Edit video with LumaFusion

Go beyond iMovie with this more powerful but easy-to-use app

If you’ve played a lot with iMovie on your iPad, you might have started to hit its limits – especially if you’re used to

powerful desktop video editors. iMovie for iOS enables you to trim and reorder clips, but it lacks the multitrack functionality of proper editing tools. If you want to use serious editing skills from the comfort of your iPad, then LumaFusion is an excellent choice. You can run multiple video and audio tracks together to create a more sophisticatedlooking final result.

LumaFusion enables you to work on your iPad using many of the editing tools and techniques that pros would use at home or in the office – which anyone can benefit from. For example, while sitting in a coffee shop, you can import GoPro footage to the GoPro app on your iPad and export the best clips to LumaFusion. You can then try out different slow-motion settings, use multiple tracks to experiment with picture-in-picture effects, add text and music, and then share a slickly edited clip via your social media feeds.

In this tutorial, we’ll introduce you to the basics of LumaFusion, so you can quickly import, trim, and share your clips. The workspace is laid out like most non-linear editing apps, with a source of raw footage, a preview window to watch your clips, and a timeline to trim and arrange them in. If you double-tap the small Preview window, it will expand to fill your iPad’s display.

If you’ve edited video in the past, then LumaFusion should look comfortingly familiar, and you can vary the workspace’s look to suit your needs using the Layouts panel. If you’re new to non-linear editing, then LumaFusion is a good place to start, because you can begin with simple techniques and grow your editing skills organically.

You can run multiple tracks for a more sophisticated final result