Comment on A bride to be discovers a reality bending mistake in Apple's computational photography

• KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That isnt the point of a Live Photo, that’s just a “feature.” Similar to how YouTube lets you choose a thumbnail for a video, but that’s not really the point of YouTube.

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  • locuester@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Per Apple support:

    With Live Photos, your iPhone records what happens 1.5 seconds before and after you take a picture. Then you can pick a different key photo, add a fun effect, edit your Live Photo, and share with your family and friends.

    So it’s actually the first example of what Live Photo is for.

    If you didn’t even know about this, don’t feel bad. I’m an Apple fanboy and my daughter just showed me that it allowed you to do this “different key photo” last month. Kids are good for that.

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    • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m aware that’s it’s possible, but that isn’t part of the onboarding or anything. What I mean is, it’s an addon. It was never part of the original iteration, which was just “look moving Harry Potter photos.”

      It’s a gimmick that doesn’t even work cross device, because it’s literally just a short video.

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      • locuester@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’m not following where you’re coming from. Are you just going to hate on it?

        Because v1 of something didn’t have a feature, it means it should be discounted from discussion?

        There’s several neat things about Live Photos, and the arguably nearest thing is being able to change the key frame. Unintended side effect of this feature apple included, maybe. But that’s not relevant.

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