AliveShot · Live Photo maker for iPhone
Turn any video into a Live Photo for your lock screen.
Pick a clip, trim the best few seconds and save it as a Live Photo — from your camera roll, a GIF, a TikTok or a Reel.
The iPhone app is coming soon to the App Store.
How it works
Three steps, about a minute.
- 1
Pick a clip
Any video in your library, a GIF, or a clip saved from TikTok or Instagram.
- 2
Trim the moment
Choose the 1–3 seconds you want and the frame that shows when it’s still.
- 3
Save and set
AliveShot saves it to Photos as a Live Photo, ready for your lock screen.
Features
Everything you need for a moving wallpaper.
Any source
Camera videos, screen recordings, GIFs, TikToks and Reels you’ve saved.
Frame-accurate trim
Pick exactly where the motion starts and which frame is the cover.
A real Live Photo
Not a GIF or a looping video — a Live Photo that plays when you press it.
Made for the lock screen
Fill the screen in portrait so your wallpaper doesn’t end up letterboxed.
Try it in your browser first
Trim a clip and pick a cover frame for free. Nothing is uploaded.
Guides
Live Photo how-tos
How to turn a video into a Live Photo
Every method on iPhone, including the honest truth about Shortcuts.
GIF to Live Photo
Convert a GIF so it moves on your lock screen.
TikTok to Live Photo
Use TikTok’s built-in option, or trim the part you want.
Instagram video to Live Photo
Turn a Reel you’ve saved into a moving wallpaper.
Live Photo wallpaper
Set it up, and fix “Motion not available”.
How long can a Live Photo be?
The short answer, plus what works best as a wallpaper.
Set a video as iPhone wallpaper
iOS has no video wallpaper option. Here is what works instead.
Live Photo to video
Save any Live Photo as a regular video in a few taps.
What is a Live Photo?
How Live Photos work and why only apps can create them.
Screen recording to Live Photo
Trim and crop a screen recording to fill the lock screen.
Live Photo to GIF
Loop or Bounce, a Shortcut, or Photos on a Mac.
How to loop a Live Photo
Loop, Bounce and Long Exposure, and what they do as wallpaper.
Frequently asked questions
What does AliveShot do?
AliveShot is an iPhone app that turns a short piece of any video, GIF, TikTok or Instagram clip into a Live Photo. You trim the part you want, pick a cover frame, and it saves to your Photos library as a Live Photo you can set as your lock screen wallpaper.
Is there a free way to try it?
Yes. The free web tool lets you trim a clip and choose a cover frame right in your browser, without uploading anything. Saving the result as a Live Photo still needs an app, because iOS only lets apps add Live Photos to Photos.
Can I use clips from TikTok and Instagram?
Will the Live Photo move on my lock screen?
On iOS 17 and later, Live Photo wallpapers animate when you wake your iPhone. iOS 16 didn’t support moving Live Photo wallpapers. If you see “Motion not available”, try a shorter clip and turn off Low Power Mode — the wallpaper guide covers the details.
What is the difference between a Live Photo and a video?
A Live Photo is a still image paired with a short video clip, so it opens as a photo and plays when you press it. A video is just a clip. Only a Live Photo can be set as an animated lock screen wallpaper on iOS 17 and later. See What is a Live Photo?
Can I set a video as my iPhone wallpaper?
Not directly: iOS has no option to use a video as wallpaper. The workaround is to turn the video into a Live Photo with AliveShot and set that. Details in Can you set a video as wallpaper on iPhone?
Why can’t a website save a Live Photo for me?
A Live Photo is a still image and a short video linked together. Safari can download files, but it can’t save that linked pair straight into the Photos library as one Live Photo. Some sites hand you a ZIP of paired files to import through the Files app; AliveShot does that last step in one tap, so the web tool hands off to the app.
Make your lock screen move.
Get AliveShot and turn your favorite moment into a Live Photo.
The iPhone app is coming soon to the App Store.