How to Save a Live Photo as a Video on iPhone
Apple’s Live Photos combine a still photo with a little video before and after, but the feature doesn’t work well outside Apple’s apps. Follow these steps to save a Live Photo as a video. This method will work on both iPhone and iPad devices. The new video doesn’t always appear in your Photos view, which is the default when the Photos app is opened. You may need to navigate to Albums, then Recents, to find the video file.
How to Save a Live Photo as a Video Using a Shortcut
This method will set up a shortcut for saving a Live Photo as a video on your iPhone or iPad. This is useful if you do this often or want to quickly save a large number of live photos as videos. Once created, you can use the Shortcut widget available in iOS to add this shortcut to your home screen. This makes it easy to find and save a recent Live Photo as a video. You can also tweak this shortcut in a variety of ways. It can be modified to save multiple videos at once, for example, or you could send the video directly to a social media app instead of saving it to a photo album.
Why Should I Save a Live Photo as a Video?
Saving a Live Photo as a video is most useful for sharing the Live Photo on an application that doesn’t support the feature. Most apps not made by Apple are fussy about Live Photos or won’t recognize them at all. Saving as a video gets around this. It’s also necessary to save a Live Photo as a video if you’d like to use the Live Photo as part of a video you’re making in a video editing app.
