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Photo tools · Live Photo Export

Make your photos move on your phone.

Choose the camera’s SD card: the photos that have a clip are found automatically and exported as iPhone Live Photos or Android motion photos. Files are processed on this device and never uploaded.

Export format

    After you choose the SD card, preview each photo and its clip here

    Turn live photos from your GR into photos that move in your phone’s library

    A GR with GRLife Pro installed and “Live photos” switched on saves, with every photo, a short piece of the live view from just before and after the shutter. This tool pairs each photo with its clip and exports them as an iPhone Live Photo or an Android motion photo.

    Three steps

    1. Choose the SD card.Put the camera’s card into your computer or phone and pick its root folder. Photos are in DCIM and clips in GRLIFE; the tool pairs them by shooting time.
    2. Pick the export format.Live Photo for iPhone and Mac, motion photo for Android, or both.
    3. Export.Export everything at once, or only some of the photos. The files are packed into one ZIP; once unzipped, the iPhone and Android files each sit in their own folder.

    FAQ

    Is my photo uploaded to a server?
    No. Reading, converting and packing all happen in your browser; the photos and clips never leave this device.
    Why export at all? Can’t I just copy the files from the card to my phone?
    The camera stores the clip and the photo separately, and a phone’s photo library can’t tell that they belong together. Exporting converts the clip to a video format phones understand and writes the pairing information they recognise, so the library shows the two as one photo that moves.
    Why is the clip less sharp than the photo, and silent?
    The clip records the live view, which is lower in resolution than the photo, and the camera records no sound. The photo itself is still the original the camera took, with its quality unchanged.
    How do I get them onto an iPhone?
    On a Mac, drag the exported pair of files (the JPG and the MOV with the same name) into Photos together. They become one Live Photo, which iCloud Photos then syncs to your iPhone. Sending the two files straight to an iPhone by AirDrop gives a separate photo and video, not a Live Photo.
    How do I get them onto an Android phone?
    Save the exported JPG (its name ends in MP) to your phone’s gallery as it is. Don’t send it through chat apps that compress pictures: the clip would be lost.
    Does exporting change the original files on the card?
    No. The photos and clips on the card stay as they are; the export makes new files. In the iPhone version of a photo, the camera maker’s notes are replaced by the pairing information; the rest of the shooting information is unchanged.