One effective way to share the animation captured in your Live Photos is by sending them as animated GIFs, a method often available within messaging applications. This ensures that the dynamic aspect of your Live Photo is viewable by a wider audience, regardless of the recipient's device or app compatibility with the native Live Photo format.
Sending Live Photos as Animated GIFs
Live Photos capture a few seconds of video and sound before and after you take a picture, bringing your still images to life. When you want to share this animation with others, converting the Live Photo to a GIF is a popular approach.
Steps to Send Live Photos as GIFs (Based on Reference)
Follow these steps, which are often applicable in messaging apps that integrate with your photo library, to convert and send your Live Photos as animated GIFs:
- Access Photo Attachment: In the messaging app where you want to send the photo, look for the attachment options, typically represented by a “+” icon. Tap this icon, usually found in the bottom left-hand corner of the message composition screen, to add media.
- Select Your Live Photo: Navigate through your photo library within the app and choose the specific Live Photo you wish to send. The reference notes you can select "the Live Photo you just edited," implying you can use recent or modified Live Photos.
- Initiate Animation/Option Selection: After selecting the Live Photo, you may need to interact with the image preview to reveal sending options. The reference describes this action: "Press and hold on the screen; 3D Touch will ensure the pic is animated." This interaction (using 3D Touch on supported devices or a similar long-press gesture) helps in previewing the Live Photo's animation and typically brings up different ways to send the media.
- Choose GIF Format: Among the available sending options that appear after pressing and holding, "Select as a GIF". This option instructs the application to convert the Live Photo's short video loop into an animated GIF file.
- Send Your Message: With the GIF format selected, proceed to send your message. The animated GIF created from your Live Photo will be sent to your recipient.
Sending your Live Photos as GIFs using this method is a practical way to ensure the animation plays automatically and is compatible across various devices and platforms that support the GIF format.
