Helios Monitor · HDMI monitor for iPad
See your log footage the way it will look.
Pick your camera and a Helios Grade look. Monitor it on your iPad. Then match it in your edit.
Free for 14 days · then pay once, no subscription
- 19camera log profiles
- 16Helios Grade film looks
- 0data collected
How it works
Three choices in Settings › Camera. The picture changes as you pick.
- 1
Pick your camera
19 log profiles, the same Input Profile as in Helios Grade. Normal video works too.
Sony S-Log3 · S-Gamut3.Cine
- 2
Pick a look
The plain conversion, the Helios monitoring tone, or one of 16 Helios Grade film looks.
Cinema Print Classic
- 3
Match it in Helios Grade
The app lists the exact Helios Grade settings. Your edit starts from the picture you monitored.
Print Profile: Cinema Print Classic
Camera, over HDMI
The flat log picture
Input Profile
Helios WDR, to Rec.709
Look
Print Profile and Print Strength
Your screen
With zebra, scopes and guides
Check exposure and focus before you roll
Zebra, false color and scopes measure the camera's real signal, whichever look you watch.
Big, true picture
Fills the screen when you hide the controls. Pinch to fit or fill.
Zebra
Highlight and midtone zebra. Midtone starts at your camera's grey level.
False color in stops
Exposure in stops through your camera's own curve, with a legend and a spot meter.
Focus peaking
Sharp edges light up. Isolate them on a grey picture.
Scopes
Up to three at once: waveform, parade, histogram, vectorscope, traffic lights.
Frame guides
Several at once, any custom ratio. Safe areas, grids and a horizon level.
Zoom to focus
2×, 4× or 8×. Drag to move around.
Anamorphic
Desqueeze 1.25× to 2×.
Flip
Flip left-right or upside down for rigs.
Your own LUTs
A .cube library: import many at once, preview, one per camera.
Presets
Clean, Expose, Focus, Look, Frame and your own. Swipe to switch.
Audio meters
Meter the camera's sound coming over HDMI.
Diagnostics
A log that shows what the app sees, to share with us.
19 camera log profiles
Pick your camera and the flat log picture turns into normal colour, exactly as Helios Grade converts it.
Shooting normal Rec.709 or sRGB video? You can put a film look on that too.
- Sony
- S-Log3 · S-Gamut3.Cine
- S-Log3 · S-Gamut3
- S-Log2
- Fujifilm
- F-Log2
- F-Log2 C
- F-Log
- Nikon
- N-Log
- Nikon ZR (R3D Log3G10)
- Canon
- Canon Log 3
- Canon Log 2
- Panasonic
- V-Log
- Blackmagic
- Film Gen 5
- RED
- Log3G10
- ARRI
- LogC3 EI 800
- LogC4
- DJI
- D-Log
- Apple
- Apple Log
- GoPro
- GP-Log2
- Z CAM
- Z-Log2
Helios Grade looks, live on set
The same names you will find in Helios Grade, so you know which one to pick in the edit.
Helios Grade Rec.709
The plain conversion to normal colour. Best for judging exposure.
Helios Monitoring
The tone of the Helios Grade monitoring LUTs. For log profiles.
Fine-tune
Print Strength makes a film look weaker. Exposure offset brightens or darkens the picture by up to 3 stops, in ⅓ stops.
16 film looks
- Print Film
- Cinema Print Classic
- Cinema Print Cool
- Cinema Film
- Tungsten 500
- Daylight 250
- Neon 800
- Signature Colour
- Cinema Soft
- Quiet Colour
- True Colour
- Urban Negative
- Color Negative
- Balanced Portrait
- Golden Hour 200
- Slide & Chrome
- Vivid Slide
- Lab & Process
- Bleach Bypass
- Faded Release Print
- Creative Color
- Teal & Amber
- Monochrome
- Cinema Mono
Match this in your edit
The looks run on Helios Grade's own maths. The app shows the exact plugin settings for what you are watching. Set them in Helios Grade for DaVinci Resolve or Premiere Pro, and your edit starts where the shoot ended.
- Same camera profiles, same look names, same maths.
- Monitoring LUTs for your camera come with Helios Grade.
Match this in your edit
Set these in Helios Grade:
- Input ProfileSetup › Step 1: Timeline Setup
- Sony S-Log3 / S-Gamut3.Cine
- Working / Output SpaceSetup › Step 1: Timeline Setup
- Rec.709 / sRGB
- Output RenderingSetup › Step 1: Timeline Setup
- Helios WDR
- Input Exposure (stops)Setup › Step 1: Timeline Setup
- +0.33
- Print ProfileFilm Print
- Cinema Print Classic
- Print StrengthFilm Print
- 0.80
What you need
Four things, joined by cables.
1. Your camera
Any camera with HDMI out.
2. HDMI cable
From the camera to the capture card.
3. Capture card
A USB HDMI capture card (UVC). No driver needed.
4. iPad
With a USB-C port, iPadOS 17 or later.
Record a clean copy
A backup of every take, or a quick copy to send from set. Looks never burn in.
- Records the clean camera picture: no look, LUT, zebra or guides.
- HEVC video with the camera's sound, in the format you pick.
- Saved in Files › Helios Monitor › Recordings.
- Play, share or save each take to Photos.
- Warns you before storage runs out.
Your footage stays on your device.
Nothing is uploaded. Everything runs on your iPad. Privacy policy
- No account
- No uploads
- No ads
- No analytics
- No tracking
Try it free, then buy once
Days 1 to 14
Everything, free
Every feature and every look. Start the free trial in the app.
After 14 days
The monitor stops
Your recordings stay open: watch, share or delete them any time.
One purchase
Yours for good
Helios Monitor Lifetime. Every feature, for good.
Helios Monitor · lifetime
Pay once
No subscription. The App Store shows the price for your country.
- Free for 14 days first
- Every feature, for good
- Family Sharing included
One kit, from camera to finished film
Use one. Or use them together.
Questions
Does a look change my recording?
No. Looks, LUTs, zebra and guides only change what you see. The camera records what it always records, and the app records the clean picture.
Which capture cards work?
USB HDMI capture cards that work as a standard USB video device (UVC, often sold as "no driver needed"). If there is no picture, try a powered USB-C hub.
Which cameras work?
Any camera with HDMI out. For a converted picture, pick one of the 19 log profiles above. Camera not listed? Monitor its normal video, or view its log through your own .cube LUT.
Will my edit really match?
The looks use Helios Grade's own maths, not a copy. Set the settings the app lists in Helios Grade on a Rec.709 timeline, and your edit starts from the picture you monitored.
Do I need Helios Grade?
No. The monitor, the looks and every tool work on their own. You need Helios Grade (DaVinci Resolve or Premiere Pro) only to give your footage the same look in the edit.
Help and support
Questions? Email support@colormetriclabs.com
No picture?
- Turn on HDMI output on the camera.
- Unplug the capture card and plug it back in.
- Allow Camera access: the card shows up to iPadOS as a camera.
Still nothing? Try a powered USB-C hub. Then send us the Diagnostics Log from Settings.
Picture looks wrong?
Check Settings › Camera. The Input Profile must match the log setting on your camera.
Blacks look lifted? Set Code range to Legal.
Restore a purchase
- Open Helios Monitor.
- Go to Settings, or the unlock screen.
- Tap Restore Purchases.
Use the same Apple Account you bought with. Family members get it through Family Sharing.
How the free trial works
Start it in the app. For 14 days every feature is free. After that the monitor needs Helios Monitor Lifetime.
The trial runs once per Apple Account. Your recordings stay open after it ends.
Which devices
iPad with a USB-C port, iPadOS 17 or later. Not iPhone: iPhone does not let apps use a capture card's video.
Report a problem
Email support@colormetriclabs.com.
Tell us your iPad, iPadOS version, camera and capture card. Attach the Diagnostics Log from Settings.
Privacy
Nothing leaves your device. Read the Helios Monitor privacy policy.
See the look on set. Finish it in the edit.
Free for 14 days · then pay once, no subscription
Questions: support@colormetriclabs.com