Apple released their list of App Store 2024 winners, 17 in total. While Adobe Lightroom took home the Mac App of the Year award, pro video app Kino won the coveted iPhone App of the Year award. Let’s take a closer look at Kino! Video has exploded in popularity in recent years. YouTube is the top app amongst Gen Z, and TikTok is all about video. Even adding photos to Instagram gives you the option to turn the post into a video montage with music. Plus, there are plenty of pro-level video and cinematography apps available for iPhone and Android smartphones, including Kino, Blackmagic Camera, Final Cut Camera, Filmic Pro, and others. Smartphone filmmaking is only growing in popularity, especially with big-budget sequel 28 Years Later using iPhones to film the movie. Kino Pro Video App – features Kino may not carry the same name recognition as other mobile filmmaking apps, such as Blackmagic Camera and Filmic Pro. Still, it comes from Lux Optics, creator of the award-winning photography app, Halide Mark II. The pro-level features and intuitive interface found in Kino helped it win the 2024 iPhone App of the Year award. Probably the biggest feature is Instant Grade, pro color presets categorized by Apple Log and SDR. Some of these emulate film stocks. The names behind the Instant Grade presets include Stu Maschwitz (Prolost), Sandwich Video, Kevin Ong, Sebastiaan de With, and Evan Schneider (The LUT Company). Select pro color presets with Instant Grade in Kino. Source: Lux...
Published By: CineD - Thursday, 19 December, 2024