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Answers about framing, lenses, shots, the sun and your purchase. Short answers first, then the steps.

Getting startedPick a camera, a mode and your first lens kit.6 articles Framing and lensesFrame lines, adapters, anamorphic, vertical, calibration.13 articles Sun and depth of fieldGolden hour, the sun path, near and far.3 articles Looks and figuresLive grades and LUTs, stand-in figures, the phone camera's controls.3 articles Shots and shot listsStills, takes, scenes, PDF shot lists, sharing.7 articles Apple Watch and other devicesThe Watch remote, a monitor feed, hardware buttons, iPad and iPhone Duo.6 articles Purchase and sign-inBuying, restoring, using a Cutvey account.8 articles Settings and privacyLanguage, layout, location and what stays on your device.4 articles TroubleshootingNo picture, a frame that will not turn, a file that will not import.3 articles

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Getting started

Add your own camera or lens series Find your way around the viewfinder My camera or lens isn't in the list Save a setup as a favorite and switch in one tap Set up a camera, a mode and a lens kit The first screen: the agreement and the diagnostics switch

Framing and lenses

Anamorphic lenses and desqueeze Aspect ratios, frame lines and a second frame line Calibrate your iPhone's cameras Change lenses, turn a zoom and fine-zoom with a pinch Frame for vertical (9:16)Guides and overlays: thirds, safe areas and grid Lens adapters and clip-on lenses Mix primes from several series, or build a zoom kit Recording modes, the source line and the Provisional badge See every lens in the kit at once with Overview The band where your lens sees wider than the phone The frame looks wider than my camera Which iPhone camera Viewfinder uses, and why it can switch

Sun and depth of field

How depth of field is worked out Plan the light with the sun panel The sun path looks off from the real sky

Looks and figures

Focus, exposure and white balance on the phone camera Grade the picture with looks and LUTs Place stand-in figures for blocking and scale

Shots and shot lists

Organize shots into projects and scenes Record a video take Save shots to Photos, or share them Send a PDF shot list to the crew Trim a take and add a title card What a still saves: the picture and its EXIF Where my shots are kept, and how to get them out

Apple Watch and other devices

Fire the shutter with the volume buttons, Camera Control or a keyboard Show a clean feed on a monitor or AirPlay screen Use Viewfinder on iPad Use Viewfinder on iPhone Duo Use my Apple Watch as a remote What the Apple Watch remote's messages mean

Purchase and sign-in

Buy Viewfinder with Unlock Forever Move Viewfinder to a new iPhone or iPad Problems signing in with Cutvey Restore my purchase on a new iPhone or iPad Sign out of Cutvey, or release this device's activation Use Viewfinder offline, and the seven days Use Viewfinder with my Cutvey account Viewfinder is locked: what each message means

Settings and privacy

Change the app's language Left-handed layout and the other viewfinder settings Tag shots with location, or turn it off What stays on your device, and what reaches Cutvey

Troubleshooting

A LUT or curves file will not import No live picture in the viewfinder The viewfinder does not turn when I turn the phone

Still stuck?

Tell us your iPhone or iPad model, the camera and mode you picked, and what you expected to see. A screenshot helps. A person reads every message.

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