Live Photos is the Apple-designed system that debuted six years ago, coinciding with the arrival of the iPhone 6s when it arrived in 2015. A system that allows the user to record seconds before and after pressing the shutter to get a picture. with animation enabled by default in the photo library. A typical iOS option which, however, also It is available on Android, although in a different way.
Android as such does not offer a similar function and they are already the different manufacturers who offer similar solutions but with different names. Samsung with Moving Photos, Xiaomi with Live Shot or the Pixel are good examples. And if not, it is always possible to use third-party applications.
Move photos in Makers
They are few, but some manufacturers integrate or have integrated cameras into their applications an option to take animated photos to which each has given its own name. Google with the Pixel and before with the Nexus 6P, or even Samsung and Xiaomi are good examples.
Moving photos in pixels
In the case of having a Pixel, you are in luck because Google launches “Motion Photos” feature. Just go to the Google Camera app then “Motion”. Once done, we can identify it if the icon with the play symbol appears at the top.
We can choose the blur effect we are going to use. Swiping up opens the photo info panel and if it has motion you can see all the frames and choose the one that convinces you the most or even create a long exposure effect.
On Samsung and Xiaomi
For some Samsung models, the “Animated Photo” option appears. It does not appear on all models or at least on Android 11 and allows you to record a few seconds before pressing the shutter button. It is the same function as Live Shot in Xiaomi, although in these two cases it is necessary to qualify that does not appear in all versions of your personalization layers.
Apps in Google Play Store
Another option is through use third-party apps and in this sense, in the Google Play Store we have different possibilities. Paid and free applications to choose the one that best suits our needs
Animated pictures
We start with a Google app like Motion Stills. It is very easy to use. Just pull the flap and the camera app will record a short 5 second video which we can then view in the gallery and apply effects that allow us to cut the video, create a loop or set a fast forward of the image.
Animated pictures
3D Phogy Camera
It’s not exactly a Live Photos-style motion picture, but Phogy 3D Camera offers something curious. Instead of creating a small video clip, with this application we create a kind of 3D image using the mobile’s sensors and moving the mobile around the object.
The application will save these photos and join them to show you the result in a kind of 3D that changes with the tilt of the mobile. The result can be shared as an MP4 video.
Hey, 3D camera
GIF me!
GIF me! It is another of the alternatives that we find for taking pictures in motion and, as the name suggests, it focuses on makes it easy to create animated GIFs from small fragments of recorded video.
GIF me! is responsible for recording what is happening for a few seconds, but instead of the video, it does so by taking a succession of photos for a few seconds which are then put together in a Animated GIF with a duration of 0.71 seconds. We can then loop it, speed it up, or share it with other apps in GIF and MP4 format.
Gif me! Camera – GIF Maker
Stop Life Motion Maker
It’s not exactly a Live Photo, but Life Lapse Stop Motion Maker lets you achieve a similar result. It is an application that focuses on easy to create animated photos with which to later create a stop motion.
Adjustments that affect focus, white balance, exposure lock, ghosting, frame rate, or timers can be applied. share the result with other applications.
Life Stop Motion Mark
GifCam
Another app that interprets Live Photos in its own way is GifCam. Allows you to take photos either in burst mode or manually one by one, with a maximum of 60 images. The goal of this app is to make it easy to create animated GIFs, in true GIF Me style.
Once the animation is complete, we can apply a series of filters to customize and share the result in GIF format on social networks such as Facebook or Twitter and in messaging applications such as WhatsApp or Telegram.
GifCam – GIF Maker-Editor, Vid
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