In WWDC26 video "Camera and Photo Technologies Group Lab", @14:17, Brad Ford mentions that we can use isCinematicVideoCaptureEnabled on videoDeviceInput to display depth blur on camera preview, even on a photo camera app.
However, when I turn it on for depth mode, the API tells me that it is not supported with the current camera, which is Dual or Dual Wide cameras I use for depth.
Since there are no other resources on this, I would love to get some guidance on how to do this. I just want to display depth blur on camera preview, that is it.
Dear sle39lvr,
To use isCinematicVideoCaptureEnabled, clients need to select a format that has isCinematicVideoCaptureSupported, like so:
// Select a format that supports Cinematic Video capture
for format in camera.formats {
if format.isCinematicVideoCaptureSupported {
try! camera.lockForConfiguration()
camera.activeFormat = format
camera.unlockForConfiguration()
break
}
}
Please see WWDC25 session Capture cinematic video in your app and accompanying sample app for reference.
Hoping this helps,
Richard Yeh Developer Technical Support
