Chapter 8
iPad Videography
IN THIS CHAPTER
Finding and playing videos
Capturing, editing, and deleting video on your iPad
Facing up to FaceTime
Video streaming on mobile devices has become incredibly popular, with many people watching more video on their iPads and iPhones than on TV. That might be hard for some of us to believe, but the combination of Apple’s gorgeous Retina display and massive proliferation of video-subscription services such as Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, and Apple’s own Apple TV+ — not to mention YouTube — make mobile devices such as the iPad a go-to destination for watching video.
Although the iPad isn’t going to replace the TV set in your living room, watching movies and other videos on Apple’s prized tablet is a cinematic treat. What’s more, the iPad's cameras can help turn you into a filmmaker.
And video on the iPad ventures into another area: video chat. You can keep in touch with friends and loved ones by gazing into each other’s pupils. You do it all through FaceTime, a clever video chat program that comes with your iPad. In the interest of equal time, we’d also like to point out that you can do video chats on your iPad by downloading a ...
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