It’s every time when we look at self-help forums or social networks that we realize the bugs generated by the launch of new updates. According to a mass of iMovie and Final Cut Pro users, it has become impossible to edit videos shot in cinematic mode on iOS 16. If this case starts to become publicized, it is mainly because Apple does not still hasn’t released a patch, 2 weeks after the release of iOS 16!
iMovie and Final Cut Pro struggle with cinematic videos
Several regular users of iMovie and Final Cut Pro applications can no longer edit cinematic videos created with an iPhone running iOS 16, this is in any case what they claim on the Apple support forum as well as on Reddit. Although the cause of the flaw is unknownthe reports all have the common point of specifying that iMovie and Final Cut Pro systematically display a mistake when users try to edit video recorded with iPhone cinematic mode.
Here is one of the testimonials on the Apple forum:
After spending an hour wondering why I couldn’t enable cinematic editing in Final Cut Pro with footage I shot with my iPhone 14 Pro Max in cinematic mode, I came across several Reddit threads discussing this issue. It looks like iOS 16 broke this feature in Final Cut Pro, which shows an error “Cinematic effect cannot be enabled” (and according to other users, the latest betas of iOS 16.1 and macOS Ventura don’t fix the problem either). An update of Final Cut Pro (and iMovie) is therefore necessary to solve the problem.
At this time, there is no software update available to fix this defect and Apple has not officially acknowledged it, which means it may take some time before resolution. Some users have managed to work around the bug, the trick is that videos recorded with cinematic mode are first edited on the iPhone before being AirDrop sent to your Mac. Apple likely won’t update its macOS apps until macOS Ventura is released in a few weeks.