Skopos: Cine Scout

Skopos is a cinema location scouting tool built for filmmakers: the cinematographer pre-visualizing coverage, the director checking sightlines, the AD planning a day's light, and the producer who needs to know what time the sun hits the east wall.

Point your camera at a location and preview it through the field of view of any cinema lens. Track the sun's arc across the sky in real-time AR. Preview true depth of field -- spherical or anamorphic -- and grade your scout photos with film looks, all on-device. Build a scout report as you walk, and export the whole package as a print-ready PDF for your DP, your director, or your production company.

CINEMA VIEWFINDER

Simulate the full range of focal lengths your iPhone's lenses can cover. Aspect ratio mattes for scope, widescreen, and broadcast formats, plus an optional second "protect" matte for framing two deliverables at once. Roll/tilt level gauge and framing guides. Depth-of-field calculator and spot meter. A reference library of hundreds of camera bodies and cinema lenses, from Super 8 to IMAX.

DEPTH OF FIELD & LOOKS

Preview true depth of field through real glass: on-device depth estimation and thin-lens optics turn a T-stop and a focus tap into physically accurate falloff -- oval anamorphic bokeh included -- with focus distance, in-focus span, and hyperfocal readouts. Then grade every capture: six built-in film looks with real grain and halation, full tonal color controls, and your own imported .cube LUTs. Grades follow your photos into reports and play back on your videos, including Apple Log footage.

SUN TRACKER

3D AR sun overlay locked to your camera's heading and tilt. Sunrise, sunset, and golden/blue hour times. Hour-by-hour sun position projections for any future date. Solar calculations based on NOAA models. Recorded sun paths draw live over your location videos.

LOCATIONS, PROJECTS, SHOT LISTS

Organize scouts by project. Attach photos and videos to locations, or import them from your Photos library. Build shot lists with scene grouping. Geotag everything. Sort captures by shoot order, filing order, last edit, or distance from where you stand. Pull weather, drive times, and nearby emergency facilities for each location. Film commission and permit contacts for your location (161 offices across 20 countries), plus the local emergency dispatch number wherever you're scouting.

PDF SCOUT REPORTS

Professional layout suitable for production books. Large graded photos with sun-arc overlays, sun studies, location overviews, contacts, film commission and permit info, and POI lookup. Print-ready output. Share through the standard iOS share sheet.

ICLOUD

Your locations, projects, photos, and exports save to your iCloud Drive. No third-party servers. No accounts to create.

PRIVACY

Skopos has no analytics, no ads, no tracking, and no account system. Everything -- including the machine-learning depth models -- runs on your device. Your scouts stay on your phone and in your iCloud Drive.

ABOUT THE NAME

σκοπός (skopos) -- Ancient Greek for the one who watches, the target, the aim. Same root as scope, telescope, microscope.

SKOPOS PRO

Skopos is free to try. Unlimited projects, the full camera and lens library, photo capture, the sun tracker and advanced tools, and PDF exports require Skopos Pro.

• Monthly -- $1.99 (with 1-month free trial)

• Annual -- $14.99

• Lifetime -- $19.99 one-time

Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions.

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