How to Extract a Still Image from a Live Photo on iPhone
Extracting Still Images from Live Photos on iPhones
If you have ever taken a Live Photo on your iPhone, you would have basically created a short video clip that is hooked unto an image. If you do not like the resulting photo (or you want to grab a different one), it is possible to extract a different photo from the video clip that you can save or share. Here’s how to do that.
- First, open up the Photos application.
- Then browse your photos until you find the live photo you would like to work on.
- Tap on the photo to view it in detail. Then click on the “Edit” button in the upper-right corner of the screen.
- On the Edit screen, tap the “Live Photo” icon that is closer to the bottom of the screen. (The Live Photo icon looks like three concentric circles.)
- A filmstrip would 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” the photo that visually represents the Live Photo when you look at it in the Photos app.
- After you lift your finger from the film strip, a bubble will pop up that says “Make Key Photo.” Tap it.
- The Key Photo will be set. After that, click “Done” to leave the Edit screen.
When you return to the photo-detail screen, notice that the image has changed to the one you selected.
Extracting images without affecting the original Live Photo
To extract the image while leaving the original Live Photo intact, we are going to duplicate it, to do that...
- First, tap the “Share” button (which looks like a square with an arrow pointing upward out of it).
- In the Share menu, swipe down and tap “Duplicate.”
- A pop-up will appear asking if you want to duplicate the photo as a Live Photo or as a still photo. Tap “Duplicate As Still Photo.”
- After that, a new duplicate photo of the key frame you picked will appear in your Photos library just beside the original Live Photo. From there, you can process or share it however you wish.
If you would like, you can also return to your original Live Photo, tap “Edit” again, then “Revert” it back to its original key frame. That would restore the Live Photo to its original settings.
Keep in mind that 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. Still, it’s a pretty nice feature to have. Have fun!
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