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“Minor” issue
I would like to start off by saying that this is a great app. I have been using it for a while now and bought the lifetime license not long after I started using it more regularly. Then came along the latest update. And in the release notes, you know, it looked like your regular semi-major update to an app, nothing out of the ordinary there. But then I tried copying a Cinematic video (The Focos Live version, not the Apple version) from my Mom’s phone to my iPad Pro. The first time I tried it, it worked; I opened the Focos Live app and the video I had copied over showed up as a Cinematic video. The second time I tried doing that, the video seemed to transfer just fine, but when I opened the Focos Live app, I was surprised to see that the video I had copied over had not registered as a Cinematic video. Instead, the Focos Live app thought it to be a regular video. And moving forward, this is the result I got every time. I was not, and still am not, able to copy a Cinematic video from one device to another and have the Focos Live app on the recipient device think it to be a Cinematic video. It always thinks it to be a normal video.Show lesspaarth34
Soft focus and bokeh for video
I’ve used Focos for a long time and have been amazed at how good it is and what you can do with it. Having that for video is awesome. Just got the app and am really impressed with how much functionality it has. And the bokeh!!! Awesome!Gazorgaflossyhexaplinge
Better than I’d hoped
I’m a veteran documentary filmmaker, and I’ve had this app since I bought my iPhone 12 Pro Max a year ago. But I didn’t use it much because I have several “serious” digital cinema cameras at my disposal…
A month ago I was asked to shoot a short film for a friend’s website, so I decided to use the iPhone in 4K. The results using Focos Live are stunning…
I’ve already pre-ordered an iPhone 13 Pro Max, but I only hope this app continues to be available as iOS upgrades continue. The 13 apparently doesn’t use Lidar, which is what makes Focos Live so amazing…Show lessmacndaboys
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Suggestion
I really like this app, NO, I love this app. But I do have a suggestion that you guys are probably already working on. But if you guys can port more features from Focos that’d be super awesome. I know the performance would be an issue though. Like I want to be able to add transparent backgrounds or even green screen backgrounds and be able to add depth dependent effects. I would love those features so much, all the creative stuff I can think of doing with that is insane. Anyways, thanks for even making this app and bringing portrait video to iPhone! Love the app, I got the lifetime membership a while back and I love it.Show lessItsByMk
Decent, needs some work
Bokeh effect is decent but isn’t great. It doesn’t do a great job of bringing the face into focus sharply against a background with patterns (like trees).
It also has a quirk where you film a bunch of clips and then it forces you to wait until it processes all the clips (even the ones you don’t want) before you can edit the ones you do want.
You should easily be able to discard the footage you don’t want and not waste time, battery and energy processing the garbage.
Exporting works well and overall video quality is solid.
Just needs some refinement.Show lessbeckhamje
great app!
great app!tensormosaic
Sound is gone. Lost hours of recording.
I was excited about this app. I tested it recorded a few test videos all seemed fine. Then when I recorded the videos that I actually needed which took me a few hours. When I went to edit and export ALL the sound was gone on the longer videos 5-7min videos. What a waste of my time and effort!!! How is this possible! I contacted support and no answer. Hopefully I get an answer here. But based on other unanswered reviews highly doubt it.Show lessCaro1234567890123456890
My Favorite Video Editor
Luma is private and professionally powerful - but complicated. Splice is okay for simple stuff, but much less private. Focos Live is the best of everything. Private, extremely powerful, beautifully intuitive - and does things easily that I can’t touch with other editors. I can do layer-based editing, complete with masking, blend modes, and keyframed control of things like blur and opacity. Like Pixelmator or SuperimposeX for video. Scoring straight from GarageBand is cake. And that’s all BEFORE you start shooting portrait-mode video and start playing with the aperture and focus control stuff.
This is a beautiful app. I’m using it on a Gen 7 iPad, a 7 Plus, and an XS Max, and it’s great on them all - but I can hardly wait to run this on an iPhone 13. At the one-time lifetime purchase price, this app may be the App Store’s best value ever.
Astonishingly good.Show lessJinx Dinkum
Amazing.
Not only is portrait video beautiful, but of all the video editing apps that exist, this is the ONLY one that can do everything I need to do to a clip. So happy I found this I’ve been telling everyone I know. The audio can be a bit buggy sometimes…and a desktop/web version would be great!msnonamenumber20
