How to loop a picture on iphone

Every so often, an online video comes along that makes you want to play it on constant repeat. However, continually having to restart it manually quickly becomes tedious. What you need is a way for the video to auto-loop and replay itself without any interaction from you. Here’s how to loop a video on an iPhone.

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To loop a video on an iPhone, place the video in its own album in the Photos app. Staying in the album, drop down the options menu and choose Slideshow. Select the slideshow options and change the theme to origami, turn the music off and set the video to repeat. The video will now loop until you close it.

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How to play a video in a loop on your iPhone

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With the newer versions of iOS, Apple has slightly moved the positions of the settings you need to loop a video on the iPhone.

• Place the video you want to loop inside its own album in the Photos app. You can do this by selecting the video, tapping the Share menu, and selecting Add to Album.
• Choose to create a new album and place the video in there. The album name is irrelevant.

It’s essential you make the new album; otherwise, the iPhone will play ALL your videos in a loop, one after the other. Putting one video in its own album isolates it from the rest and ensures only that one will play and auto-loop.

Staying inside the album, tap the three-dot icon at the top-right of the screen.

The video will now start playing. Tap once on the screen, and an Options button appears at the bottom. Tap that.

• Change the Theme to Origami.
• The slideshow will have music playing over your video. To disable the music and hear the original video audio, switch Music to None.
• Toggle on the Repeat option.
• Tap Done at the top-right to save your options.

The video will now play and loop until you close it.

How to create a looping video on an iPhone by using Live Photos

You can also create a looping “video” by using a Live Photo in your Photos app. Since a Live Photo consists of a couple of seconds of movement on either side of the picture, that movement can be looped to create the illusion of a video.

Start by taking your photo (ensuring the Live Photo option is enabled). Alternatively, if you want to use an older photo, you can go to the Live Photos category in Albums to search for the image.

Drop down the small Live menu at the top left, and you’ll see a Loop option. Select that, and your photo will start looping.

Live Photos are nifty little moving clips in the form of photos. When you see one, just press and hold to watch it move and hear its sound. And since Live Photos are like tiny videos, you can do some cool things with them, like add effects.

If you want to make your Live Photo loop or bounce, you can easily do so on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Here, we’ll show you how.

Add a loop or bounce effect on iPhone and iPad

Open the Live Photo that you want to edit. You can select it from Live Photos on iPhone near the bottom of the Albums tab or under Media Types in the sidebar on iPad. Then follow these steps to add an effect.

On iOS 15

Starting with iOS 15, the steps to add effects to Live Photos have changed. Here’s how:

1. Open a Live Photo in the iPhone Photos app.
2. Tap the word “LIVE” from the top left.
3. Select Loop to create a video loop where it replays again and again. Or pick Bounce to make it rock back and forth, forward and in reverse. You can also try out Long Exposure, which creates a timing and movement effect.

On iOS 14 and earlier

1. With the Live Photo open, swipe up from the bottom of the screen.
2. You’ll see the Effects area directly beneath the photo.
3. Choose Loop, Bounce, or Long Exposure. Whichever effect you select will display on the top left, and it will be saved automatically.

Undo the effect

If you want to revert it to its original state, follow the same steps above and select Live in the Effects area below the photo.

Add a loop or bounce effect on Mac

Open the Live Photo that you want to use by selecting it from the Live Photos album in the left-hand sidebar. Then do the following to add an effect.

1. Click Edit on the top right.
2. At the bottom, click the Live drop-down box. Also, make sure that the Live Photo icon to the right is enabled (it will be highlighted in yellow).
3. Click to select Loop, Bounce, or Long Exposure.
4. When you finish, click Done on the top right.

Your Live Photo will be saved automatically with your changes.

Undo the effect

If you want to revert it to its original state, you can do this easily. Open the Live Photo, click Revert to Original at the top, and then Done. If you make other changes to the photo that you want to keep, just use the drop-down box and select Live as it was before you added the effect.

Live Photos can be a lot of fun. You get to see quick shots before and after the actual photo you capture. So why not make them more enjoyable with an effect like loop or bounce? Are you going to give it a try with one of your Live Photos? Let us know!

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