How to Use the Live Photo Feature on iPhone

This practical guide walks through how to use the live photo feature on iPhone, explains the main requirements, and highlights common issues that may appear along the way.

1 .  How to take a Live Photo

To take a photo using Live Photo mode , go to Camera app on your phone > Select Live mode as shown and press the capture button.

Go to Camera and choose Live mode to take Live Photo

2 .  Enable and disable Live Photo sound

Step 1 : Go to the Photos app > Select the Live Photos folder .

Go to Live Photos to turn on and off the sound

Step 2 : Select a photo taken with Live mode and choose Edit .

Step 3 : Select Live mode > Click the speaker icon to mute the sound ( gray )> Select Done .

To turn on the sound, you can do the same as above so that the Speaker icon will turn yellow again .

3 .  Place the main photo

In Live mode , move the white frame in the frame viewer and select Set as main photo > select Done .

4 .  Create still images

Click the Live button at the top of the screen to turn off the Live feature> Select Done to make the Live Photo a still image.

5 .  Crop Live Photo

You shorten either end of the frame viewer retaining the desired image> Select Done .

6 .  Add effects to Live Photo

You can select the picture  mode Live Photo and swipe up on > Select the effects desired.

Apple offers 3 effect options as follows:

- Repeat : Repeat the action in a continuous loop video.

- Bounce : Rewind the action back and forth.

- Long Exposure : Exposure Simulation similar effect by blurring motion.

Hopefully with the above instructions, you can easily perform the same operations with Live Photo. Thank you for watching and see you in the following articles.