How to Turn Off Focus Assist in Blackmagic Camera App

Viewfinder showing green or red focus peaking fringes around object edges

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If bright colored fringes and outline highlights are cluttering your view while shooting, you can disable focus peaking. I’ll show you how to turn off focus assist in the Blackmagic Camera app.

1. Open Blackmagic Camera App

Tap Settings or Monitor Controls
Tapping the Monitor assist icon in the Blackmagic Camera HUD

Launch the **Blackmagic Camera** app on your iPhone.

2. Open Monitoring Settings

Navigate to Focus Assist Options
Selecting Focus Assist from the monitoring overlay panel

Tap the **Monitor** button on the control bar.

3. Locate Focus Assist

Turn Off Focus Assist Toggle
Switching off Focus Assist to remove peaking highlights

Tap the **Focus Assist** icon (marked with peaking lines).

4. Toggle Off to Clear Viewfinder

Clean Viewfinder Display Without Peaking
Viewfinder showing clean, pristine video preview with natural colors and no outlines

Tap the icon again so it turns off and the colored edge outlines disappear completely.

Helpful Tips

You can leave focus assist turned off and tap to focus anywhere on screen when autofocus is active. For more tips, read our guide on Showing Grid Lines in Blackmagic Camera or visit our Video & Camera hub.

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