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Great use for live photos

redman042

redman042

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I am not sold on using the live photo feature on a regular basis, but I already came up with one good use. I took a live photo of my daughter looking serious and then smiling, and after a few attempts managed to capture the transition to a smile in a live photo. That is now my watch face on my Apple Watch. So every time I check the time, she smiles at me. I think that's pretty cool.

A typical live photo may not be all that interesting, but with a little planning you can get some nice ones.
 
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spazma7ik said:
Great use for live photos - have my girl completely clothed in the beginning of the shot and transition quickly to her fully nude. One long press away on my screen from the goods and everyone else is none the wiser to it!
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I shall do this also lol
 
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redman042 said:
I am not sold on using the live photo feature on a regular basis, but I already came up with one good use. I took a live photo of my daughter looking serious and then smiling, and after a few attempts managed to capture the transition to a smile in a live photo. That is now my watch face on my Apple Watch. So every time I check the time, she smiles at me. I think that's pretty cool.

A typical live photo may not be all that interesting, but with a little planning you can get some nice ones.
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I've got a toddler and I can't get the kid to sit still for 3 sec... ever.
 
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spazma7ik said:
Great use for live photos - have my girl completely clothed in the beginning of the shot and transition quickly to her fully nude. One long press away on my screen from the goods and everyone else is none the wiser to it!
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Creative. But will she do it?
 
redman042 said:
I am not sold on using the live photo feature on a regular basis, but I already came up with one good use. I took a live photo of my daughter looking serious and then smiling, and after a few attempts managed to capture the transition to a smile in a live photo. That is now my watch face on my Apple Watch. So every time I check the time, she smiles at me. I think that's pretty cool.

A typical live photo may not be all that interesting, but with a little planning you can get some nice ones.
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I was just thinking about how great this is going to be for your live wallpaper on your phone an doing something like your wife grabbing your daughters hand for the photo, or giving her a kiss, or a hug or what ever. So when you have your phone on it'll be a picture of them, but then you could also 3D touch and suddenly they are transitioning into the hug or whatever. Would be a nice way to bring a smile to your day.
 
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I was just thinking about how great this is going to be for your live wallpaper on your phone an doing something like your wife grabbing your daughters hand for the photo, or giving her a kiss, or a hug or what ever. So when you have your phone on it'll be a picture of them, but then you could also 3D touch and suddenly they are transitioning into the hug or whatever. Would be a nice way to bring a smile to your day.
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Agreed. And if you have the Apple Watch, it's a nice thing to see each time you glance at the time.
 
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wesk702 said:
I've got a toddler and I can't get the kid to sit still for 3 sec... ever.
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I tried taking Live Photos of my 18m/o grandson and he wouldn't even look at me. Too busy climbing on everything. So I got a few action shots without his face. Another day...
 
Wish I could post a few samples, but I don't think there's any way to do it.
 
spazma7ik said:
Great use for live photos - have my girl completely clothed in the beginning of the shot and transition quickly to her fully nude. One long press away on my screen from the goods and everyone else is none the wiser to it!
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going to have to see this to confirm its legit
 
Ok. This is going to make me keep my Apple watch. I now have my son walking towards me when I glance at the time.

THANK MAN!

This should have been mentioned as a huge feature!
 
So how do you utilize the live photo without an iPhone 6s? Say you transferred the live photos to another device, like a laptop?
 
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So how do you utilize the live photo without an iPhone 6s? Say you transferred the live photos to another device, like a laptop?
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If you're running El Capitan the live photo should work fine. Or....and here's a tricky bit....if the photo got there through iCloud Photo Library. Maybe Photostream would work but I've got that turned off now. If you take a live photo and it goes into Photos via iCloud Photo Library then it will stay a live photo and moves when you put your cursor over the thumbnail, or if you're viewing it as a single image when you put your cursor over the little LIVE icon in the bottom left.

I've read that if you use image capture to put the photo onto a Mac it splits the file into the JPG and the associated MOV files. If you copy a live photo out of Photos to another location it only copies the JPG. Currently I can't tell if they will be LIVE in iMessage on a Mac running El Cap since I've not sent one yet.
 
My Live Photos don't seem to animate on Watch. What am I missing?

Edit: Never mind, I was thinking that they might animate when you lifted your watch without a long press.
 
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Blowing birthday candles would be one of the perfect moments to capture with Live Photos.

Take a still, and you'll most likely miss the shot. Take it with burst, and you have to go thru them and often times the shot ends up with an awkward looking face. Take a video, but how often do you go back to watch a 10 second clip of someone blowing candles?

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