I keep LivePhoto “On” because it sometimes catches something fun. Now I’m wondering, how can I send a LivePhoto as layers to either Affinity Photo or Photoshop on iPadOS?
AFAIK, the HEIF is a container format and I have no use for each of these frames showing up in my Photos Library. However, I did notice that for a series I recently shot, there are a lot of out-of-focus frames and then others that are more or less in focus. Also a few frames contains a bird flying by that I want to include with a sharp version of the actual subject.
Granted, for this one image, I can absolutely do this manually, but was thinking that when I get home to my big StudioMonitor, it would be neat to really review my favorite frame from a LivePhoto-burst, and not just trust Apple to do it.
I believe HEIC/HEIF are open formats so they shouldn’t be incumbered by Apple restrictions to access the contents. I have tried “Import” and “Open from Files”, but I can’t get more than then “poster” frame to import.
A bit convoluted, but if on a Mac you export a live photo as “Export unmodified original” you get two files - a static HEIC image and a MOV movie file.
In a pinch, I’ve opened the MOV file in a video editor and exported the frame I wanted to a still.
(It’s a single click in Adobe Premiere, which I already use, so a simple process for some of us)
Having a play with the tools recommended in that thread I linked, I think this is the right answer. The heif-convert tool offers a single output or tiled output. I thought maybe it referred to the individual images in the container as tiles, but no I got 16 pieces of the original image out!
