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Natural Processing for Video

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Natural Processing is already an amazing advancement in stripping away Apple’s image processing pipeline, and if it were ported to video use cases, MPCII would stand alone as the first app to offer unprocessed video. The implemented workflow could look something like this:

  1. MPCII receives Raw Bayer data from the sensor in a ‘burst’ style

  2. Audio is recorded simultaneously to a separate file

  3. Data is saved to disk (or RAM, if necessary)

  4. Upon recording completion, session data is added to a processing queue

  5. In the queue, session data is

    1. Baked with the ‘Natural’ recipe

    2. Stiched together into 24fps (filmic frame rate, and lighter on resources than 30 or 60fps)

    3. Audio file merged with new video file

    4. Saved to Photos library

Posted by JD Waters ·
Status: Rejected6 comments

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  • Devan Flaherty

    Team•

    Dec 31, 2025

    Hey there!

    Thanks for the Natural Processing love.

    The one thing I’m not tracking here is what you gain over what you’re proposing VS just shooting with LOG and applying a LUT.

    Cause that is essentially unprocessed video.

    If what you’re wanting then is to capture the noise then a feature like Film Simulations may be a better option.

    • JD Waters

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      Jan 1

      Hey Devan! The reasons someone would shoot Natural Video over shooting LOG are threefold:

      1. Natural Processing is available to non-pro iPhones, while LOG is not.

      2. LOG results in larger file sizes than any other color space because of its extra color data.

      3. LOG video requires extensive post-processing, especially to get a clean, natural look, while Natural Processing comes with excellent colors out-of-the-box. No need for a good conversion LUT!

      Bonus Reason: Having naturally-processed video already in the pipeline might prove extremely useful as a starting point for Film Simulations rather than being an alternative. Natural processing’s filmic grain and natural color would be a perfect starting point for a new Film recipe.

      • Devan Flaherty

        Team•

        Jan 6

        Hey JD,
        Discussed with my team and just doesn’t line up with where we are taking the app right now.

        Maybe someday - but its not something I even want to tease at the moment.

        So I do really really appreciate the idea and feedback - but going to hold this from our feature board for now.
        Thanks for understanding.

        • Kenny Chase

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          Feb 6

          I think a simple feature as a separate Apple Log to Rec-709 baking + display option would definitely solve this instead.

          In fact, i am actually here to try to see if someone has already requested for this specific feature.

          • Devan Flaherty

            Team•

            Feb 16

            This is more inline to what we are thinking.
            It would only be available on Pro devices - but goal is to do pretty much that, with a little sauce where we can so it has some signature look or feel but still flexible for the user.

            There is also a patent that prohibits streaming RAW data to the viewfinder - which would be required in a Natural Processed Video Pipeline. So gotta choose which battles to fight.

            • ArchBlend

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              May 19

              Maybe you can like record a video but under the hood its just taking a pictures with the setted fps? And then like combines theese frames with sound