INTRODUCTION LumaFusion is the first professional multitrack video editing and effects app for iOS. LumaFusion was first published to the Apple App Store in December of 2016, and our team is dedicated to continued support and development. This guide provides a detailed reference of the features and capabilities of LumaFusion. We are excited to welcome you to LumaFusion! The Luma Touch Team LUMAFUSION V2.2 Reference Guide © 2020 Luma Touch For support, email [email protected] TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. USING THIS GUIDE ............................................................................................................................................. 6 2. WHAT’S NEW IN THE V2.2 REFERENCE GUIDE .................................................................................................... 6 3. CREATING YOUR FIRST PROJECT ........................................................................................................................ 7 4. MANAGING PROJECTS ....................................................................................................................................... 9 ARCHIVING, RESTORING AND CONSOLIDATING ................................................................................................................... 12 5. THE MEDIA LIBRARY......................................................................................................................................... 14 LIBRARY SOURCES ........................................................................................................................................................ 14 ADDING LIBRARY CLIPS TO THE TIMELINE .......................................................................................................................... 20 FINDING YOUR MEDIA .................................................................................................................................................. 22 6. STORYBLOCKS FOR LUMAFUSION .................................................................................................................... 24 STORYBLOCKS FOR LUMAFUSION SUBSCRIPTION................................................................................................................. 24 FREE STORYBLOCKS CONTENT ......................................................................................................................................... 25 FINDING THE PERFECT STORYBLOCKS MEDIA ..................................................................................................................... 26 VIEW AND SORT OPTIONS FOR STORYBLOCKS .................................................................................................................... 27 7. IMPORT ............................................................................................................................................................ 28 IMPORTING MEDIA ....................................................................................................................................................... 28 IMPORT SOURCES ......................................................................................................................................................... 29 MANAGING YOUR MEDIA .............................................................................................................................................. 32 8. THE PREVIEW ................................................................................................................................................... 34 TRANSPORT CONTROLS ................................................................................................................................................. 34 PREVIEW TIMECODES .................................................................................................................................................... 35 PRE-TRIMMING CLIPS ................................................................................................................................................... 36 PREVIEW GESTURES ...................................................................................................................................................... 37 MARKERS ................................................................................................................................................................... 37 USING AN EXTERNAL MONITOR ...................................................................................................................................... 38 9. INFORMATION PANEL ...................................................................................................................................... 39 RENAME CLIPS OR PROJECTS .......................................................................................................................................... 40 ADD NOTES ................................................................................................................................................................ 40 COLOR TAG TIMELINE CLIPS ........................................................................................................................................... 40 FINDING THE PROJECTS WHERE A CLIP IS USED .................................................................................................................. 40 10. THE BASICS ..................................................................................................................................................... 41 2 LumaFusion Reference Version 2.2 [email protected] ©2020 Luma Touch, LLC THE MAIN TRACK ......................................................................................................................................................... 41 THE RULER .................................................................................................................................................................. 42 THE PLAY HEAD ........................................................................................................................................................... 42 ADDING CLIPS ............................................................................................................................................................. 43 REMOVING CLIPS ......................................................................................................................................................... 43 MOVING CLIPS ............................................................................................................................................................ 44 SPLIT CLIP(S) ............................................................................................................................................................... 44 UNDO/REDO ............................................................................................................................................................... 44 11. CRITICAL EDITING CONCEPTS ......................................................................................................................... 45 INSERT / RIPPLE DELETE MODE ....................................................................................................................................... 45 OVERWRITE MODE ....................................................................................................................................................... 45 REPLACE MODE ........................................................................................................................................................... 46 CLIP LINKING ............................................................................................................................................................... 46 12. TRIMMING CLIPS ............................................................................................................................................ 48 TIMELINE TRIMMING .................................................................................................................................................... 48 SLIP TRIM ................................................................................................................................................................... 48 J-CUT AND L-CUT......................................................................................................................................................... 49 13. TRANSITIONS ................................................................................................................................................. 50 ADDING TRANSITIONS ................................................................................................................................................... 50 POSITIONING TRANSITIONS ............................................................................................................................................ 51 TRIMMING AND SETTING DURATIONS OF TRANSITIONS ........................................................................................................ 52 14. TIMELINE TOOLBAR........................................................................................................................................ 53 PROJECT MANAGER ...................................................................................................................................................... 53 TRACK HEADER ...........................................................................................................................................................