Getting started

The first launch

Before the camera starts, Camcorder shows a short list of what it asks for, once: Camera & microphone, then Location. Tap a row and iOS asks you. You can refuse location and film as usual; a clip then has no place. Without the camera the app cannot work, and it says Camcorder needs the camera. Turn it on in the iOS Settings app.

With no projects on the phone you land straight in a new project's camera, and Quick tips opens once to show you around.

Your first film

• Tap the red button, and tap again to stop. Or hold it and let go.
• Each press is a clip. It appears on the strip under the picture.
• Swipe the strip to watch what you have.
• Tap the live picture at the end of the strip, or swipe to it, to get back to the camera.

On the film

• Top left: the download mark, for bringing in clips.
• Top middle: the film's runtime.
• Top right: the bulb, Quick tips.
• Bottom left: back to home.
• Bottom middle: the music note and its ring.
• Bottom right: share.

Home

Home shows your projects one at a time, newest first, with a wheel under the picture.

• Turn the wheel, or swipe the picture sideways, to go through your projects.
• Press the white center to go in.
• New project: tap the plus at the bottom left. It opens on a new camera.
• Feed: tap the TV mark at the top left for the films on your channels and the ones you follow.
• Settings: the gear at the top right.
• Duplicate or delete: press and hold a project. See The reel and cutting (FLM-1).

A project filmed in the last three hours opens on its camera, ready to go on. An older one opens on its film.

Holding it any way

The app stays upright, but everything on it turns with you. Cards and pages turn sideways too. Camcorder also runs on iPad, laid out for the bigger screen.