It is possible to change the Key Photo, the still image that’s shown when not touching the screen, and sometimes a better moment or a frame with less motion blur can be found by checking the captured frames one at a time. Pressing and holding this Live Photo will show the hand traveling by, even though the photo was seemingly taken too late.Ī Live Photo shows a still that’s exactly in the middle, timewise, within the recorded video. This is easily verified by waving a hand past the iPhone’s camera and tapping the shutter, but only after the hand has passed.

A particularly interesting detail is that the iPhone saves 1.5 seconds of video from before the picture was taken and 1.5 seconds of what happens after. It only saves, however, when the shutter button is tapped. The iPhone records video continuously to a temporary memory buffer while the camera app is open in Photo mode if Live Photo is enabled. Having been around for several years, most iPhone users are familiar with this feature and the Google camera in Android phones has something similar called Motion Photo. It’s as if the image comes to life with just a touch.Īpple created the Live Photo format in 2015, a fun addition to iOS 9 that helped to demonstrate the big performance gains made with the Apple A9 processor in the iPhone 6S.

When a Live Photo is viewed on an iPhone or iPad with a finger held to the screen, a short video will play of that moment along with the accompanying sound. The free version only has one choice, No repeat, but the Pro version can repeat up to 10 times.Īfter choosing the repetition amount, a button appears to Save Live Photo, and tapping this will save the Live Photo to the photo library. When happy with the video, tapping the Make button in the upper-right will bring up options for a repeating loop. The video can also be edited in advance with any other app. Various effects are possible and appear at the bottom of the screen, including speed adjustments and filters, as well as adjusting the Key Photo. After opening a video, the filmstrip below the main video view can be dragged side to side to select the portion of the video to use, and handles at either end allow trimming to make a shorter Live Photo.

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