Shadow Planner

Scout the light before you get there.

Shadow Planner puts a real sun on a real map. Drop your overheads on the actual
location, scrub the day from sunrise to sunset, and watch true cast shadows fall
across the ground in 3D — so you know what you're walking into before the truck
rolls, and so does everyone you hand the page to.

SCOUT ANY LOCATION
• Search an address or drop straight onto your GPS position
• Satellite, street and dark map styles
• Real 3D buildings and terrain, so shadows fall off the geometry that's
actually there
• Live sun compass with azimuth and altitude

KNOW WHEN YOU LOSE THE LIGHT
• Sunrise, solar noon, sunset, golden hour and civil dusk for any date and any
location, with the day's length
• Tap any spot for a shade timeline: when it holds direct sun and when it goes
into shade, across the whole day
• See the sun's path arced over the map — amber where your spot has sun,
blue-grey where something blocks it, so you can watch the moment the sun
clears a roofline
• Reads the buildings and terrain actually around it, plus your own overheads

BLOCK THE SHOT TO SCALE
• Drop 12x12, 20x20 and 40x40 frames, or set your own custom size
• Dial height above ground, spin and tilt on every frame
• Add vehicles and human stand-ins for scale
• Stack as many objects as the day needs — each one colour-coded, with its own
cast shadow and the area it covers

SEE THE WHOLE DAY MOVE
• Scrub sunrise to sunset and watch every shadow track with the sun
• Pick any date and check the light for a shoot weeks out
• Stand-ins and vehicles dim when they fall inside a frame's shadow

MEASURE THE RIG IN 3D
• Tap two points for a true diagonal distance — overhead down to ground
• Know exactly where the base, the truck and the crew gear have to land
• Measurements stay locked to a frame, so they update as you raise or move it
• Matching gear ranges for the distance you measured, from a PeeWee dolly to a
120' Condor

FEET OR METRES
• One switch converts every height, span, distance and shadow area, and the
gear ranges with them
• Gear and frame names stay as the industry says them — a 12x12 is still a
12x12, a Condor 40' is still a Condor 40'
• Your choice is remembered between sessions

TAKE IT BACK TO THE OFFICE
• Save a location by name with its camera angle, date, time, every frame, the
measurement and the shade you picked — long-press to rename
• Six stops in a day, all still there tomorrow
• Export a letter-size page carrying the location, date, time, sun position,
sunrise and sunset, the rig you had up, and the lift sizes that reach — so
the gaffer, the AD and the office are all reading the same sheet
• Same page on every device, straight to Photos, Files or Messages
• On iPad, drag the menu panels into the order you work in
• Full undo and redo

Built by a working cinematographer for tech scouts, gaffers, grips, DPs,
location managers and anyone who has ever guessed where the shadow would be.

No account. No subscription. No tracking.