LumaFusion

Luma Touch LLC

Version: 5.3.1

Last updated: 08/15/2025

Welcome to the #1 multitrack mobile video editing app. A professional and intuitive storytelling environment will inspire you to craft your story wherever you are, from the mountain top to the living room. Recapture the magic of storytelling and the joy of editing!

“When it comes to editing video on an iOS device, LumaFusion has no equal.” – MacWorld

“If you have ever dreamed of editing videos on the iPad (or iPhone), or if you have the slightest passing interest in doing so, you need to own LumaFusion.” – 9to5Mac

“From aspect ratios to frame rates, you get full control over every aspect of your projects… this has just about everything power users are going to need.” – Gizmodo

Included in the one time purchase:

EDITING

• Use 6 video/audio tracks

• Use 6 additional audio tracks

• Edit with the enhanced magnetic timeline with insert/overwrite and link/unlink clips

• Display track headers for locking, hiding, and muting tracks

• Use preset transitions or create your own

• Display your preview on an external monitor

• Add markers with notes to your timeline

• Cut, copy, paste in your timeline and between projects using Multiselect

EFFECTS

• Layer effects; green screen, luma and chroma keys, blurs, distort, styles and color

• Stabilize videos with integrated Lock and Load Stabilizer

• Use powerful color correction tools

• Select from included color LUTs like FiLMiC deLog or import your own .cube or .3dl

• Animate with unlimited keyframes

• Save and share effect presets

SPEED FX

• Create slow motion/fast motion forward and reverse

• Create smooth slow motion with 120 and 240fps files

• Edit with time-lapse video

AUDIO

• Fine tune audio perfectly with the Graphic EQ

• Keyframe audio levels, panning and EQ for perfect mixes

• Fill-from-left / right for dual-mono audio captures

• Isolate tracks on multiple track files

• Duck music during dialog with Auto-ducking

• Add third-party audio plugins

TITLER

• Create multilayer titles with shapes and images

• Adjust font, color, face, border and shadow

• Import custom fonts

• Save and share title presets

PROJECT MANAGER

• Create endless projects with a variety of aspect ratios (including landscape, portrait, square, widescreen film)

• Create projects for editing iPhone and iPad screen recordings

• Work in frame rates from 18fps to 240fps

• Duplicate, add notes, and use color-tag

MEDIA LIBRARY

• Use media directly from Photos, GNARBOX, WD Wireless, Frame.io

• Edit direct from USB-C drives

• Import media: cloud storage, SanDisk iXpand and SMB network drives

• Use for free: dozens of royalty-free music, sound fx, videos, and backgrounds

• View detailed metadata for your media

• Rename, add notes, and color-tag

• Sort and search to quickly find what you need

• Easily share movies with control over resolution, quality, and format

• Create a snapshot of any frame

• Archive projects for backup or edit on another device

• Full ProRes editing and export on ProRes-compatible devices

AVAILABLE PURCHASES

• Subscribe to Storyblocks for LumaFusion to access the full library of music and clips

• Export to Final Cut Pro (FCPXML) for further editing on the desktop

5.3.1
FIXED:
• Audio ducking not working correctly
• Export failures for projects with clips containing Spatial Audio
• Reduced preview performance at lower preview quality settings
• Transitions with blank clips not rendering correctly
• Video stabilization not working with speed-adjusted clips (note: video stabilization does not work with speed ramping: export stabilized clip from separate project and use that for speed ramping)
• Crash generating waveforms in some cases

NEW IN 5.3:

NEW 3rd PARTY PLUGIN!
• PaintX for LumaFusion is a powerful paint tool with motion tracker, built and supported by CoreMelt, the same team that brought you the Lock-and-Load stabilizer built into LumaFusion.
• Find PaintX in the Color and Effects Editor, in the new Video Plugins category.
• Available as a one-time purchase, which directly supports this amazing 3rd-party developer.
• PaintX includes a free 7-day trial and a full set of tutorials to help you get the most from this powerful plugin.

NEW FREE FEATURES:
• Blurs, Styles, and Distortions are combined into one category in the Color and Effects Editor Presets Library.
• Quickly find specific effects with the new search field in the Color & Effects Presets Library.
• Add head and tail transitions or cross dissolves between multiple selected clips on the Timeline (find this in the Add Clip Menu on the Timeline).
• Add ANY transition to multiple selected Timeline clips by double-tapping on the transition in the Library.
• Adjust the track height in Help and Settings / Preferences.
• Preview Library clips in full fit mode or match the fit mode for your Timeline – You can find this setting in the Help and Settings / Clip Defaults.
• Returned 3 popular transitions: ‘Flash Legacy’, ‘Zoom Blur Legacy’, and ‘Bloom Legacy’

NEW FOR CREATOR PASS:
• Three new sets of transitions: Circular Wipes, Mod Lines, and Anchor Slides.

FIXED:
• Improved stability and performance

In upcoming releases we will continue adding new features, and will continue to enhance every aspect of LumaFusion. Find tutorials, reference guide, answers to your questions, and contact us directly at lumatouch.co/support

5.2.2
FIXED:
• Project export issues using certain audio filters
• Purchases could show as not purchased when not connected to the internet

NEW for Creator Pass subscribers and Speed Ramping & Enhanced Keyframing owners:
• Adjustment Clips (Creator Pass / Enhanced Keyframing). Apply effects, position, rotation, scale cropping, and blending to all of the clips underneath the adjustment clip
• More tracks: 12 video and 12 audio tracks for more flexible timelines
• Reveal button in clip editor makes it easy to work with adjustment clips

NEW:
• Import SVG files to use as custom shapes in the titler
• Over 60 new shapes included to easily customize titles
• Aspect ratio switch in title shape layers makes shapes easier to use and more powerful
• New Quick Zoom transition pack

IMPROVED:
• Position, Rotation and Scale controls are combined in one group when animated together, making it easier to quickly create the perfect motion
• Improved compatibility for FCPXML exports
• Improved import of images (and shapes) in the title editor (the import button for shapes and images has been moved to the tool bar above the title layer controls)

FIXED:
• LUTs no longer use duplicate storage for each instance (see important note below)
• Audio pops when using voice isolation
• Hex color entry not working on macOS
• Improved stability and performance

IMPORTANT:
For customers who use LUTs extensively, a special LUT cleanup option has been added to Cleanup in Help & Settings to remove old duplicated LUT storage.
This option will improve performance and decrease the size of the project database over time.
(Note that the cleanup may temporarily reduce performance while the system eliminates wasted space in the project database.)

5.1.3
Fixed in 5.1.3:
• Projects can have issues for customers updating directly from 4.1.3
• Some projects won’t scrub or play
• Multicam switching during playback can create incorrectly timed multicam clips
• External drive refresh button was not appearing properly
• Display could lock during playback
• Fixed top crashes

New in 5.1

CREATOR PASS:
Our Storyblocks for LumaFusion subscription is now Creator Pass! Gain admission to the enhanced features of LumaFusion and get access to an incredible library of royalty-free content.
• Unlocks Speed Ramping & Enhanced Keyframing, Multicam Studio and FCPXML Export while subscription is active.
• Over 1 million royalty-free Storyblocks clips (footage, backgrounds, sound effects, and music) for use in your LumaFusion projects.
• Current Storyblocks subscribers are automatically upgraded to Creator Pass with no change in price!
• All enhanced features are also available for individual purchase without a subscription.

MORE NEW FREE FEATURES:
• AI Person Keyer makes it easy to replace backgrounds behind people in videos and mask people for effects.
• Copy/paste speed between clips.
• Waveforms on timeline and in clip editor adjust based on gain to make it easier to see audio levels in your projects.
• FCPXML export supports more transitions.
• Auto-trim for transitions on overlay/overwrite tracks so you don’t have to pre-trim clips for transitions.
• Improved organization of backups in iCloud Drive.

FIXED:
• Color-shift issues in preview in iOS 18
• Slo-motion clips were importing as 30fps clips
• Unable to export 120fps and 240fps projects to Photos
• Improved stability and performance

5.0.4
FIXED:

• Anchored clips moving incorrectly when transition is inserted

• Slow performance when working with large clip groups on overlay tracks

• Some projects cannot be scrubbed or edited

• Improved stability and performance

LumaFusion 5.0 brings Speed Ramping and Enhanced Keyframing as a single, one-time in-app purchase and a host of new free features.

NEW FREE FEATURES:

• Add Grids, title/action safe areas, horizons, on internal and external previews.

• Dozens of New Transitions: Explore creative ways to move your story forward.

• Adjustable UI in Effects Editors: Customize the size of the Preview, Presets and Settings windows.

• Switch preview to the right side in the clip editor

• What’s Happening panel helps you find the latest tutorials, updates and information about LumaFusion.

NEW ONE-TIME IN-APP PURCHASE: SPEED RAMPING AND ENHANCED KEYFRAMING:

• Speed Ramping: Keyframe speed to create perfect speed ramps quickly and easily.

• Freeze Clip: Right where you need it… in the Speed Editor.

• New speed presets: Get great results instantly.

• Bézier curve path editor: Easy and powerful motion for videos, images, and effects.

• Ease controls: Quickly set constant speed, variable speeds, and holds between keyframes.

• New ease in/ease out presets

• Velocity and Ease graphs: Get the feedback you need to see exactly how ease controls affect your animations.

• Move keyframes: Use press-and-hold to drag, or nudge buttons for perfect adjustments.

• New motion presets: Take full advantage of Enhanced Keyframing.

• Independent Size, Position and Rotation Controls: Unlink for more control over keyframe animations.

• Preview zoom and position: Zoom in and out of the preview workspace to focus where you need to.

4.1.2
FIXED:

• Issue with used-media ranges not showing properly in Photos library

• Insert-to-main not working when main track is in overwrite mode

• Video-with-alpha export not working in some cases

• Crash when dragging all multicam video clips from a group

• Crash in Storyblocks dispute claim form

• Crash when selecting additional photos with limited Photos access

• Improved stability and performance throughout LumaFusion

4.1.1
NEW:

• Support for external drive editing on iPhone 15 models (external drive editing is recommended on iPhone 15 Pro models only)

• Support for Apple Log files with an Apple deLog LUT and the Prolost Apple Log to Rec709 LUT, courtesy of Prolost (prolost.com)

IMPROVED:

• Support for 65 point 3D LUT import

• Lower default resolution for GIF export

FIXED:

• Fixed issue where saturation could change when working with Apple Log files

• Fixed issue uploading to Vimeo

• Fixed issue with using GIF files that were imported in early versions

• Fixed issue where GIF export might not include the last frame of the timeline

• Fixed issue with effect thumbnails not rendering properly in all cases

• Fixed issue where Dropbox might not show all content for a user

• Fixed issues with Frame.io login

• Improved stability and performance throughout LumaFusion

4.1.0
NEW:

• Two new categories of transitions: Perspective Turns and Stretches

• Animated Image Import (GIF and APNG). LumaFusion converts animated images to videos and maintains transparency for easy use in any timeline.

• GIF Animation Export. Set frame rate and looping in export settings.

FIXED:

• Tail transitions wouldn’t complete the last frame of their transition.

• Cropping was being applied incorrectly after transition effects.

• Improved stability and performance throughout LumaFusion

4.0.6
FIXED:

• Some exports were failing (especially on macOS)

VERSION 4.0:

MULTICAM STUDIO!:

• Multicam Editing reimagined for the touch experience

• Sync multiple shots from different angles, then play back and tap to cut between angles and create your masterpiece

• Available as an in-app, one-time purchase

• Learn more at luma-touch.com/multicam

NEW:

• Graphic UI for Bandpass, High-Pass, High-Shelf, Low-Pass, Low-Shelf, and Parametric EQ filters

• Voice Isolation Filter

IMPROVED:

• Automatic relinking of media from external devices

• When manually relinking missing media, LumaFusion will now relink all clips with same media

• Snap to time cursor when dragging/trimming

• Linked folders show as disabled when not connected

• Library source previews match the current project settings

• Project archives with multiple uses of LUTs are significantly smaller

FIXED:

• Improved stability and performance throughout LumaFusion

4.0.2
IMPROVED:

• Playback performance increased and battery usage decreased

FIXED:

• Preview build failures for some customers

• Some user-imported LUTs were not working when selected

• Cropping could fail and cause crashes

• Still images were not displayed properly in the Switcher

• There were issues with playback of some audio configurations in the Switcher

• Images were not previewed on first touch in the library

• Chinese (Traditional) localization was incorrect

• Improved stability and performance throughout LumaFusion

4.0.1
FIXED:

• Images in some previous-version projects would render with the incorrect aspect ratio

• Splitting a multicam clip that has a transition could cause an audio sync issue

• Deleting a clip on the main track could cause the playhead to jump to the end of the timeline

• Linked clips incorrectly shifted when main track clip is speed-adjusted

• Trim handles would sometimes disappear on multicam clips

• Clips flash while trimming in overwrite mode

• Improved stability and performance throughout LumaFusion

3.2.2
IMPROVED:

• Clip and waveform colors for better visibility when editing

FIXED:

• Media access warnings incorrectly appear when using media from the Music library.

• Some Warp effects rendered incorrectly in some cases – they now scale to fit within the frame (note that projects using these effects may look different after this update).

• Duplicated projects don’t maintain anchor links.

3.2.0
NEW:

• Added 35 new transitions including blurs, lights and colors, soft wipes, shape wipes, and amazing new motions.

• Project backups are now synced to iCloud Drive and can be restored from iCloud Drive.

• Linked folders can be renamed (press-and-hold on a Linked Folder to rename or remove).

• Added localizations for Traditional Chinese and Brazilian Portuguese.

IMPROVED:

• When dragging clips on overlay tracks, the current time will no longer shift, making accurate editing easier than ever.

FIXED:

• Linked Folders were incorrectly named when added in iPadOS 16.

• IMPORTANT: After updating to iPadOS 16 and updating LumaFusion, you should remove your old Linked Folders and add them again to restore any missing external media.

• Includes many other stability and performance improvements.