The Lightning Artist Toolkit (Latk) provides a complete pipeline for hand-drawn volumetric animation—a common exchange file format, and a set of plugins that integrate it into a wide range of XR projects. Readable in any popular 3D graphics application and ready to use in real-world production scenarios, Latk's goal is to make creation in 3D as expressive and intuitive as drawing in 2D.
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You can use Latk files in:
- Blender:
- After Effects JSX (write)
- ASC point cloud
- Corel Painter script
- Graffiti Markup Language / GML
- Latk
- NormanVR
- SculptrVR CSV
- Sketchfab FBX sequence (write)
- SVG SMIL animation (write)
- Tilt Brush / Open Brush (read)
- Unreal XYZ point cloud (write)
- VRDoodler
- Houdini
- JavaScript (+ [ npm install latk ])
- Maya / Paint Effects (read)
- Open Brush (write)
- openFrameworks (+ ofxaddons.com)
- Processing (+ Contribution Manager)
- Python (+ [ pip install latk ])
- Unity (+ OpenUPM)
- Unreal(read)
- SteamVR desktop (Vive, Index, WMR)
- Oculus desktop
- Android headsets (Quest, Mirage, Magic Leap)
- iOS / Android Phones (ARKit, ARCore, ARFoundation)
- HoloLens
- Latk-video, web point cloud streaming.
- Mocap tools: KinectToPin, ManosOSC, Pinopticam.
- Quill importers: Processing, Unity, three.js, p5.js.
- TelidonP5, NAPLPS vector graphics in p5.js.
- Tilt Brush importers: Processing, Unity, three.js, p5.js.
Canada Council for the Arts
Eyebeam Art + Technology Center
York University VISTA