As on-the-move journalism becomes more important for storytelling, dozens of simple photo and video editing apps are available as phone or tablet apps. But many of them have limited functionality, lacking the depth and features found in professional editing programmes.
LumaFusion is a multitrack video editor with a wide variety of features including easy storytelling, dozens of transitions, a live audio track mixer, a royalty-free curated music library and more.
The app is currently available for iOS devices and costs £19.99 with no renewal or subscription costs.
Videos edited using the app can easily be shared on Facebook, YouTube, Dropbox, Google and several other platforms.
There are four key features that make LumaFusion the new editing darling for many journalists.
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Advanced Title / Text Tools
Advanced text creation is incredibly easy, perfect for watermarks, custom branding, and other advanced graphical techniques. All that is required is the creation of a title which can then be adjusted using any of the images available.
Media Placeholders
Similar to Adobe Premiere Pro, this app allows you to tap, hold and drag your clips in the timeline to re-position and leave time gaps in your sequence for further editing at a later point. This means that additional footage may be added at any stage to complete the sequence.
Slip Edit
This feature allows you to adjust the in and out points without changing the clip length. Slip edit is extremely valuable for news stories allowing minor edit changes to the clip without losing the length set.
Live Audio Mixing & Keyframe Automation
This allows you to independently mix up to six audio tracks in real time, and keyframe automated level adjustments. If you need precise audio transitions you can add key frames to your sound so you can adjust the volume of your final soundtrack. There is also a selection of audio effects to improve your sound further.
Colour Tagging Clips
You can colour tag media on a clip, this is very useful to colour coding clips which give you a better way to identify them.