LightswoopLight, shaped by hand.
Light swooshes, neon ribbons and swirl trails for product images and motion. Shape them in 3D, tuck them behind your product, and export them ready to drop into your design.
For Mac with Apple silicon. The trial is the full app; its exports carry a small watermark.
Made in Lightswoop, playing right here
Every example on this page is a real export from the app, running live in your browser. Export for the web and you get the same thing: a few lines of HTML to paste into your own site.
A swoosh that does what you mean
Not a filter, not a stock pack: every ribbon is drawn live in 3D, so you can bend it, turn it and light it until it fits your picture exactly.
Ribbons, swirls and neon
Ribbons, silk, helixes, spirals, vortices, comets, orbits, waves, neon shapes and text, each with its own controls.
Shaped in 3D
Drag the handles right on the canvas: turn, twist and tilt, and see the light follow.
Behind your product
Drop in a cut-out picture and let the ribbon wrap round it, passing behind and coming out in front.
Your own line
Draw a path point by point, or import one from Illustrator, Figma or Inkscape as SVG.
Width along the ribbon
Choose where it's widest and how it tapers at each end, from a hair-thin trail to a broad sweep.
Light or Solid
Glowing, additive light for dark scenes, or a smooth, opaque, shaded surface for bright ones.
Animated, looping
Keyframes, chases and sparkles that loop seamlessly, with film-like motion blur.
Eraser that follows
Brush away a stretch of light; the erased part stays put on the ribbon as it turns.
Out of Lightswoop, into anything
Real transparency, at any size up to 4K and beyond, so the light sits on your picture the way it looked in the app. Each layer can go out on its own, too.
Try it, then make it yours
One license, yours to keep. No subscription and no account.
Questions
Which Macs does it run on?
Macs with Apple silicon (M1 and later).
How do I unlock the trial?
After purchase you get a license key by email. Paste it into Lightswoop › License… and the watermark is gone, on the computer you use it on.
Can I use what I make commercially?
Yes. Everything you export with a license is yours to use in your own and your clients' work.
Who handles the payment?
Lemon Squeezy, our reseller: they take care of the checkout, receipts, VAT and sales tax.
What about refunds?
Try the free trial first, so you know it does what you need. If something still goes wrong after buying, write to us within 14 days and we'll sort it out or refund you.
Does the app collect anything?
No. Your projects stay on your computer and the app sends no personal data or analytics. It only checks our download server for new versions.