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Images & HEIC·4 min read·October 2, 2026

Converting iPhone Live Photos and Burst Shots to Standard JPEGs

Understand how Apple Live Photos combine a HEIC still frame with a MOV video, and how to extract clean standard JPEG stills.

TBy Toolstack Engineering
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Apple Live Photos are not a single image. They are actually a container holding a high-resolution HEIC still photo paired with a 3-second H.265 MOV video file.

When you upload an iPhone photo to Toolstack's HEIC to JPG converter, the converter extracts the primary high-resolution still image frame, converts it to full 24-bit JPEG format, and gives you a clean picture ready for posting to social media or printing.

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