Halide cofounder Ben Sandofsky has a message for everybody who’s requested if video seize might be added to the favored iPhone pictures app: “By no means.” Lux, the event group behind Halide, is as a substitute engaged on Kino — a brand new, devoted video seize app for iPhones that goals to supply skilled recording options now that Apple helps log video encoding. Its launch is scheduled for February… if all goes as deliberate.
Simply because the Halide pictures app was launched in 2017 to coincide with Apple including RAW assist for iPhone, Kino’s growth was prompted by Apple saying assist for log video encoding in September, a format that permits extra element to be preserved for post-production colour grading. In Sandofsky’s personal phrases, “Log video is to filmmakers what RAW is to photographers” — a strong file format that permits for extra enhanced enhancing capabilities. At current, Apple Log — the corporate’s personal model of the log video encoding format — is barely supported on the iPhone 15 Professional and iPhone 15 Professional Max.
Details about Kino’s options is slim, and pricing hasn’t been revealed but. Sandofsky says he used a “easy model” of the Kino app to file his video announcement however didn’t run by any particulars. The group behind Kino has set a deadline to launch the app by February 2024 to keep away from any delays which may be brought on by the arrival of Sandofsky’s first youngster (congrats!) and might be overtly sharing developmental updates alongside the way in which. “We’ve an thought for what we would like the app to be, however we don’t understand how we’re going to get there,” mentioned Sandofsky.