How to Edit Live Photos on iPhone/iPad in iOS 11

Updated Oct 10,2017 | by Niko

iOS 11 truly brings Apple users many new features and great upgrades. As one of the main highlights, now Live Photos in iOS 11 is livelier than ever, it ensures more expressive, creative and fun experience. iPhone’s Live Photos feature is a good way to keep the beautiful pictures alive and bring to life your memories.

Since iOS 10, you are allowed to edit Live Photos on your iPhone and iPad. But compared to iOS 10, the latest iOS 11 makes some obvious changes. So you may wonder how to edit Live Photos in iOS 11. Check this article, in which we’ll show you the step-by-step guide of how to edit Live Photos in iOS 11 on your iPhone.

Live Photos is a camera feature first available on iPhone 6s. It captures sound and movement to create moving pictures with a video-like effect. To take Live Photos on iPhone,

Open Camera app > photo mode > turn on Live Photos > hold iPhone still and tap the button to take Live Photos.

How to Edit Live Photos on iPhone in iOS 11

Follow these steps to edit Live Photos in iOS 11.

1. Change Key Live Photos in iOS 11

·         open Photos app > Live Photos album, and select the Live Photo you want to edit

·          tap the “Edit” at the top-right corner of the screen

·         scrub through the Live Photo, choose the preferred one and make it the new Key Photo

·         tap “Done” to save changes

In addition to setting new Key Live Photo, you are able to take advantages of filters, markup tool and etc. to edit Live Photos in iOS 11.

2. Trim Live Photos in iOS 11

·         Photos app > Live Photos album > choose the Live Photo you want to edit

·          tap the “Edit”

·         slide the left and right of the scrubber to tune the start and end points

·         tap “Done” to save changes

3. Turn Off Live Photos Sound in iOS 11

When you take Live Photos on your iPhone, it will capture the sound at the same time. How to turn off Live Photos sound in iOS 11?

·         go to Photos app > Live Photos album > choose the Live Photo

·         tap the “Edit”

·         find the sound button in the top-left corner of the screen, tap it to turn on/off the Live Photos sound

·         Done

4. Add Effect to Live Photos in iOS 11

·         Photos app > Live Photos album > select Live Photo

·         swipe up on the photo, and you can have 4 options: Live, Loop, Bounce and Long Exposure

·         choose your preferred effect

5. Revert Live Photos to Original in iOS 11

iOS 11 also allows you to revert Live Photos to original.

·         open Photos app > Live Photos album > choose the Live Photo

·         tap “Edit” > “Revert”

·         “Revert to Original” to confirm your option

In this way, the Live Photo will be reverted to the original instantly.

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