I can see this catching on, the way .pages & .numbers & .aac files caught on outside the Apple ecosystem.
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Live Photos Called 'Best New Feature,' Composed of Separate JPG and MOV Files
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Welcome to the "magic" of modern video compression. Video would take up faaar too much space if it was stored just as a sequence of still images. Just think about it.
I think it's a gimmick, but a nice one, and sometimes there's nothing wrong with a nice gimmick.
Really who cares about live photo - I wouldn't trade 2GB RAM for this
The denial that Apple hasn't copied other technologies already in existence.. Always a treat. .
Looking forward to playing with this on Friday. I am wondering if we can use the live pictures as part of the new picture face on the watch? Anyone know?
The additional frames only pay attention to the differences. If it's me standing in front of a building it doesn't need 45 copies of the building, only the parts of me moving need to be saved.
Shoot some video on your camera. Shoot 30 seconds of your backyard but just leave the camera sitting there. Then shoot 30 seconds in the backyard (without much moving in the background), but constantly move the camera around (just spin in circles), you'll have drastically different file sizes even though it's the same quality and same length. The still video should compress much smaller, you could even try shooting the still shot but walk in front of the camera a few times or just stand there and talk, it'll be bigger than the still video but still smaller than the wildly moving one...
Gary
HTC zoe.. They even put it up on the play store for other devices to have as well..
How are live photos played on a normal iPhone 6 ? Can they be set as a wallpaper?
Reminds of the gimmick comments on MR right before Touch ID was released.
I don't think in the end anybody particularly cares who came up with a new thing first -- it's more important who does it best and makes it the easiest to use. Remember before the iPod how there was the Creative Nomad, and the Archos Jukebox and so on? No, nobody does.
The examples they posted on WJS.com were just awful. Whoever took them was trying to use it like a Vine video or something.
I think the trick to taking effect Live Photos is to downplay the motion at the beginning and end. Maybe just catch an eye blink or head turn or something like that.
I think the trick to taking effect Live Photos is to downplay the motion at the beginning and end. Maybe just catch an eye blink or head turn or something like that.
This phrase is confusing, to say the least. When I take a picture, I press the button the exact moment I want to take it. There's no way the software can know 1.5 seconds ahaed that I am going to press it a little bit later, and start recording...
So the right description would be: the iPhone captures a time span of 3 seconds from the moment you press the button, and chooses the frame in the middle as "the picture"... (which is not necesseraly the one moment that I wanted to capture)...
So the right description would be: the iPhone captures a time span of 3 seconds from the moment you press the button, and chooses the frame in the middle as "the picture"... (which is not necesseraly the one moment that I wanted to capture)...
I'm kind of stoked. I mean, it seems _fun_, and me and my wife and my Mom and a few other friends and family get a more interesting experience when sharing photos.
As was pointed out, when Apple publishes the API, I bet it gets support from the major social and photo sharing sites (FB, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Flickr, PhotoBucket etc..)
Clearly the Rose Gold color trumps Touch, 12MP 4k camera, and 2GB RAM *and* Live Photos ...
At least that's what my wife said
Absolutely.
I'd like to see a Photos option where you could store just the JPG portion (i.e., extract that during sync) - I'm sure somebody will write a plugin, extension, that will do just that.
As was pointed out, when Apple publishes the API, I bet it gets support from the major social and photo sharing sites (FB, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Flickr, PhotoBucket etc..)
Clearly the Rose Gold color trumps Touch, 12MP 4k camera, and 2GB RAM *and* Live Photos ...
At least that's what my wife said
Absolutely.
I'd like to see a Photos option where you could store just the JPG portion (i.e., extract that during sync) - I'm sure somebody will write a plugin, extension, that will do just that.
It constantly records on a loop before you press the capture button. So it does "know" ahead of time. And when u press the shutter, it takes that exact moment as the photo. It also saves the last 1.5 seconds before you pressed and 1.5 seconds after you pressed.
arn
If you read the explanation, it states that it is recording even before you press the button.
Edit - arn is too fast on the trigger
Except I believe it works by maintaining a buffered video stream of ~1.5 seconds, so it has the moment _before_ you take the photo available, then if you snap a photo it commits that 1.5 seconds to storage as part of the file (not unlike a DVR).
If with iPhone you mean iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, Instagram, and Facebook, then you are correct at the moment. But like Facebook, other social media sites may also support it.
Is this a gimmick? Yes! Am I gonna like this? Yes, because I love photography. Will people gonna like it? Absolutely! This is like the easiest GIF you can make and the quality is much better. I'm more excited people get creative and copy their ideas. And copying other peoples idea and improving is never been a bad thing.
Thanks for this explanation. So to make it perfectly clear: I first use a 3D force touch to trigger the recording, and then I capture the actual picture with another press on the capture button? So I have to press twice, once hard and once "normal"? Looking forward to try this out in our local Apple Store once it will be available in Switzerland.
Well, if they used a Samsung image then people would wonder why Apple was using a picture of the iPhone