Apple's NEW "Pro Camera" App is AWESOME! | Final Cut Camera for iPhone
Summary
TLDRBrandon introduces the new Final Cut Camera app from Apple, offering professional video controls for iPhones and iPads. The app, available on iOS 17.4+, includes features like MultiCam, manual controls, and integration with Final Cut Pro for iPad. It allows for up to four iPhone connections, remote control, and easy multicam editing. Despite being version 1.0, the app's user interface is praised, and it's free with no subscription required.
Takeaways
- đ± The Final Cut Camera is a new free application from Apple designed to bring professional-level video controls to iPhone and iPad cameras.
- đ It is a standalone application, separate from the default iOS camera app, and offers a familiar interface for Apple users.
- đ„ The MultiCam feature works in conjunction with Final Cut Pro for iPad, allowing for the use of multiple connected iPhones as camera angles.
- đČ The app is compatible with any iPhone running iOS 17.4 and above, and the presenter also confirmed its functionality on iOS 18 beta.
- đ§ Users can adjust settings such as resolution, frame rate, and codec within the app for customized video recording.
- đ An on-screen overlay shows the recording duration based on the current setup, which can vary significantly depending on the device and settings.
- đ The app includes an audio meter for tracking audio levels and various manual controls for advanced video adjustments.
- đ White balance and exposure can be manually adjusted with presets available for different lighting conditions.
- đŹ Focus peaking and an overexposure indicator are included to assist with precise camera settings.
- đč The app allows for manual control of zoom and lens switching on supported devices, like the iPhone 15 Pro Max.
- đŸ Videos are not saved to the camera roll by default and can be transferred to Final Cut Pro for iPad for editing, including multicam editing.
- đŹ Final Cut Pro for iPad has been updated to support multicam editing, making it simple to switch between angles during post-production.
Q & A
What is the Final Cut camera application?
-The Final Cut camera application is a new free application from Apple designed to bring professional-level video controls and capabilities to the iPhone and iPad's camera.
Is the Final Cut camera application built into the default iOS camera app?
-No, the Final Cut camera application is a standalone application, separate from the default iOS camera application.
What iOS versions does the Final Cut camera application support?
-The application is available for every iPhone running iOS 17.4 and above, and it also works on iOS 18 beta.
What is the MultiCam feature in the Final Cut camera application?
-The MultiCam feature allows users to connect to live multicam views and control multiple camera angles from the iPad, integrating with Final Cut Pro for iPad and more.
How many iPhones can the MultiCam feature connect to simultaneously?
-The MultiCam feature can connect up to four iPhones simultaneously.
What are some of the manual controls available in the Final Cut camera application?
-Manual controls include zoom, focus, white balance, exposure, shutter speed, ISO, and manual focus settings.
Can you record video directly to an external storage device using the Final Cut camera application?
-Yes, for iPhone 15 Pro or Pro Max and newer models, you can record straight to an external storage device, such as an SSD or SD card, via USB-C.
How does the Final Cut camera application integrate with Final Cut Pro for iPad?
-The application allows for media transfer to the Final Cut Pro for iPad application, enabling multicam editing and advanced video production features.
What is the process for recording with live MultiCam in Final Cut Pro for iPad?
-You create a new project, select 'Record with Live MultiCam,' connect to the desired devices, and then start recording, controlling all devices from the iPad.
How easy is it to switch between different camera angles during multicam editing in Final Cut Pro for iPad?
-Switching between different camera angles is simple and can be done by tapping on the desired angle in the multicam view, with the option to automate the switching at specific intervals.
What are some of the audio options available in the Final Cut camera application?
-Audio options include an audio meter for tracking audio levels, the ability to change the input source, and audio monitoring with the option to set devices to solo or mute.
How does the Final Cut camera application compare to other professional video applications like Blackmagic and Filmic Pro?
-While it may not have as many features as some third-party applications, the Final Cut camera application offers a better user interface and integrates seamlessly with Apple's ecosystem, including the iPad.
Outlines
đ± Introduction to Final Cut Camera App
Brandon introduces the new Final Cut camera app from Apple, a free application designed to bring professional video controls to iPhones and iPads. It's a standalone app with a familiar interface resembling the default iOS camera app. The app offers advanced features such as multicam view, resolution and FPS adjustments, and an audio meter. It also includes settings for codec, format, color, dynamic range, stabilization, and grid overlay. The video demonstrates the app's interface and settings, highlighting its ease of use and professional capabilities.
đ„ Exploring Manual Controls and Multicam Features
The script delves into the manual controls available in the app, including zoom, lens selection, white balance, exposure, and focus. It discusses the ability to record with different lenses and the manual adjustments for shutter speed, ISO, and autofocus. The video also explains how to save and transfer media to the Final Cut Pro app for iPad, emphasizing the multicam feature that connects up to four iPhones for simultaneous recording and control. The integration with Final Cut Pro for iPad is showcased, demonstrating how to set up and monitor multiple camera angles.
đïž Editing Multicam Footage with Final Cut Pro for iPad
The final paragraph focuses on the editing process of multicam footage in the Final Cut Pro app for iPad. It describes how to import multicam clips into the timeline, switch between camera angles, and automate the switching process. The ease of editing with the app is highlighted, including the ability to adjust audio sources and manually cut clips. The script concludes with the presenter's positive impression of the Final Cut camera app and its integration with iPad, suggesting it could replace other professional video apps due to its user interface and functionality.
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Keywords
đĄFinal Cut camera
đĄMultiCam feature
đĄiOS
đĄResolution
đĄFPS
đĄCodec
đĄStabilization
đĄFocus peaking
đĄExternal storage device
đĄFinal Cut Pro for iPad
đĄShutter speed
đĄISO
Highlights
Introduction of Final Cut camera, a new free application from Apple for professional video controls on iPhone and iPad.
Final Cut camera is a standalone application, not integrated into the default iOS camera app.
Availability for all iPhones running iOS 17.4 and above, including compatibility with iOS 18 beta.
Familiar interface design similar to the default iOS camera app for ease of use.
MultiCam feature for live multicam connectivity and control, differentiating from other video apps.
Adjustable resolution and FPS settings, including options for hvc prz HDR and SDR, 4K, 720, or 1080.
Display of recording duration based on current setup and device capabilities.
Audio meter for tracking audio levels from the source.
Settings access for codec, format, color, dynamic range, stabilization, and mirror options.
Grid overlay and aspect ratio adjustment tools for composition.
Overexposure indicator to prevent blown-out shots in auto mode.
Focus peaking feature for manual focus assistance.
Audio input source changeability from device to external microphones like lavalier mics.
Manual controls for zoom, lens selection, and white balance adjustments.
Shutter speed and ISO adjustments for manual exposure control.
Autofocus and manual focus options with real-time value changes.
Orientation lock and front-facing camera options with similar settings.
Non-default saving process requiring manual transfer to the camera roll or Final Cut Pro for iPad.
Direct recording to external storage devices supported for iPhone 15 Pro or newer models.
Final Cut Pro for iPad update required for multicam feature integration.
MultiCam capability to connect up to four iPhones for simultaneous control and monitoring.
Real-time remote control of connected cameras from the iPad during multicam recording.
Multicam editing in Final Cut Pro made simple with automatic angle switching and audio control.
Option to manually cut and edit multicam clips in the timeline.
Final Cut camera app's user interface praised as superior to third-party professional video apps.
Final Cut camera app is free with no subscription required, a notable advantage over other apps.
Potential for Final Cut camera to replace other professional video apps despite being version 1.0.
User's personal preference for Final Cut camera over other apps like Blackmagic and Filmic Pro.
Transcripts
what's up guys my name is Brandon and
Final Cut camera is here this is a new
free application from Apple that just
launched today and this is going to
bring professional level video controls
and capabilities to the iPhone and the
iPad's camera this is basically what
I've been waiting on for many many years
now it's not built in to the camera
application it is in its own Standalone
application so in this video I'm going
to be showing you how to best use the
application to take better video the new
MultiCam feature works with Final Cut
Pro for iPad and more so first off this
application is available for every
iPhone running iOS
17.4 and above now I do have this
running on iOS 18 as well and it runs
perfectly fine on the beta okay so going
into the application you will notice a
very familiar look it looks very similar
to the default iOS camera application
and that of course is because this is
coming from Apple themselves so it is a
very familiar look and we're going to
start from the top to the bottom here so
up in the top left we're going to have
our multicam view or where we can
connect to the live multicam which we
will show that here in a moment I do
think that is one of the big
differentiating factors from this versus
Blackmagic filmic Pro and all the others
which we'll talk about later on up top
in the middle when you tap on that you
get the option to change your resolution
your FPS all of that so we can change
between hvc prz HDR and SDR 4K 720 or
1080 and then we can change from 20 4 to
25 30 and 60 FPS also this overlay on
the screen will show us how much time we
can record so we have about 5 hours and
43 minutes based on our current setup
now if I were to switch this to Apple
proes you'll notice that goes all the
way down to 7 minutes so keep an eye on
that that's going to tell you how much
video you can record based on your
settings and then over here on the right
underneath of the settings icon you can
see we have our audio meter so it's
going to track the audio coming from the
source which at this point is my camera
and up in the top right we have a
settings icon so this is just another
area where you can access those settings
along with some additional settings so
we have our codec our formats we have
our color and dynamic range below that
we have stabilization so you can turn on
or off stabilization and you will notice
a minor crop to make up for the
stabilizing of the video we have mirror
front camera so you can mirror the look
of the front camera then over here we
have tools so you can turn on a grid
overlay and you can choose if you want
that to be square or 4x3 so you can
change the aspect ratio of the grid so
that's what Square looks like and that
is what 4x3 looks like and then below
that we have our overexposure indicator
so if you turn that on it will notify
you via this red indicator when a shot
is Overexposed so since I have bright
lights on right now and a lot of white
pretty much the whole frame is being
Overexposed since I am in auto mode
right now and then below that we have
focus peaking so if I go to focus on a
subject you will see that we have the
green outline that shows our Focus
speaking as the indicator color and then
we also have the audio tab where you can
change the input source from this device
which is the iPhone to maybe something
like a lavalier mic that you have
connected via Bluetooth or through the
USBC or lightning Port so down here at
the bottom is where I can see myself
spending most of my time in this
application where I'm going to adjust it
for manual controls and that's because
with this little magnifying glass with
the plus when you tap on that that
allows you to zoom out or zoom in on a
subject you can see it has a really slow
kind of cinematic Zoom to it you can see
the zoom range right here on the left
and then on the right you can change
between the lenses so you could also do
that right here above the record button
so since I have a 15 Pro Max I have
three different lenses to choose from so
we have a 13 mm which is going to be the
ultrawide lens and then we have the 24
millim lens which is the main lens and
then we have the
120 mm lens which that is the telephoto
lens now what's interesting is when you
switch to these lenses it's not going to
switch back like if you have 120 mm set
you better make sure that object or the
subject is far away from the camera at
120 mm equivalent and that's because
it's not going to switch back to another
camera like for example if I go to the
ultrawide lens right here and I try to
zoom in a lot on a subject it's not
going to look very good because it's
using the ultrawide lens to zoom in it's
not going to switch to another lens just
because I want to zoom in 10x on the
ultrawide you know lens and then over
here we have this up Arrow or you can
simply swipe up like you can in the
default camera application and down here
on the bottom left we have our white
balance so when you go into here you
will see a couple of different options
so we can change our white balance on
this little slider right here so you can
get a manual white balance and also if
you tap on where it says fixed that's
where you can change the white balance
between a few different presets so you
have automatic fixed and then you have
daylight Shadow cloudy tungsten
fluorescent and Flash and then next to
that we have our exposure options so we
have an exposure wheel right here where
we can change the exposure manually and
then if you tap on where it says Auto
this is where you can change the shutter
speed as well so you have the shutter
speed and the iso also in here so if I
tap on shutter I can change the shutter
speed down you can see we even have a
148 right there so instead of just going
to 50 you can go between 48 and 50 and
then back down to 33 and then up to 60
96 and so on so if you're shooting in 24
FPS and you want to have a shutter speed
of 148 you can choose that right there
I'm going to stay at 160 since I am
shooting in 30 FPS but from here you can
also change the iso so we have the iso
right there you can change that you can
make that really high or as low as 64 if
you're doing it manually and then you
have autofocus right here so you can set
a manual focus if you would like to so
once you slide over that will set it to
manual focus automatically and if you
tap on manual that will switch it back
over to automatic and it will change the
values in real time based on what it's
focusing on as well so if you wanted to
keep it around that area you can see the
values changing and then if you want to
lock the orientation you can do that
either left right or portrait and then
you also have your options for your
front-facing camera which are basically
the same except for just not as many
options so when you shoot a video you'll
notice that the interface looks again
very similar to what we see in the
default iOS camera application so this
turns into a top button up top we have
our duration of that video and when you
press on done that will save it over
here in the left so this is not actually
saved into the camera roll by default
you will need to save this to the camera
roll by default so you can see there's a
couple of options down here on the
bottom left so when you click on this
right here that's going to do a media
transfer over to the Final Cut Pro for
iPad application and this ties into the
whole multicam feature which we'll talk
about here in a moment but if you want
to save this of course you just tap on
the share icon and you will be able to
save the video it will also show how big
of a file size that video is now if you
have an iPhone 15 Pro or Pro Max and
newer you can record straight to an
external storage device so I have an SSD
right here that plugs in Via USBC and
once you plug that in you will see down
here right below the record button we
now have an option to save directly to
that device or you can also toggle on to
just record straight to your internal
storage device so you can select that
right there you can do it for an SSD or
even an SD card if you have a USBC
adapter for that SD card if you plug
that in you will see the same option
right below the record button okay so we
have Final Cut Pro for the iPad opened
up you do need to make sure that your
Final Cut Pro is up to dat because this
update also was just released today so
we're going to go to new project we're
going to new project we'll skip this
section right here but you can see we
have the new option there for record
with live multi cam now if you press on
that it's going to instantly show you
the different angles and the different
devices that you can connect to multicam
now multicam can connect up to four
iPhones and you monitor all those
iPhones you can control them straight
from the iPad itself now this does work
over Wi-Fi so you do need to have all
those iPhones on the same Wi-Fi network
okay so it shows our known devices here
so it uses our iCloud account to pull up
automatically the known devices so we're
going to select the ones that we have
the Final Cut Pro camera application
opened up on so you can usually tap on
these but for whatever reason it's not
working for me so we'll just go to the
little eye right here and connect to
device so there we go we have it pulled
up right there we'll do the same for the
15 Pro Max here we'll connect to device
this way now 15 Pro Max main let's see
if this one connects okay so all of them
are added now so here we go we have all
four angles added in here so we're going
to have our options here if you want to
change the resolution the orientation
frame rate pror you have your HD r or
SDR I'm going to switch to SDR you can
have this option here for any one it can
start recording so any connected device
can control all device recording and
then camera indicators is something I
would definitely recommend having on
it's off by default this shows the
recording time left and the battery
level for every device that is connected
so we have four different camera angles
here so we have two that are pretty
similar pretty much the same we have
this angle right here and then this
angle right here so two close-ups and
two kind of far back shots right there
so what's really interesting is you can
see again you have the different numbers
right here so you can see angle one 2 3
and four you can change the audio for
these so if you want to do audio
monitoring you can see that we have our
audio levels right there these three
dots will show you the option to rename
or rotate so if you want to rotate a
specific uh you know camera angle you
can do that there as well and if you
wanted to make one of these really big
you can do that so we just go to the
maximize and you also get additional
options here where you can change
between the different lenses and all of
that so you can basically remote control
you know these different cameras that
are connected so if I wanted to switch
this to the 120 millimeter lens I can do
that on the fly through my iPad even
though that's that iPhone right there I
don't have to touch it to change some
pretty Advanced you know functionality
of that camera so that is awesome to
have built in right here so we're going
to go to record so we're now going to
record from all four camera angles you
could also change the focus as you can
see right here I can change the focus on
all of these different different cameras
so we're just going to you know record
this for about 15 seconds so I can show
you guys how this looks when you
actually edit this in the Final Cut Pro
application because it is awesome I've
never seen multicam editing so easily
done so we're going to end this
recording and now we're going to tap on
done right here and now we have our
Clips right here our multicam clip right
here we're going to Simply drag this
down into the timeline and you'll notice
that we only have one camera angle that
it shows right here so to get to the
multicam view you just go to multicam
right here we're going to change this
volume so I don't hear myself so we're
going to change the volume and go back
to multicam so from here if you wanted
to switch between the different angles
you could just simply tap right there
now to actually change this on the
timeline you'll probably already notice
that it did make a cut right there and
that's because let's just say we want to
change the angle every 3 seconds so now
we're on 3 seconds if I simply switch to
a different angle it's going to cut and
switch that angle automatically in the
timeline so now if we go to 6 seconds
for example and I want to change to this
iPad Pro cover I'll just select that so
now for the next you know 3 seconds or
whatever I'm going to have that angle so
now if we go to 9 seconds and I switch
to this angle it's going to switch there
as well just simply by tapping on the
angles down here and if we preview that
you can see how it is switching between
these different angles so let's say we
want to go back to this closer up view
of myself we can do that and then one
last time we'll go back to the closeup
of the iPad case so there we go and now
we can go ahead and play this from the
top and you'll see how it switches
between the different angles right there
so it's smooth and it's so simple to
change this and it's actually going to
show it's going to highlight the angle
down here as well when it switches to
that clip now you might also notice that
we have this little s down here and that
is for the audio so if you want to
change the audio output I think most
people would probably do solo that way
if you have a you know a lavalier mic or
an external mic that you're recording
your voice from you might want to have
this set to solo and for for the device
that it's connected to for the device
that the lab mic is connected to and
you'll probably want it to be muted for
every other you know camera unless
you're doing like an interview style
then you will want to have this be you
know auto switch or just on so you can
see the different options there but for
my instance I'm just going to have all
these muted and I'm only going to have
one be the main audio output so it's
only going to play audio from this
specific phone which is the 15 plus and
if you didn't want to split the clips
right here for whatever reason you do
also have the option over here on the
right to simply switch only so it says
tap a thumbnail to make it the active
angle so if you want to manually cut
everything up yourself you can choose
that as well and then of course if you
wanted to add different effects
transitions titles all of that you can
go ahead and add those right in here so
we want to zoom and pan I'll just add
that in there let's see how that looks
probably won't look great but we can
change that in here in the new Final Cut
Pro for iPad so that's how the different
angles look so multicam is awesome and
it's way easier than I even imagined it
would be and it's it's awesome that you
can start editing this as well before
the files are fully transferred to your
iPad so that is a first look at the
Final Cut camera application for the
iPhone and also a look at the multicam
functionality in the new Final Cut Pro
for iPad so I think this is awesome I do
think I'm going to start using this over
applications like Blackmagic and filmic
pro now I know it's not quite as you
know featur as those applications but
keep in mind this is still version 1.0
so I'm sure it will get better with time
and plus to me the UI is far better than
it is on other third party professional
video application so I will be using
Final Cut camera and it is free there
are no subscriptions or anything since
it is through Apple themselves so let me
know in a comment down below what you
think of the new Final Cut camera
application for iPhone and also how it
integrates with the iPad for Final Cut
Pro for iPad and multiv view could that
be the killer feature of the iPad that
we've been waiting for for a while
probably not but for a certain
demographic it might be but let me know
your thoughts down there in the comments
thanks for watching and I'll see you in
the next one
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