ProRes Video Recording on M2 iPad Pro Requires Third-Party Apps, Not Supported in Native Camera App

[HMI]

What the hell is going on at Apple?

They probably assume that if you know what ProRes is, and why you might want it, then you probably already have Filmic Pro anyway. Staying silent on its absence in the camera app settings was a choice, not an oversight. Their keynotes are aimed at casual users.

 

[MallardDuck]

First USB 2.0 on the regular ipad and now this...what the heck are they thinking?

 

[caribbeanblue]

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[WilliApple]

Welp, there goes my chances of wanting the M2 iPad Pro. Was actually planning on buying this but not anymore...

 

[EugW]

They probably assume that if you know what ProRes is, and why you might want it, then you probably already have Filmic Pro anyway. Staying silent on its absence in the camera app settings was a choice, not an oversight. Their keynotes are aimed at casual users.

Does Filmic Pro support ProRes shooting on 128 GB iPhones? I didn't see it mentioned on their website.

 

[capamac]

They probably assume that if you know what ProRes is, and why you might want it, then you probably already have Filmic Pro anyway. Staying silent on its absence in the camera app settings was a choice, not an oversight. Their keynotes are aimed at casual users.

ProRes will fill an iPad's limited storage space quickly, too. 99 out of 100 iPad users don't care and would be better off with hvec format video.

 

[t0rqx]

Calculator 2.0. ProRes on iPad needs M3. Forced Upgrade. In the mean time the weather app gets converted to the Mac from the iPad.

 

[ivebenthrew]

All that raw power from M2 and yet…

 

[hajime]

We need to wait for a newly upgraded iPad Pro a year later. Same dirty old trick under management of Tim.

 

[SW3029]

lol what

 

[Lakersfan74]

iPadOS is a joke and I've said it was since last year. This is why I keep saying people would be better off getting an M1 Macbook Air instead of the M Series iPads.

Different uses cases. Someone wants a MacBook they would buy one.

 

[Lakersfan74]

People use the camera on the iPad? Looking at the forums last year people never do use it but now all of a sudden they do?

 

[Rafagon]

Edit. Nevermind.

Moderator please delete this post.

 

[tafmasterpl]

There are many calculator apps for iPad on AppStore, i use them everyday… - Craig Federighi.

 

[akidd]

I'm a little baffled as to why anyone would want to shoot ProRes on an iPad in the first place, really.

Let us not question why, it’s just meant to an option if anyone wants it. Which isn’t there. Does anyone at Apple test anything?

 

[Return Zero]

This has to be a bug, else it is blatant false advertising.

 

[raindogg]

When I used to work at Apple a customer asked me "What's the difference between an iMac and an iPad?" I'm not joking. I answered, "Do you have an iPhone?" They said "Yes" I replied, "An iPad is like a big iPhone". One of my co-workers told my supervisor this, and I actually got in trouble for saying that. And this was back when the first iPad was released! My point, the iPad is still a giant iPhone with a few extra features thrown in. I'm never surprised at what it can't do.

 

[Lakersfan74]

(Third party app necessary) should be included under the specs

 

[capamac]

"My videos are so intense that I absolutely _must have_ the best codecs, like ProRes! My videos are just so demanding and of impeccably high quality!!"

"Oh yeah? What kind of camera do you use?"

"The one in my iPad."

"Lololololololololololololololololololololololololololol!!"

 

[transpo1]

I guess Apple didn’t think anybody with an iPad Pro would really use it.

Not that Apple is right in any way, but how many people are using iPad Pro like a video recorder? Or even thinking of using ProRes?

Well, it’s true, but also why half-as* it?

 

[kshitijshah]

Huh? Shows complete laziness and disregard from apple

 

[ApplesAreSweet&Sour]

ProRes will fill an iPad's limited storage space quickly, too. 99 out of 100 iPad users don't care and would be better off with hvec format video.

So Apple should just be free to promote any kind of feature, spec, or video recording format for a new product but doesn't really need to implement it well or at all if only a fraction of buyers actually "need" it?

They probably assume that if you know what ProRes is, and why you might want it, then you probably already have Filmic Pro anyway. Staying silent on its absence in the camera app settings was a choice, not an oversight. Their keynotes are aimed at casual users.

Presentations are aimed at casual users only, for a "Pro" product? And yet they spent a good 25 seconds highlighting how fast the new processors are which helps with decoding ProRes. And how, for the first time, iPad Pro can now record ProRes and is a "complete movie studio, right in your hands".

The apologising on MR is real.

 

[KeepCalmPeople]

They were working on the Weather app, so they didn't have time to add ProRes to the Camera app 😂

 

[sorgo †]

What else is going on?

- Gimping base-model iPhones 14 to upsell on the Pros
- iPad 10th gen debacle, with USB 2.0 transfer speeds, 1st-gen Pencil w/ $10 USB-C-to-Lightning dongle (which is currently out of stock/on backorder), and non-laminated display all at a $120 premium over the 9th-gen iPad
- The iPad lineup in general being a sprawling, confusing mess with too many options which further encourage upselling
- macOS being dumbed down with removal of PostScript file support and a redesigned, iPadOS-like Settings app
- Stage Manager getting released with plenty of bugs and questionable utility

I’m sure there’s more…

 

[firewire9000]

Well, for the two people that maybe they will use it, that’s unfortunate.