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iOS 16 bug breaks support for Cinematic videos in Final Cut Pro

A recently discovered bug in iOS 16 renders users unable to open Cinematic videos in both iMovie and Final Cut Pro.

When attempting to open a Cinematic video, the programs will return an error that reads "The cinematic effect cannot be activated."

According to 9to5Mac, bug reports have surfaced on the Apple Support forums and on Reddit.

Apple has not acknowledged the bug, and there are no known workarounds.

Apple recently acknowledged that there has been an iOS 16 bug effecting the copy-and-paste permissions prompt.



5 Comments

lkrupp 19 Years · 10521 comments

So, Appleinsider, can you confirm this bug or not? You should be able to, right?

Ofer 8 Years · 270 comments

lkrupp said:
So, Appleinsider, can you confirm this bug or not? You should be able to, right?

Can confirm 

bloggerblog 16 Years · 2520 comments

I thought there was no Final Cut Pro for iOS 

9secondkox2 8 Years · 3148 comments

I thought there was no Final Cut Pro for iOS 

I think Ai forgot to include the part about opening in iOS cinematic video in FCP on Mac. 


Transfer the video however you like. 

fastasleep 14 Years · 6451 comments

I thought there was no Final Cut Pro for iOS 

"in both iMovie and Final Cut Pro."