Today at the Let's Lose iPad event, Apple not only unveiled some compelling new hardware for the iPad, but also unveiled history about its own software that's worth telling.
The highlights of this story were Final Cut Pro 2 and Logic Pro 2 for iPadOS. These major updates to Apple's exclusive versions of Apple's iPad software look set to take full advantage of advances like the iPad Pro's M4 chip.
Included in that announcement, however, was news of a brand new app. coming to iPhone and iPad: Final Cut Camera.
Tools for recording video Pro on iPhone and iPad
Final Cut Camera is a free download designed to be used as a complement to Final Cut Pro for iPad.
The new update to Final Cut Pro for iPad includes the Live Multicam feature, which Apple describes as follows:
Live Multicam is an innovative new solution that allows users to capture up to four different angles of the same scene, independently whether they work on their own devices or in collaboration with others.
Final Cut Camera is essentially a video capture application that provides Live Multicam video capture capabilities.
During recording, Final Cut Camera will provide you with key video capture controls.
Final Cut Camera allows users to adjust settings such as white balance and manual focus while monitoring their recordings with zebra crossings and audio meters. Users can now also adjust ISO and shutter speed, and enable focus peaking, further enhancing the power of the camera system on iPad Air and iPad Pro.
Apple notes that while Final Cut Camera was built to support Live Multicam, it can also be used as a standalone video capture app by professionals who want to record video using key manual controls.
Final Cut Camera will be released later this spring for iPhone and iPad, the exact date has not yet been set.
All announcements from Apple's Let's Lose event can be found in our news hub.
