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How to get iPhone Live Photos down to a fine art, because it really is kinda hard
Video: Keith Hopkin, Noah Throop
When I talk to people about the Live Photos feature on the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus, they either have no idea what it is (even if they own an iPhone) or know that it exists but don't know how it functions or how to go beyond a blurry shot of a coffee cup.
It's not an exaggeration to say Live Photos transform the whole idea of photography, and people are still trying to figure them out. But that's not as hard as you might think.
See also: 12 hidden features in iOS 9
The core of a Live Photo is a still image, but it also records the a second and a half of video both before and after the snapshot for a 3-second snippet (it captures the 1.5 seconds before the shot by continuously recording a buffer that's never stored unless you tap the shutter). It's technically a video, but since it's so short it's really more like a cinemagraph, GIF or what Apple calls "living memories." Read more...
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