If you have ever taken a Live Photo on your iPhone it has basically created a short video clip attached to an image. If you do not like the resulting photo (or want to use a different one), it is possible to extract a different photo from the video clip that you can save or share. Let us explore how to do this.
This is for the iPhone
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Edit a Live Photo
First, open the Photos app. Browse your photos until you find the Live Photo you would like to work on. Tap it to view it in detail. Now, tap the Edit button in the upper-right corner of your screen. Refer to below image:
Next, on the Edit screen, tap the Live Photo icon near the bottom of the screen; the one that looks like three concentric circles. See below image:
Extract an Image
A filmstrip will appear just below the photo. Drag your finger along the filmstrip until you find the image that you would like to extract. You will be making this the Key Photo, or the one you want to visually represent the Live Photo when viewed in the Photos app.
Now, lift your finger from the film strip, then tap the Make Key Photo pop-up. See following image:
The Key Photo will be set. Next, tap Done to leave the Edit screen. Refer to below image:
When you return to the photo detail screen, notice that the image has changed to the one you selected.
Duplicate the Live Photo
To extract the image while leaving the original Live Photo intact, we are going to duplicate it.
First, tap the Share button which looks like a square with an arrow pointing upward out of it at the bottom left hand corne of your screen. See below image:
Next, in the Share menu, swipe down and tap Duplicate. See following image:
Next, from the pop-up, tap Duplicate as Still Photo. Refer to below image:
Revert Back to Original
After that, a new duplicate photo of the key frame you picked will appear in your Photos library just beside the original Live Photo.
If you would like, you can also return to your original Live Photo. On the photo, tap Edit again, then tap Revert to restore the Live Photo to its original settings.
The resolution of the extracted photo may not match that of a typical still photo on the iPhone. That’s because you have just extracted a still frame from a video, and Apple devices record video frames at a lower resolution than still photos.
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