Your video montage is time-stamped with the oldest Live Photo.
This will bypass the Photos library.
Give your video a memorable name before choosing “Save.”
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A Live Photo saved as a looping or bouncing video can beeffortlessly turned into an animated GIFthat plays repeatedly.
A message appears in an overlay to indicate that your Live Photos are being processed.
Depending on how many Live Photos you’ve selected, this may take a few seconds.
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Your Live Photos will be collated into a contiguous video, found in Albums > Videos.
Next, touch and hold the photo’s subject until the outline animates and the bubble menu appears.
Choose “Add Sticker” from the menu.
kick off the shortcut link on your iPhone and choose “Get Shortcut.”
The shortcut is added to your library.
This opens the camera roll.
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You’ll see a notification when the conversion has finished.
The shortcut will save the Live Photo as a video file at the end of your camera roll.
bring up the Photos app and go to your Recents album to find the saved video.
Now return to the “Shortcuts” tab.
Here, select “All Shortcuts” at the top and hit the Make GIF shortcut to launch it.
This brings up the Photos picker; navigate to the Live Photo you want and tap it.
The selected Live Photo converts into an animated GIF, and you see a preview.
Hit “Done” to secure your GIF in the Photos app.
In the GIPHY editor, there are tools to add text and effects to your GIF.
If this is your first time using GIPHY, grant the app permission to use the camera.
The Live Photo will play in the editor.
Use the tools to add any effects or text.
you could also tap the “Cut” icon to trim the GIF.
When done editing the image, tap the “Next” button.
Choose “Share GIF.”
You now see two options: “Save Video” and “Save GIF.”
You’ll see a compose window with the Live Photo turned into an auto playing GIF.
For Instagram, you’re free to boomerang a Live Photo without conversion.
But what about Facebook and other apps that don’t support posting animated Live Photos?
Don’t worry, there’s a workaround.
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