How do I turn a Live Photo into a regular photo?

Easiest on iPhone: pick your Live Photo directly on this page — iOS hands over its full-resolution still and you download a JPG in one step. If you want a different moment than the still, open the Live Photo in Photos, tap Share → Save as Video, and bring that video here to scrub and export any frame. If you do this often, the Liveify iOS app exports the original still from a Live Photo in one tap, with no detour.

Is the exported photo the original full-resolution still?

When you upload your Live Photo directly, the JPG here is built from the full-resolution key photo inside the pair (the HEIC, typically 12 to 48 MP). If you instead uploaded a video saved from the Live Photo, the frame's resolution matches that video (typically 1080p-class). For the original still at full quality with one tap, the iOS app reads the Live Photo natively.

Why would I convert a Live Photo to a still picture?

The usual reasons: sending it to someone on Android (a Live Photo arrives as a video or doesn't move at all), printing it, using it as a profile picture, editing it in an app that doesn't support Live Photos, or posting where only plain images are accepted. Converting also lets you keep a different moment than the cover iOS chose.

Can I choose which moment becomes the photo?

Yes — that's the point of doing it here instead of letting iOS flatten it. Scrub through the whole motion and export any frame. The sharpness meter updates as you drag, so you can land on the crispest moment instead of guessing.

Is my Live Photo uploaded to a server?

No. The video is decoded and the frame is captured locally in your browser. Nothing is sent anywhere, and no copy remains on a server afterward.

Does the exported photo have a watermark?

No. The image you download is clean — nothing stamped on it, and no account needed to try it.

Can I convert a Live Photo to a photo on Android or Windows?

Yes. Once the Live Photo is saved as a video (or sent to you as one), the frame grab runs in any modern browser, on Android, Windows, Mac, or iPhone itself.

What about Android Motion Photos?

A Samsung or Google Motion Photo also embeds a short video — export or share it as a video first, then use this page the same way to pull a still frame out of it.

Convert Live Photo to Photo

Turn an iPhone Live Photo into a regular still picture — right in your browser, nothing uploaded. Upload the Live Photo directly for its full-resolution still, or pick the exact moment you want from the motion.

Upload your Live Photo directly. When you pick a Live Photo here, iPhone hands the browser the full-resolution still photo (HEIC) — no saving needed. For a different moment than the still, save it as a video first (Photos → ••• → Save as Video) and upload that instead.

Drop your file here, or click to browse

Everything runs in your browser — your files are never uploaded.

MP4 · MOV · M4V · HEIC · JPG · PNG · ≤ 120s · ≤ 100 MB

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You can grab the still or a frame right here. On iPhone, the Liveify app exports the original full-resolution photo in one tap and creates Live Photos from videos.

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Live Photo to Photo

Get the still out of a Live Photo, at the moment you actually want

A Live Photo is two files in one: a full-resolution still picture and about three seconds of motion. Sharing one to an Android phone, a chat app, or a printer usually flattens it to whatever frame iOS picked as the cover — which is rarely the moment you wanted. Converting a Live Photo to a plain photo yourself means you choose the frame: the smile, the mid-jump peak, the one where everyone's eyes are open.

On an iPhone, picking your Live Photo on this page hands the browser the full-resolution still it contains (a HEIC photo), and this page turns that straight into a clean JPG. Want a different moment than the still? Save the Live Photo as a video first — Photos → Share → Save as Video — then drop that video in here and scrub to any frame, with a sharpness meter to help you find the crispest one. Everything runs on your own device, so the photo never leaves your hands.

Your Live Photo, as a normal picture

Pick the frame, keep the quality, share it anywhere.

Any frame, not just the cover

iOS picks the cover frame for you; here you scrub the whole motion and export the exact moment you want as a still photo.

A sharpness meter built in

As you scrub, a live sharpness score flags the crispest frames, so the photo you keep is the one that's actually in focus.

Shares everywhere a Live Photo can't

A plain JPG opens on Android, in chat apps, on photo printers, and in editors that don't understand Apple's Live Photo format.

Never leaves your device

The frame is decoded locally in your browser. Your Live Photo isn't uploaded, and no copy sits on a server afterward.

One tap in the iOS app

Prefer your phone? The Liveify app exports the original full-resolution still from a Live Photo in a single tap — no browser, no upload — and creates Live Photos from videos.

Free, no watermark

The photo you export is clean and yours — no stamp, no signup needed to try it, no catch.

How it works

Turn a Live Photo into a photo in three steps

From a Live Photo on your iPhone to a still JPG you can share anywhere.

Upload your Live Photo — or its video

On iPhone, picking your Live Photo here uploads its full-resolution still (HEIC) directly — no saving needed. For a different moment than the still, save it as a video first and drop that in instead.

It never leaves your device

The still or the saved video is decoded on your own device — nothing is uploaded anywhere.

Get your JPG

Uploaded a still? It becomes a clean JPG right away. Used a video? Drag through the motion, land on a crisp frame with the sharpness score, and download it as a JPG, PNG, or WebP.

Live Photo to Photo — FAQ

Skip the detour — one tap on iPhone

The Liveify app exports the original full-resolution still from any Live Photo in a single tap, right inside Photos.

Download on the App Store Live Photo to Video