Live photos in imovie

I imported photos i believe with "image capture" to a folder of my choosing. The 3 second movie clips were .MOV files with the same number-name as the photo. I was able to put them in iMovie and eventually get it to work. The clips were much more "stop action" looking than regular video, but I still used them. My other problem was solved as I found 2 hidden black frames in some separate video clips, there is a you tube video about this. You have to export the movie as a mp4 or something, when it stops early, find the partial exported file, watch at what point it end. Then go back into the iMovie editor and search frame by frame at the time your fragment video ended, there will be a black frame, i deleted .1 seconds of the video with that frame in it. Then was able to export until i found another frame that was black and did it again. there was a noticeable to me only jump in final movie where the missing black frame was removed.

Thanks @whatlion. I appreciate the detail. A couple of additional points:

1) your solution only works in iMovie on the Mac, I guess, not iMovie on the IOS device. I still don't have a way to import the Live Photo 3 second video into iMovie directly on the phone or iPad. If anyone else has a solution, let us know!

2) Your solution also works in Final Cut Pro X on the Mac.

3) if you have Final Cut Pro X, you can use Optical Flow to smooth out the lower frame rate, info here.

Your answer was completely useless as it relates to the original question. Did you even read it? Are you a bot? Your link does not have any information about Live Photos.

Hi davidj123,

Importing your videos and pictures into iMovie is very easy! Please have look at this link for importing steps. iMovie (2013): Import from iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch If you run into any issues with importing some files, you can use this link to sort that out.

iMovie ‘11: Some video clips may not import into iMovie when using the Camera Import window

You can also start the project directly from your iOS device then import it to your Mac!! iMovie for Mac: Import a project from iMovie for iOS

These tips should have you using your Live photos taken on your iOS device in your iMovie projects in no time. Thank you for using Apple support communities to post your issue/question.

Have a lovely day.

Did you ever find a solution for this? I have the same issue. I found one movie making app (Quik) that will use Live Photos but it's not an Apple product.

I was able to use the live videos instead of the photo still, however can only watch it iTheater, can't share it to file for export due to rendering error.... Stupid Apple.

How did you import the 3 second moving clip?