For the shutterbugs out there using iPhones, here’s some cheer. Google has launched ‘Motion Stills’ – an indigenous app that offers support to ‘Live Photos’ – an image capturing option available on the current generation iPhones. The app will help capture the Live Photos with required stability, & generate high-quality GIFs & video clips, in a shareable format.
After announcing storage support for iPhone Live Photos a while ago, Google has now launched Motion Stills to assist users in capturing & processing of Live Photos. The app primarily renders 2 functions: it stabilizes the camera movements while using the Live Photos, & it enables creating high-quality GIF images or video montage clips from the original Live Photos. Users can share these pictures & videos through SMS, email or other social apps.
Developed by Google researchers Ken Conley & Matthias Grundmann, the app aims at providing superior visual outputs by using smart techniques & algorithms. It uses the linear programming technique which is instrumental in bringing stability while capturing the images. The app also incorporates an algorithm which isolates the foregrounds while editing, so as to stabilize the backgrounds & deliver a greater, cleaner & more immersive, “cinematic-style” output. It also uses real time GPU rendering & loop optimization techniques to further advance the final GIFs. Images apart, users can also create montage videos by combining these images.
Motion Stills works on all iPhones with Live Photos feature. The app does not need data connection; it works in-device & simply needs an access to the Live Photo library, so users can use it without the Internet, all thanks to the vast experience of Google with its platforms like YouTube & Google Photos. The GIFs & videos can be directly shared on Instagram, which is not possible with Live Photos. The app is free to download from the iOS app store. A Google account is not required to use this app.
Live Photos was launched by Apple last year within its 6s & 6s Plus models, making it possible to have a total of 3 seconds of audio & video capture, before & after clicking the object picture. However, the major issue was stability during image capture. Google did not support Live Photos until March 2016, when it announced the Google Photos with a supportive framework for the storage of Live Photos.
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