LumaFusion

I’ve had the iPhone 8 since it came out and I’ve enjoyed using LumaFusion to take advantage of the 4K 60fps videos I’ve captured. I’ve tried all the other editing apps out and nothing is comparable to what LumaFusion offers. I can’t afford computer programs to edit my videos and this app was well worth the cost. I mostly enjoy how organized and simple they keep their vast editing options. Ever since switching to LumaFusion, I’ve really grown my hobby and passion in video editing, mainly because I have the freedom to create what I want. My video hobby has led me to upgrading to the iPhone 12pro camera benefits. However the app could use some improvements. It would be nice to see more transitions. Also opening up verified/ partnered third-party add-ons could improve the app on its own (ex. Transitions, Text fonts, effects, etc). Also the iPhone 12 pro line up now records Dolby vision videos and I’m sure future iPhones will be doing the same, likely with higher FPS. That being said, it would be great to see LumaFusion incorporate specific Dolby vision editing into their app. I’m not knowledgeable in how that works, but it would be cool being able to break down a Dolby vision video and see what’s behind the new technology. That being said, I’d be willing to pay an extra $5 bundle to access that kind of editing software. I’m also curious if LumaFusion could offer any low light LiDAR post production benefits. Aside from the lack of transitions, third-party add-ons, and Apple’s new technology, LumaFusion remains a top-tier editing software in the palm of your hand.

The newest update completely made the app unusable I upload videos into the timeline and the preview will only work for about 3 seconds until it just absolutely freezes I had to buy and learn additional software to be able to finish my video I tried every work around I could. For context This Video editing "app" has been my main editor for 6 years now, before Luma Fusion I even used their previous software Pinnacle Studio. Now I really do enjoy this software bringing computer grade editing onto the iphone/ipad basically. Making it an all in one, but I do expect a $30 app with $100 dollars in addons and a monthly subscription to be high quality given the average ios App is .99¢ or free. My main gripe is there aren't many bug fixes, only major updates, and by major updates I mean updates that add major bugs with some minor new features, and also remove other features I've grown accustom to. Which makes me have to relearn a portion of the software. Also the bugs make somethings impossible without learning work arounds for them. Sometimes I feel the developers don't actually have testers to give feedback. or maybe not enough devices to try the software on I know the new ios came out but most other developers dont have these issues and the Developer Betas have been out for months yet they wait around until the update bricks the software and the wait additional weeks or moths to fix it I’ve had the exact same issue before and they neglected it for so long.

This app is powerful, the amount of stuff you can do on it still surprises me, and I’ve had it for a little over 2 years. I find Luma easy to use and fun to work with, I’ve even done stuff on Luma that you wouldn’t even think of doing on just a video editing app. I have used it for editing photos, compressing videos for faster transferring speeds, I even pared it up with Procreate and made a cool little cartoon animation! It’s truly powerful. If I were to recommend something to the creators of Luma Fusion I would say if you guys can add more editing layers. 6 layers for video plus another 6 for audio is good enough for a high quality edit, but if you figured out a way to add double or even triple the amount for just the video side, you would by far would have the most powerful editing software for iOS and iPad OS. With that many editing layers you can make complex animations with great quality. I understand the limitations of older iPhones and iPads but if you made it a feature for the M1 and M2 lineup of iPads, you would be far ahead of any video editing software on the AppStore platform. Anyways thank you for making a really solid video editing software!