Any video,
a real Live Photo.
Pick a video from your library, trim it down to the perfect moment, choose your thumbnail frame, and save it as a real Live Photo — complete with the long-press animation you know and love. Now convert up to 20 videos at once with Batch Export.
Land on the perfect frame.
Drag handles to trim up to 3 seconds of footage. An overview timeline lets you quickly navigate through long videos so you never have to scrub frame by frame. Videos stored in iCloud start playing instantly — no waiting for downloads.
Drag the keyframe marker through your trimmed clip to pick the still that becomes your Live Photo thumbnail.
Camera footage straight to Live Photo.
Browse videos from external drives, SD cards, and folders — perfect for turning camera footage into Live Photos without importing to your photo library first. Your selected folder is remembered between sessions.
Convert many videos at once.
Turn a whole vacation album into Live Photos in a single tap — up to 20 videos per batch. Swipe across thumbnails to multi-select (just like Photos), pick one trim length and cover frame for the whole batch, and let MakeLive do the rest.
Batches keep running in the background, and if the app is killed mid-run the queue is saved — you'll be prompted to resume where you left off. Failed jobs stay in the queue so you can retry them one tap.
- Up to 20 videos per batch
- Swipe-to-select multiple thumbnails
- One trim length & cover-frame setting for the whole batch
- Runs in background · resumes after app relaunch
- Works with Photos library and external folders / SD cards
- Saves every result directly to your Photo Library
Four taps to a perfect Live Photo.
1. Pick a video
Any video from your Photos library. iCloud videos start playing instantly — no waiting for downloads.
2. Trim precisely
Drag handles to trim up to 3 seconds (10s with Extended Trim). Overview timeline for long videos.
3. Pick the thumbnail
Drag the keyframe marker to the exact frame you want frozen as your still.
4. Save
Long-press to preview, then save as a proper Live Photo to your library — with the animation and everything.
Small app. Everything you need.
Just 1 MB. No accounts. No ads. No tracking.
- Any video from your photo library
- Precise trim up to 3s (10s with Extended Trim)
- Batch Export up to 20 videos at once
- Overview timeline for long videos
- Pick the exact thumbnail frame
- Preview before saving with long-press
- Import from external drives & SD cards
- Folder selection remembered between sessions
- Background batch processing with resume
- Step-by-step Live Photo creation progress
- Configurable default trim length (0.5s–10s)
- Settings & restore purchases
- English & Simplified Chinese
- Saves as a proper Apple Live Photo
One purchase. Every Pro feature.
Buy each upgrade on its own, or get all three in the MakeLive Pro bundle and save.
Extended Trim
Stretch your Live Photos from 3 seconds up to 10 seconds for the longer moments.
$2.99 · one‑time
Folder Access
Import from external drives, SD cards and folders without routing through Photos first.
$2.99 · one‑time
Batch Export
Convert up to 20 videos to Live Photos in a single run, with background processing.
$2.99 · one‑time
MakeLive Pro — all three, $5.99
Folder Access + Extended Trim + Batch Export in one purchase. Save vs. buying separately ($8.97). Non‑subscription — pay once, keep forever.
Get MakeLive Pro — $5.99Shareable memories, camera footage, and more.
Turn camera footage from an SD card into a Live Photo you can share or revisit with the long-press animation. Capture the peak of the action from a long clip. Share the exact moment — not just a still.
Specs
- Free download
- Category — Photo & Video
- Platforms — iPhone & iPad
- Requires — iOS 17.0 or later
- Size — 1 MB
- Languages — EN, 简体中文
- IAP — Extended Trim $2.99
- IAP — Folder Access $2.99
- IAP — Batch Export $2.99
- IAP — MakeLive Pro bundle $5.99 (all three)
Make something live.
MakeLive is free to download with all core features included.
Download on the App Store