Select a Single Frame from a Live Photo

Hi, I found a simple way though this by taking a screen shot with the image in Photos blown up to full screen. When you take a screenshot of your entire desk top with your Left hand Command-Shift & 3 (keep your finger off the 3 until you get the timing right) hover over the Live button and take the shot by pressing 3. Crop to either the original size (which will show the Live button small compared to your large image), or smaller.

I only have to do it a couple of times to get what I wanted which was a lot clearer than the blurry default. Its quite fast process, unless the the shot was shaky.

Hope that helps

So I should go digging thru all these responses? I think I agree with several of these comments, Apple should make it as easy as it is when using burst. It's all good, I turned live off. I'll use the other features.

Sent from my iPhone

You can hold the photo by placing your finger on the iPad to keep the earlier frame of the live photo and at the same time do a screenshot. It has worked well for me. The picture is not blurry. It takes a couple tries to time it right then you get the hang of it.

DrLawless wrote:

You can hold the photo by placing your finger on the iPad to keep the earlier frame of the live photo and at the same time do a screenshot. It has worked well for me. The picture is not blurry. It takes a couple tries to time it right then you get the hang of it.

Great except this forum is for Photos for the Mac and the question is over a year old, has been clearly answered and for the Mac so how it works on an iPad is non-responsive

LN

It's been in all the news, and Apple's own announcements, that Photos in iOS 11 will allow selecting a best image, and also turning your live photo into an animated GIF. So in just a couple of weeks you'll be able to do this without any extra software.

I found a hack that might help. This works best with the iPhone laying down. Try taking a screen shot while pressing on the screen to get the live photo to play. You might get some blurry images but you might get one you like.

Or do it the better way that has been posted here several times - How to Extract Still Frames from a Live Photo in Photos for Mac - total control and better quality than a cropped screen shot

LN

G'day Cindyjk,

Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.

I understand that you'd like to select the best frame from Live Photos you've imported into your MacBook Pro's Photos app. I use my iPhone to take pictures all the time and I can assist you.

At this time, it isn't possible to select individual frames on a Live Photo like you can with photo bursts.

Additional information about Live Photos can be found in the Photos Help manual.

Best Regards.

You can try the Live Photo into a still image, but not select a specific frame:

Change a Live Photo to a still image: Select the photo, then choose Image > Turn Off Live Photo. To restore the video later, select the photo and choose Image > Turn On Live Photo.

I believe that only captures the first frame of the Live Photo. When that frame is blurry, that's not the one you want to see.

The Live Photos are pairs of a full resolution still frame and the video taken 1.5 second before and after the still frame. Apple doesn't say so, but I expect the ""turn off live photo" command will extract this still frame.

I'm surprised this isn't a feature like burst. Seems like an oversight.

I just found this thread while trying to do the same thing.

I'm going to submit feedback, and would encourage others to do the same:

I may have this wrong, but won't the portion that's "video only" have much poorer resolution than the photo that's in the middle of it? Good for video, yes, but not the same as photo quality.

I'm not sure what resolution the video is shot at; but you are more than likely correct. Then again, my 1- and 3-year old little girls don't stay still well. I would much rather have a lower resolution good photo, then a high-resolution blur of movement that I end up deleting.