You may wonder how to save live photo as video on iPhone. Here you can get three ways to convert live photo to video in detail.
Live photo saved a copy as a video
I was trying to take a screenshot of my live photo and it saved a copy of the live picture as a video which I want to do again. But I can’t figure out how. How do I do this again?
- Question from Apple Community
The Live Photos function enables you to take a three-second video on iPhone, which consists of one and a half seconds of video before and after you click the shutter button. While actually, it is not a video, instead, it is a High-Efficiency Image File (HEIF) format.
Then, you may wonder how to save live photos as a video on iPhone. Here comes this guide, providing you with three ways to export live photos as a video.
You can save live photo as video on iPhone from the Photos app or using Shortcut according to your needs.
If you choose to convert live photo to video from the Photos app on iPhone, please be noted that only the live photo is set to Live, not Loop, Bounce, or Long Exposure, can you make it. Follow the steps to make it.
Step 1. Go to the Photos app on your iPhone > Locate the Live Photos album > Select the wanted live photos. You can choose to choose a single live photo or multiple live photos.
Step 2. Tap the share icon in the lower-left corner > Choose Save as Video.
Then, you can return to Recents or Albums in the Photos app to get access to the video you just saved.
You can also make use of the Shortcuts app to save live photo as video. Just download a third-party shortcut and let it help you make it. Here are the detailed steps.
Step 1. Go to the Settings app > Locate and tap Shortcuts > Toggle on the switch of Allow Untrusted Shortcuts > Tap Allow when a window prompts.
Step 2. From the Shortcuts Gallery website, get a shortcut for converting Live Photos to video, like Convert Live Photos to Video > Open the shortcut link on your iPhone > Tap Get Shortcut.
Step 3. In the Shortcuts app on your iPhone, scroll down and tap Add Untrusted Shortcut.
Step 4. After adding the shortcut, select the shortcut > It will open the Camera Roll > Locate and choose the wanted photo > Finally, the shortcut converts the live photo and save it as a video file at the end of the Camera Roll.
There are some limitations to saving live photo as video on iPhone with the two ways above more or less. A powerful transfer tool - AOMEI FoneBackup is recommended.
With the help of AOMEI FoneBackup, you can transfer live photos in .jpg or .heic format according to your settings from iPhone to PC. At the same time, their corresponding videos will also be imported to your computer automatically.
• Fast transfer speed. It just takes you 3 seconds to transfer 100 photos. • Selective and simple process. With one click, you can transfer all wanted files between iPhone and computer. • No data loss. Do no harm to the files. Do not degrade the quality of the files, either.
Get the tool on your computer by clicking the icon below. Let AOMEI FoneBackup transfer photos from iPhone to computer in three steps.
Step 1. Connect your iPhone to computer with USB > Run AOMEI FoneBackup and click Phone Transfer > Get to iPhone to PC and click Get Started.
Step 2. Check the Photos icon to preview all photos on your iPhone > Select the live photos you’d like to transfer > Click OK to confirm.
Step 3. Choose a destination to save the files from Transfer Settings > Click Start Transfer to begin the task.
When it is finished, you can access these photos and videos in the local folders. Now, you can edit these videos on PC using a video editor as you like.
If you want to browse the videos on iPhone, you can rely on the PC to iPhone function in AOMEI FoneBackup to transfer videos from computer to iPhone.
That’s all for the two ways about how to save live photo as video on iPhone. If neither of the methods satisfies your requirements, you can also transfer iPhone photos to computer with AOMEI FoneBackup, and convert them into videos in higher quality.
