Real-time camera alchemy

Use time as a creative filter.

MulchCam turns motion, memory, and live video into layered visual performances for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

MulchCam for iOS

Mulching time

Move the blue slider to see time. The original iOS app captures expressive videos by combining live camera input with temporal filter layering.

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Amazing filters

Choose from a library of visual filters built for fast camera experimentation.

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Layer time

Blend filter behavior through time to create imagery that feels more like motion painting than ordinary video.

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Share the result

Capture the moving texture, then publish or keep the fragment for later editing.

Now on macOS

MulchCam for live Mac video

The macOS version turns live camera, NDI, or movie-file input into motion-reactive art in real time, bringing MulchCam's temporal filters to desktop performance setups.

View on the Mac App Store Free to start, with a 14-day Pro trial.
MulchCam macOS app icon MulchCam macOS Pro window showing Motion Brush live video processing
MulchCam macOS Pro window using NDI input with motion blur MulchCam macOS Pro window using OBS input with high contrast processing

Real-time filters

Motion Brush, Mulch, Motion Flow, Rain, Paint, Sketch, Thermal, Black, SmoothToon, and ChromaKey.

Live inputs and outputs

NDI input and output for workflows with OBS, Isadora, cameras, and other network video sources.

Performance control

Recording, video-file input, and OSC remote control make MulchCam easier to use in repeatable live rigs.

Syphon note

Syphon In/Out is available in the non-App Store build; the App Store version focuses on camera, file, NDI, and OSC workflows.

Audio companion

Mulch Tune visualizes music on iPhone.

Open Mulch Tune