Lightcraft Jetset vs Notch

Lightcraft Jetset is an iOS application for combining computer graphics and live-action video into visual-effects shots. It displays and captures the combination in real time, using phone-camera and ARKit tracking to map a scene and align live-action footage with a 3D scene. The app supports real-time rendering of production-level USDZ models and records camera-original footage, live composites, and tracking metadata. Compositing tools include AI mattes, a green-screen keyer, and 3D screen planes. Printed floor or vertical origin markers can reset tracking. Lightcraft describes post-production workflows connecting Jetset with Unreal, Blender, and USD through Autoshot, and provides a Blender add-on plus a character-conversion tool. Scene scanning is available only in Jetset Pro and Jetset Cine, requiring a LiDAR-equipped iPhone Pro or iPad Pro. The App Store listing requires iOS 18.0 or later and an A12 Bionic chip or later.

Notch is a real-time 3D motion design tool for building graphics and interactive visual workflows. Its node graph connects elements in a project, and four NURA physically based GPU renderers can be switched without changing the scene, lighting or materials. Tools include compositing, cloners, video processing, physics, materials, particles, volumetrics, JavaScript scripting and networking controls. Notch supports camera tracking, LED-stage and greenscreen workflows, and live compositing. It connects to systems including Kinect, tracking SDKs, lidar and Windows Touch, and supports OSC, MIDI, ArtNet, NDI, Spout, streaming protocols, virtual webcam output and a Web/HTTP API. Notch requires Windows 10 or later on 64-bit x86 with a discrete GPU; its After Effects beta supports versions 22 through 26 on Windows. The free NotchLC plugin supports Adobe video applications on Windows and macOS. Pricing includes Indie at $279 a year for non-commercial use with 1080p export, plus a free 60-day trial.