Camcorder

Record

Tap the red button, and tap again to stop. Or hold it and let go.

A square, always

Every clip is the same rounded square, so there is no wrong way to hold the phone.

Pre-roll

Double tap the red button. Your next tap keeps the seconds before it.

Flip camera

Double tap the picture.

Dual camera

Double tap and hold the picture. Drag, swap with a double tap, or swipe it off.

Focus

Tap the picture where you want it sharp.

Light

Hold one finger still, then drag up for brighter or down for darker.

Zoom

Press the volume buttons.

Change filter

Turn the ring around the red button, or tap a filter on it.

Color filter

Drag one finger on the picture.

Lens filter

Drag two fingers on the picture.

Wear out filter

Hold two fingers still, then drag.

Remove filter

Shake the phone.

Lock Screen and Control Center

Add Camcorder there and it opens ready to film.

Watch your film

Swipe the strip of clips. Tap the first clip, at the left end, to start over.

Play and pause

Tap the picture. At the end, a tap plays it again.

Scrub

Drag sideways on the picture.

Cut

Hold the picture, slide to the spot. Tap the piece to drop, then the scissors.

Select clips

Hold a clip in the strip; tap more to add. Trash, share, or make a new project.

Delete clips. Select them and tap the trash. It asks first, and it cannot be undone.

Full screen

Pinch out, and pinch in to come back.

Back to the camera

Tap the live picture at the end of the strip, or swipe to it.

Import clips

Tap the download mark at the top left and pick clips from other projects.

Copy or move. Bringing clips in asks which. Neither makes a second file.

Keep a moment

Double tap the picture. Save the print to Photos, or tap off it to let it go.

Instrument

Turn the ring around the music note, or tap an instrument on it.

No music. The ring's NONE leaves the film with its own sound.

Instrument sound options

Tap the instrument at the top of the ring. Each one has five.

Feel and volume

Drag the music note: farther out is louder and livelier, around is the mood.

Perform the music

Double tap the note, then drag as it plays. Red records, yellow plays it back.

Back to automatic. Double tap the note again. It asks, then deletes what you performed.

Export or upload

Tap share. Export saves or sends the film; Upload to Channel gives it a link.

Share link. A film's link names its channel. Anyone with it can watch, in a browser or the app.

Share nearby

Tap share, then Nearby, to swap clips with phones around you.

Always in time order. Several people's clips blend by when they were filmed.

Require PIN

Four digits on a channel. People enter it once, and following keeps them in.

Revoke everyone. Everyone who opened the channel is asked for a new PIN.

The feed

The TV mark on home: your uploads and the channels you follow, newest first.

Import from a film

Choose a film's clips and bring them into a project, unchanged.

Camcorder for Apple TV

Your uploads and the channels you follow, with the feed's four sections.

Link with a code

Scan the TV's code with your phone's camera, then tap Show.

Profiles

Several people can link one TV and switch between them.