In-Depth with Final Cut Camera on M4 iPad Pro!

See how I filmed all the A-Roll for this video, plus multiple angles, using Apple’s new Final Cut Camera app on four different iOS devices! I go in-depth on multicam recording features, managing videos with Final Cut for iPad 2, and why I eventually went back to my Mac for final edits.

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00:00 Introduction
00:25 Multicam Recording Demo
01:07 Connecting Final Cut Cameras
01:54 Adjust Camera Settings
05:00 Project Settings
05:50 Transferring Video Files
06:13 Editing Multicam Clip on iPad
06:42 Editing on iPad
07:23 Record Multiple Multicam Clips

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[VegasGuy]

Watching this video has made me realize, I have more cameras than I thought I did. I pass down my old phone when I get a new one to a family member. However, I have a stack of older phones from the iPhone 11, on down to the 4S. I just realized I can re-add these to my Apple ID and use them strictly as cameras for the multi camera view function!

This is great news. Thanks for the demo Stephen!

[VegasGuy]

Great way to start my morning. Thanks Stephen!

[ERIKCLARKK]

GREAT video! Real world use of the iPad and FCP! Tired of some channels that lay down on benchmarks over and over Lol

[jeffhale]

Thanks for sharing. Blessings on your day.

[CertifiedCryptoBoy]

So no video switching on the iPad? I was hoping for the iPad to be the hub for switching and audio with a rodecaster.

[mr_red]

Can I use the iPad app to preview and adjust settings while recording from just ONE iPhone without a subscription, or do I NEED to pay to do this? I intend to edit on my Mac.

[criticaltinker]

Can you make a video tutorial of just editing without multicam? all YT videos on FCP for ipad talks about multicam. please make a separate video for that.

[Jeremy_Poland]

The camera app is great and very useful, however I can't think of many real-world uses of FCP for ipad as i would always prefer to edit on a mac. It would only make sense if you were away from home. Therefore it is a shame that you must pay a subscription to use this new multicam set up, and then edit elsewheree anyway. That said, great video and thank you for demonstrating it all.

[Johnnymo]

can you use this feature for any iPad or does it have to be an M4 iPad Pro?

[MaxPowers]

Will it open in the Mac FCP can you XML out of there?

[loganwebb]

Not being able to sync external audio to this makes it significantly less useful if you want to edit on iPad..

[Oleg__]

No video recording pause function — no interest.

[criticaltinker]

this is not in-depth, this is just about multicam