A Live Photo is really just a still frame paired with a couple of seconds of motion. Filemorph builds that pairing from an ordinary video clip, right on your iPhone, so a moment you filmed elsewhere can live in Photos the same way one shot with the camera does.
Videos sent over Messages, AirDropped from another device or exported from an editor arrive as plain video files, not Live Photos, even when the moment is exactly the kind Live Photos are built for. Filemorph converts the clip into the same Live Photo format the camera produces.
Pick the moment in the video that should become the still frame, and Filemorph exports the few seconds around it using Apple's AVFoundation. Because a Live Photo plays for only a couple of seconds, this works best on a clip that is already short — a moment lifted from a longer recording, not a multi-minute video.
In the app: To Live Photo.
A Live Photo shows up in Photos differently than a video does — it sits in your camera roll like a still image, plays with a press, and works with wallpaper and widget features that plain video files do not. Converting a clip someone sent you into that format lets it fit in the same place your own camera-shot moments live.
Yes. Unlike web converters that upload your files to a server, Filemorph converts every file locally using Apple's frameworks. Nothing leaves your device, and it works with no internet connection. This operation is part of Filemorph Pro ($29.99/year, 7-day free trial on monthly and annual plans).
A short clip, a few seconds long. Filemorph exports the moment around the still frame you pick, so starting from a clip that is already close to Live Photo length gives the most predictable result.
Yes, the exported clip keeps its audio track, the same as a Live Photo shot with the camera.
No, To Live Photo is part of Filemorph Pro ($29.99 a year, 7-day free trial on monthly and annual plans).
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