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Live Photo guides and free tools
Everything about making, setting and fixing Live Photos on iPhone, in one place.
Free tools
- Video to Live Photo — Free in-browser tool to trim a video to 1–3 seconds and pick a cover frame; nothing is uploaded.
- GIF to Live Photo — Convert a GIF into a Live Photo that moves on your iPhone lock screen.
- TikTok to Live Photo — Turn a saved TikTok into a Live Photo, using TikTok’s own option or by trimming the clip.
- Instagram video to Live Photo — Turn a saved Instagram Reel or video into a moving wallpaper.
- Screen recording to Live Photo — Trim and crop an iPhone screen recording to 9:16, then save it as a Live Photo wallpaper.
Guides
- Live Photo to video — Save a Live Photo as a regular video on iPhone with Photos, and what to try if the option is missing.
- Live Photo to GIF — Three ways to turn a Live Photo into a GIF: Loop or Bounce, a Shortcuts action, or Photos on a Mac.
- How to loop a Live Photo — Use Loop, Bounce and Long Exposure in Photos, and what a looped Live Photo does on the lock screen.
- Video as iPhone wallpaper — Can you set a video as your iPhone wallpaper? The honest answer and the Live Photo workaround.
- What is a Live Photo? — How Live Photos work: a still image paired with a short video, and what that means for sharing and wallpapers.
- Turn a video into a Live Photo — Every method on iPhone for making a Live Photo from a video, including what Shortcuts can and cannot do.
- Live Photo wallpaper — Set a Live Photo as a moving lock screen wallpaper and fix “Motion not available”.
- How long can a Live Photo be? — The short answer (about 3 seconds) and the best length for a wallpaper.