Live MultiCam is now available on iPhone/iPad and simplifies your video workflow

During Apple’s iPad event, Apple introduced major update to Final Cut Proreleased last year on iPad, with features live broadcast with multiple cameras and transfer video between multiple devices. A small revolution for videographers? Let’s get back to this ad.

Multi-camera live streaming in Final Cut Pro

If Apple updated Final Cut Pro version 2, including improved touchscreen and Apple Pencil experience, the main new feature is the addition of functionality Multicamera.

Already present in Final Cut Pro on Mac, Live MultiCam is coming to Final Cut Pro for iPad. This allows you to view and integrate up to 4 video streams for video editing on one iPad.

The person behind the iPad can control viewing angle (using various lenses and digital zoom of an iPhone or iPad, but not only. The operator can also adjust in real time exhibitionthere white balancethere focus and more, according to Apple.

Final Cut Camera, companion application

To use this feature, Apple is launching a new free app for iPhone and iPad called Final version of the camera.

This application allows you control multi-camera on iPadOS and iOSuseful for content creators who work 100% in the Apple universe.

Final Cut Camera can also work autonomouslyto fine tune manual camera settings in video mode. A direct competitor to Filmic Pro, although it seems like Apple is taking a simpler approach here.

Once the devices are connected to each other (via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi?), the Final Cut Pro app on the iPad automatically synchronizes different threads, allowing you to edit video from multiple cameras in real time. Full resolution rushes are also available. moved to iPad in background. If you use this feature frequently, the 2TB version of the iPad will quickly become necessary, especially since when combined with the new iPad Pro M4, Final Cut Pro can handle up to 4 video streams in ProRes RAW format.

Finally, Apple is adding the ability to access your Final Cut Pro projects on an external hard drive with Thunderbolt 4/USB 4 connector.

Price and availability

These new Final Cut Pro 2 features (Multicam and Transfer) will available by summeras is the Final Cut Camera app.

Final Cut Pro for iPadOS is available as subscription for 4.99 euros per month Or 49 euros per year. Apple offers a free one-month trial. Final Cut Camera will be offered free of charge.

Final Cut Pro is compatible with the iPad Pro (M4), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th or 6th generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd or 4th generation), iPad Air (M2), or iPad Air (5th generation) with iPadOS 17.4 (or later).

Our first opinion

With this update to Final Cut Pro for iPad, released just a year ago, Apple takes a giant step for content creators who use multiple iPhones and iPads for filming. Of course, many professionals would love to be able to do the same with professional cameras from Sony, Blackmagic or Panasonic, but Apple’s strategy is clear: show that its ecosystem is self-sufficientwhere the iPhone is the centerpiece of the video.

This makes it possible to shoot video on one or more iPhones, perform real-time multi-camera editing on an iPad, and export your project. and all this without touching the computer and in a very simple way. It remains to be seen how this feature will be received.