger to adjust brightness, swipe horizontally with one finger to adjust saturation, and swipe vertically with two fingers to adjust hue. The current binding for each gesture appears in the gesture guide.
- Can I customize the gestures?
- Yes. Open Light Controls and select Customize Gestures. You can assign a one- or two-finger vertical or horizontal swipe to each axis, leave an axis without a gesture, and choose which drag direction increases its value. You can also restore the defaults for the current color mode.
- How do I open the full light controls?
- Double-tap anywhere on the light surface. The control sheet provides precise sliders for hue, saturation, and brightness, along with gesture customization, brightness response, help, feedback, version, and acknowledgment options.
- How do I show the gesture guide again?
- Open Light Controls with a double tap, then select Show Gesture Guide. The control sheet closes before the guide appears so you can see it over the light surface.
- How do I prevent accidental changes during a setup?
- Long-press the bottom-right corner and release your finger inside that corner to lock the light. Repeat the gesture to unlock it. While locked, iSoftBox ignores adjustment gestures and will not open Light Controls.
- Which brightness response should I choose?
- Automatic is the recommended starting point. Color Only is intended for emissive displays such as OLED, while Color and Backlight helps backlit displays such as LCD become genuinely dim at low settings. If brightness looks wrong, compare the two modes using neutral white at low brightness.
- Why does iSoftBox change the device's system brightness?
- Display brightness is part of the light output. iSoftBox temporarily controls it while the light is active and restores your previous setting when the app leaves the foreground. It also stores a temporary recovery value so it can restore the previous brightness after an interrupted session.
- Does iSoftBox need an internet connection?
- The photographic light works without an internet connection. iSoftBox contacts Apple's App Store services to check for updates and opens App Store pages only for update, rating, or review actions.
- Does iSoftBox collect personal data?
- No. iSoftBox requires no account, requests no access to protected personal data, and includes no advertising, analytics, or tracking technologies. Preferences remain on your device.
- How do I contact support?
- You can reach us through the contact page on this website.