Take Moving Pictures to Bring Photos to Life
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Take Moving Pictures to Bring Photos to Life

When you want to capture a photo-worthy moment, but do not feel sure about when to touch the shutter button, you can use the Moving picture feature.

Take Moving Pictures

  1. Go to Camera > Photo and touch to enable Moving picture, or go to Camera > More and select Moving picture (depending on your device model).

  2. Touch the shutter button to shoot.

Play Moving Pictures

Moving pictures are saved in JPG format in Gallery.

Go to Gallery > Albums > Camera , touch a moving picture, then touch at the top of the picture to view it.

The moving picture will automatically stop after a complete playback. You can also touch the screen to stop the playback.

Edit Moving Pictures

After taking a moving picture, you can set the cover, edit the picture, or save any frame of the moving picture as a static photo.

  1. Open Gallery, touch the moving picture that you want to edit, then touch .

  2. Touch Smart to:

    • Set the cover: Your phone recommends the best frames, which are indicated by crown icons. Select your desired frame and touch Set as cover to set it as the cover, which is indicated by a dot over the frame.

    • Edit the picture: After setting the frame to be edited as the cover frame, touch Auto or De-mist in Smart. Your phone will then automatically optimize the picture for you.

      If you want to apply more than one of the aforementioned features to the photo, touch each time you apply a feature.

  3. After you have finished editing the picture, touch to save it as prompted. You can also save the picture as a new moving photo in the original photo album.

To save one of the frames in the moving picture as a static photo, touch , set the frame as the cover frame, edit the frame using features with the exception of Smart (such as filters), then touch . The cover frame will be saved as a static photo.

Save a Moving Picture as a GIF File or Video

To save a moving picture as a GIF file or video, touch the moving picture in the album, touch , then select Save as video or Save as GIF.

Share Moving Pictures

You can share moving pictures with Huawei or Honor devices using various methods, such as Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth, or Huawei Share.

Go to Gallery > Albums > Camera , touch and hold to select the moving pictures you want to share, then touch to share them.

If you share moving pictures to third-party apps or incompatible devices, moving pictures will be displayed as static images.

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