Live Photo Maker
Turn any video or GIF into a real Apple Live Photo — free and online. Drop in a clip, pick the seconds you want, and download a paired photo + video that saves straight into your iPhone Photos as a Live Photo you can set as a live wallpaper. Everything runs locally in your browser: no app to install, no upload, no watermark.
Drop a video or GIF here or click to upload
MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV or GIF — up to 200MB. Converted locally in your browser.
One Tool, Every Live Photo Conversion
The same maker handles both directions people search for — converting a video to a Live Photo and turning an animated GIF into a Live Photo.
Convert Video to Live Photo
Turn an MP4, MOV, WebM or MKV clip into a Live Photo from video. Pick the exact start second and length (up to 5s), and the maker builds the paired still photo and motion file your iPhone expects — perfect for saving a memory or making a live wallpaper from a video.
GIF to Live Photo
Convert a GIF to a Live Photo in one step — no app needed. Any animated GIF becomes a press-and-hold Live Photo you can keep in your library or set as an animated Lock Screen. It's the easiest way to turn a favorite GIF into an iPhone live wallpaper.
A Live Photo Maker That Does Real Pairing
Most sites hand you a video and wish you luck. This maker writes the same Apple Content Identifier into both files — the exact pairing an iPhone uses — so Photos recognizes them as one genuine Live Photo.
Real Apple Live Photo Pairing
The photo and video are stamped with a matching Apple Content Identifier, just like photos captured on an iPhone. Save them together and Photos merges them into a true Live Photo — not a plain video.
Video and GIF Input
Convert video to Live Photo (MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV) or GIF to Live Photo with the same tool. Whatever the clip came from — your camera roll, a screen recording, a GIF you love — it works.
Trim to the Perfect Loop
Live Photos play for a few seconds, so choose the exact start time and length (1–5s) before converting. Around 3 seconds matches what an iPhone captures natively and loops most smoothly.
Wallpaper-Ready Quality
Output is sharp H.264 up to 1080p on the short side — crisp enough for a Lock Screen live wallpaper without producing a bloated file that's slow to move to your phone.
100% Private, In Your Browser
The whole conversion runs locally using your browser's own hardware encoder (with a built-in fallback), so your video is never uploaded. Nothing is stored on a server.
Free with No Watermark
Make as many Live Photos as you want — no signup, no credits, no watermark, and no app to install on your phone.
HOW TO
How to Make a Live Photo
Upload a Video or GIF
Drag and drop an MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV or GIF, or click to select one. The conversion happens in your browser — your file is never uploaded to a server.
Pick the Seconds You Want
Choose a start time and a length up to 5 seconds. The maker converts that segment into a Live Photo video plus a matching still photo, paired the way Apple expects.
Download and Save to iPhone
Download the ZIP, open it in the Files app on your iPhone, select both files and save them to Photos. They appear as one Live Photo, ready to use as a live wallpaper.
How to Save Your Live Photo on iPhone
- Download the ZIP from this page and open it on your iPhone — AirDrop it, or grab it straight from Safari's Downloads. Tap the ZIP in the Files app to unzip it.
- Inside the unzipped folder you'll see two files with the same name: a .JPG (the still) and a .MOV (the motion). Tap Select and choose both.
- Tap the Share icon and choose "Save 2 Images" (or Save to Photos). iOS reads the matching identifiers and imports them as one Live Photo.
- Open the Photos app — press and hold the photo to see it play. To use it as a live wallpaper, tap Share → Use as Wallpaper, or add it from Settings → Wallpaper.
Tip: if the two files save as separate items, make sure you selected both files in the same Save action — the pairing only happens when they're imported together.
What People Make Live Photos From
Anything short and looping makes a great Live Photo — here's what gets converted most.
Turn a favorite clip or GIF into a Lock Screen that animates when you press it — clouds drifting, waves rolling, a pet mid-zoomies.
Animate a still photo with AI on this site, then convert the result into a Live Photo so it plays right inside your camera roll.
Clip the best three seconds of a longer video — a birthday wish, a first step — and keep it in Photos as a press-and-hold moment.
That perfect reaction GIF or anime loop becomes a Live Photo you can actually keep in your library instead of a file buried in chats.
GIFs and clips of pets loop beautifully as Live Photos — and they make the best live wallpapers.
Short bursts of motion — a chorus, a firework, a goal — feel more alive as a Live Photo than as a frame-frozen still.
FAQ
Live Photo Maker FAQ
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Free Live Photo tool • No watermark • Runs in your browser