Live Photo to Video converter · iOS app · free
Short answer:
An MP4 with the motion and the sound lands in Photos.
Free. Nothing is uploaded: the iOS app converts it on your iPhone.
Both ways below are free and run on your iPhone. Use the Picto.Video iOS app when you want an MP4 file.
Going the other way? Video to Live Photo
It sits on the home screen of the Picto.Video iOS app.
The picker lists Live Photos only. The clip plays with its sound before you save.
The MP4 goes to Photos. Tap Share to send it from the iOS app.
Apple puts the new video in the Recently Saved album.
Steps from Apple Support.
Both turn a Live Photo into a video for free. This is what the iOS app adds.
Picto.Video iOS app
An H.264 MP4 with the sound, saved to Photos and ready to share.
Apple Photos, Save as Video
Apple's guide does not name the file type. The video goes to Recently Saved.
Picto.Video iOS app
The same iOS app animates the still into a longer video. You say who or what moves and how, and it is ready in a minute or two. This part is paid.
Apple Photos, Save as Video
The video is the Live Photo's own motion: 1.5 seconds before and after the shot.
Picto.Video iOS app
Trim any video to three seconds and save it to Photos as a Live Photo.
Apple Photos, Save as Video
Apple's Live Photos guide covers Live Photo to video only.
Picto.Video iOS app
The Live Photo itself, picked in the iOS app.
livephoto.video
The Live Photo's .MOV and .HEIC files, uploaded as a pair.
Flixier
A video you first save with Save as Video in Photos, then import.
Picto.Video iOS app
It stays on your iPhone. Nothing is uploaded.
livephoto.video
Onto the website. Its first step is Upload Your Live Photos.
Flixier
Into Flixier's web editor, where you export the MP4.
Rival facts from each site's own page.
What a Live Photo is, why it arrives as a still, and the three taps in the iOS app.
A Live Photo is a set of two files: a photo and a short video, paired inside your iOS Photos library. Inside the Apple ecosystem the pair travels together, so a Live Photo sent by iMessage or AirDrop still plays. Outside it, almost every share sends the photo and leaves the video behind: WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram and email all deliver a still. Our iOS app loads both parts of the Live Photo you pick and saves the video part as an MP4 that plays anywhere.
PHOTOThe same iOS app can animate a still photo into a longer video. Pick the photo and say who or what moves and how. The video is ready in a minute or two. That part is paid. Live Photo to Video stays free.
Animate the photo instead
LIVE PHOTOThe iOS app goes the other way too. Trim any video to three seconds and save it to Photos as a Live Photo you can set on your Lock Screen. That is free as well.
How to turn a video into a Live PhotoThe MP4 is in Photos with the motion and the sound. Live Photo to Video is free.
Apple Photos does it too: open the Live Photo, tap the More button, then Save as Video. Apple puts that video in the Recently Saved album.
Use Video to Live Photo in the same Picto.Video iOS app. Add the video, trim it to three seconds and save it to Photos as a Live Photo. It is free.
