Make Your Own Live Wallpaper on iPhone Using Videos or Photos

Make Your Own Live Wallpaper on iPhone Using Videos or Photos.

Do you prefer animated photos to still images for your iPhone wallpaper? Luckily, iOS has built-in support for live wallpapers. So if you’re using an iPhone 6s or later (i.e. iPhone 12), you can quickly set any Live Photo to display on your lock screen and home screen.

However, unlike standard dynamic wallpapers, Live Photos only animate on the lock screen. But they still help add some personality to your iPhone, and there are plenty of options.

If you already have a Live Photo image, setting it up as a Live Wallpaper on your iPhone is very easy. But if you want to use a GIF or a video clip, you must first convert it to a Live Photo.

Note. The first and second-generation iPhone SE models do not support live wallpapers. The same applies to all iPad models.

Use GIPHY to Convert GIFs and Videos to the Live Photo Format

GIPHY is a huge online GIF database and search engine that offers a free iPhone app that you can use to download any animated image as a Live Photo. In addition, it allows you to edit, upload and re-upload your own GIFs and videos as custom live wallpapers.

You can install GIPHY through the iPhone App Store. Once you’re done doing this, open the app and create a GIPHY account. Depending on what you want, follow the instructions below.

Download GIF from GIPHY library as Live Photo

1. Browse through the different categories of GIFs on the Home tab (such as Trending, Artists, Clips, etc.) and select the appropriate GIF. For best results, select an image that matches the vertical aspect ratio of the iPhone. You can also try to find GIFs by going to the “Search” tab.

2. Tap the More icon (three dots) in the upper right corner of the screen.

3. Click Convert to Live Photo.

4. Choose between “Save as Live Photo” (Fit to Screen) and “Save as Live Photo (Fit to Screen)”. The first one adjusts the photo so that it fills the screen by adding surrounding black bars, while the second one loads the original image without any changes.

5. The photo should automatically load into your iPhone’s camera roll.

Convert iPhone GIFs and Videos to Live Photo

1. Click New in the upper right corner of the Home tab.

2. Tap the Recent icon at the bottom left of the screen to access your iPhone’s photo library. Then select the GIF or video clip you want to convert.

3. Use the Caption, Stickers, Crop and Loop tools to edit the GIF or video clip. Click the “Go” button to continue.

4. Click Upload to GIPHY. Then set the “Visibility” option to “Private” (if you want to make the GIF or video private) and click “Upload to GIPHY” again.

5. Go to the “Account” tab, select “Downloads” and select the GIF or video you just downloaded.

6. Tap the More icon (three dots) in the top left corner of the screen.

7. Click Convert to Live Photo.

8. Select Save as Live Photo (Full Screen) or Save as Live Photo (Fit to Screen). The first one adds black stripes around the image, and the second one prepares it for loading without any adjustments.

9. Wait for GIPHY to upload the photo to your iPhone’s camera roll.

Note. Check out other third-party apps – intoLive, Video to Live Photo, TurnLive, and VideoToLive – that you can use to convert videos to Live Photos on iPhone.

Set Live Photo as Wallpaper on iPhone

You can use the Settings app or the Photos app on iPhone to set any Live Photo as your Live Wallpaper. Below you will learn about both methods.

Set your live wallpaper using the Settings app

1. Open the Settings app. Then scroll down and tap Wallpaper.

2. Click “Choose new wallpaper”.

3. Select the Live Photo category.

4. Select a live photo.

5. Tap the Share icon in the lower left corner of the screen.

6. Scroll down the “Sharing” page and select “Use as Wallpaper”.

8. Tap the Live Photo icon at the bottom of the screen to change the Live Photo status to On. Then click “Install”.

9. Tap Set Lock Screen, Set Home Screen, or Set Both. If you only want the Live Photo to appear on the iPhone lock screen, be sure to select the Set Lock Screen option.

Set a live wallpaper with the Photos app

1. Open the Photos app.

2. Click the Albums tab and select Live Photos under Media Types.

3. Select the desired Live Photo.

4. Tap the Share icon.

5. Select Use as wallpaper.

6. Change Live Photo Status to On

7. Click Install.

8. Tap Set Lock Screen, Set Home Screen, or Set Both.

How to Activate Your Live Wallpaper on iPhone

Now that you’ve added Live Photo as your iPhone wallpaper, it’s time to check it out. So, start by going to the lock screen. Then press Haptic Touch (long press) or 3D-Touch and the screen and wallpaper will take effect!

Note. If you want to adjust the sensitivity of the Haptic Touch or 3D Touch gestures, open the Settings app on your iPhone and go to Accessibility > Touch > 3D & Haptic Touch. 3D Touch is not available on iPhone 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max, and later.

If you’re having trouble using Live Wallpaper on your iPhone, try updating your system software to a newer version (such as iOS 14 or iOS 15) and see if that helps. Again, remember that Live Photos don’t work on iPhone homes. Screen.

Go Live!

We hope the tips above should help you create your own iPhone live wallpaper using GIFs, videos, and photos. For cool wallpaper ideas, check out these top free Apple iPhone wallpaper sites. Also, here is a list of amazing live wallpaper apps for Android that you might be interested in learning about.