Chapter 20

Creating and Watching Videos

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Capture and edit your own videos

Bullet Play movies or TV shows

Bullet Turn on closed-captioning

Bullet Delete a video from the iPhone

All current and recent iPhone models sport both front and rear video cameras that you can use to capture your own videos, which iOS enables you to edit in the same way you edit photos: You can apply adjustments and filters as well as crop your videos. Speaking of editing, you can also download the iMovie app for iPhone (a more limited version of the longtime mainstay on Mac computers) and do an editing deep dive by adding titles, music, transitions, and much more.

Using the TV app (formerly known as Videos), you can watch downloaded movies or TV shows, as well as media you’ve synced from iCloud on your Mac or PC, and even media provided from other content providers, such as cable and streaming video services. The TV app aims to be your one-stop shop for your viewing pleasure.

In this chapter, I explain all about shooting and watching video content from a variety of sources. For practice, you might want to refer ...

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