How To Capture Dolby Vision with an Apple iPhone

Jul 12, 2023
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Apple introduced Dolby Vision capture with their iPhone 12 series of mobile phones. For the first time it became possible to capture Dolby Vision videos directly in a portable device, enabling great HDR videos that replay consistently across a range of playback devices.

In this article we cover the following topics:

Capturing Dolby Vision with the Apple iOS Camera app
Capturing Dolby Vision with FiLMiC Pro

Whenever you are using the iPhone as a video camera for professional applications, it is generally recommended to turn on ‘Do not disturb’ mode and potentially also ‘Airplane’ mode as this can avoid interruptions disturbing your recording and can also help save battery life.

Capturing Dolby Vision with the Apple iOS Camera app

* You can view this video in Dolby Vision on selected Apple devices when using the Safari browser. For more details see the Dolby Vision on Vimeo FAQs.

Enable Dolby Vision recording

Dolby Vision recoding is enabled by the ‘HDR Video’ setting in the iPhone Settings menu. The option is available by going to ‘Camera > Record Video > HDR Video’

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Capturing Dolby Vision with other camera apps

As Dolby Vision HDR is built into iOS 14.1 and later, it is now easy for 3rd party camera and editing apps to include Dolby Vision functionality. Many of these features are targeted for professional use as they include controls and status information that consumers are unlikely to understand.

Examples of 3rd party camera apps that also support Dolby Vision capture include FiLMiC Pro, Manual Camera, ProCamera, ProCam 8, and more.

Capturing Dolby Vision with FiLMiC Pro

FiLMiC Pro is a good example of an alternative camera app with more professional user focused features. It includes more manual camera controls than are available it the iOS Camera app and supports Dolby Vision recording in timelapse and slow motion recording modes.

* You can view this video in Dolby Vision on selected Apple devices when using the Safari browser. For more details see the Dolby Vision on Vimeo FAQs.

Enabling Dolby Vision in FiLMiC Pro

Dolby Vision is enabled in FiLMiC Pro by going to ‘Settings (gear icon) > Resolutions’ and in the bit depth setting select ‘Dolby Vision HDR’