Live Photo Maker

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name: live-photo-maker description: Convert a local video into an iPhone-compatible Live Photo package (.pvt) for Apple Photos, lock-screen wallpaper use, or Live Photo sharing. Use when the user gives a short video and wants an iPhone-ready Live Photo or live wallpaper package.

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Live Photo Maker

1. Take a local video file as input. 2. If needed, make an optimized version for iPhone wallpaper use: - upscale gently with ffmpeg - keep portrait aspect ratio - avoid aggressive recompression unless necessary 3. Extract a high-quality cover frame as JPG. 4. Use makelive to build a .pvt Live Photo package from the JPG + video pair. 5. If the user needs chat delivery, package the .pvt bundle as ZIP because .pvt is a macOS package directory and many messengers cannot send it directly. 6. Explain that the ZIP should be unzipped on macOS and the .pvt imported into Photos.

Main features

turns a local video into an Apple Photos-importable Live Photo

can optimize video size for iPhone wallpaper use

generates a high-quality cover frame automatically

produces a .pvt package and optional ZIP for transfer

works well for iPhone lock-screen wallpaper workflows

Notes

Install missing dependencies yourself when safe: pipx, makelive, ffmpeg.

The video quality inside the Live Photo usually stays close to the source. Perceived softness is often caused by low source resolution or lock-screen scaling.

Prefer sending both the original Live package path and the ZIP when useful.

Install missing dependencies yourself when safe: pipx, makelive, ffmpeg.

The video quality inside the Live Photo usually stays close to the source. Perceived softness is often caused by low source resolution or lock-screen scaling.

Prefer sending both the original Live package path and the ZIP when useful.