Having won 4 Emmy awards and 2 Golden Globes, it’s clear that House of Cards is doing something right. For both season 2 and 3 of HOC, Netflix used cinemagraphs in their email marketing campaigns. The virality and success of these campaigns show just how powerful living photos can be. Cinemagraph Pro is the only professional tool specifically designed for the creation of living photos. With its unique 'live-masking' technology, artists can preview their living images in real and output HD (1080) and UHD (4k) quality hybrid photographs.

• Cinemagraph Pro 2 5 4 – Create Living Photos
• Cinemagraph Pro 2 5 4 – Create Living Photos 2017

Have you ever encountered photos where part of the image is animated while the rest stays perfectly still? This new type of media that toes the line between photo and video is called a cinemagraph. Cinemagraphs are increasingly popular in marketing campaigns and social media as they boost click-through rates and draw your audiences attention to your content.

Want to make cinemagraphs on mobile devices? Check our other blog post that focusses on the best apps for making cinemagraphs on iOS and Android.

Cinemagraphs animate only part of an image while the rest remains still. They tend to loop seamlessly to create the illusion of living scene.

Originally reserved for movie stills, cinemagraphs are making their way onto everyday people’s newsfeeds to stunning effect.

How it works

Many apps use the same technique to achieve this effect:

1. Start with a video
2. Trim and crop the part of the video you want to repeat
3. Highlight the areas you wish to animate by painting over them
4. Export the cinemagraph as a video or as a GIF to use anywhere

Apps to create cinemagraphs for Mac OSX & Windows PCs

Verdict: The best value for money on Mac and feature packed. Highly recommended for making cinemagraphs on Mac OS X

Cinemask Pro gives full control over cinemagraph creation, after importing your source video you trim to length, choose a freeze frame, and use the brush options to draw in the animated mask.

It has the most important features a cinemagraph app needs – seamless loop creation, ping-pong bouncing loops or cross-fade transitions (with the ability to fade duration), opacity settings for advanced blending, and export as GIF or Video files with different quality settings applied.

• The best value for money on OSX
• Packed with all the features you need for making cinemagraphs

2. Cinemagraph Pro by Flixel

Verdict: Expensive – but one of the most fully featured options available for Mac desktop editing of Cinemagraphs

Cinemagraph Pro allows you to draw and erase with multiple brush options, as well as control the looping (bouncing or repeating) with options for controlling the speed and more.

It also includes options to crop, change video levels, plus a bunch of video filter presets.

• The most popular Cinemagraph creator for OSX
• Free trial available, but requires signing up for an account and will put a watermark on your creation
• Expensive ($200+ a year)

3. Graphitii

Verdict: One-time fee, nice interface. A great option for creating cinemagraphs (so long as you’re connected to the internet)

Graphitii is a relatively new kid on the block, but it brings a stylish interface and all the tools you need to create cinemagraphs on any device.

• Cloud based, so you will require an active internet connection (this could be a plus or minus depending on how you see it!)
• Works on any device
• Relatively low price ($47 – $67) considering it’s a one-time fee
  • NOTE: This one-time fee appears to be a limited time launch deal, likely it will become monthly/annual cost after this

4. Gifzign

Verdict: Fully featured animated gif editor, decent cinemagraph editor

Cinemagraph Pro 2 5 4 – Create Living Photos

Gifzign appears to be an animated gif editor, letting you import videos and add text and edit to suit. Editing capabilities are somewhat limited, as you can only add text above/below an area, there is no drag and drop interface or complex editing capability here. The cinemagraph option seems to work well, though it is missing a few options (like brush hardness). Overall it does the trick for a reasonable price.

• Free trial available (14 days, then $14.99 per month)
• Available for both Mac & PC

Verdict: Cheap, not particularly pretty but mostly does the job.

Clipgraph (previously Flickgraph) has been around for a while. The interface is a no-frills affair, but it has most of the options you would expect at this point. One major downside is it is really difficult to tell where you’ve drawn a mask making it difficult to use.

Tips for great cinemagraphs

• When filming video for a cinemagraph, put your phone/camera on a stand or tripod rather than holding it. You need the camera to be perfectly still or you will ruin the illusion.
• Don’t try and animate too much! If you animate everything in the scene, it’s just another boring video.
• Try turning the hardness on the brush right down to fade between animated and non-animated sections. Without a fade, you might see some harsh edges between the animated and still sections of the image.

Cinemagraph inspiration

The possibilities for creativity are endless:

• Animate rainfall while the rest of the photo remains motionless
• Crashing waves on a beach give life to an otherwise still image
• Animate blinking eyes or hair blowing in the wind on a portrait
• Move just the steam coming off a hot meal

Cinemagraphs.com has some great examples of cinemagraphs for your inspiration.

Happy cinemagraphing!

Loopsie is an application that allows users to create cinemagraphs or so-called live photos.
Read more about Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos

Cinemagraphs are a combination between a picture and video, which might sound a little bit strange. The end result is an image in which only a single element is moving, preferably in a loop. Building this kind of image is not easy and it takes a little bit a skill and time, but with the help of the Loopsie app it can be done in a matter of moments. It uses a stabilization algorithm that removes any kind of shaking effect. It also comes with support for HD videos and there are no watermarks. The app also allows people to edit videos even if they closed the original footage.

Features:

• Create great looking video loops
• Easy to use editing tools
• Powerful algorithm to remove hand movements

What's new in Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos APK 2.3.12:

• Video Quality: FULL HD support / Better frame quality.
• Camera: New Camera2 Api / Tap to focus support.
• Stabilization: Instant stabilization (NO WAITING TIME AFTER CAPTURE).
• Drawing: faded brush.
• Exporting time reduced.
• APK Size reduced.

For more information on downloading Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos to your phone, check out our guide: how to install APK files.

Other Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos APK versions (35):

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• Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos 5.1.92020-07-13
• Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos 5.1.72020-07-02
• Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos 5.1.32020-06-30
• Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos 4.0.52020-05-14
• Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos 3.0.112020-01-13
• Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos 3.0.102019-12-17
• Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos 3.0.82019-12-11
• Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos 3.0.52019-12-04
• Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos 3.0.42019-12-02
• Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos 2.6.82019-05-27
• Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos 2.6.72019-04-12
• Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos 2.6.62019-03-27
• Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos 2.6.52019-03-03
• Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos 2.6.32019-02-18
• Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos 2.6.22019-02-15
• Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos 2.6.12019-01-27
• Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos 2.62019-01-26
• Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos 2.5.122019-01-24
• Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos 2.5.112019-01-17
• Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos 2.5.102019-01-15
• Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos 2.5.9.12019-01-14
• Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos 2.5.92019-01-13
• Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos 2.5.82018-12-24
• Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos 2.5.72018-12-24
• Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos 2.5.62018-12-24
• Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos 2.5.42018-12-12
• Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos 2.5.32018-12-10
• Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos 2.5.22018-12-04
• Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos 2.5.12018-11-28
• Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos 2.4.92018-10-11
• Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos 2.4.82018-10-02
• Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos 2.3.152018-08-20
• Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos 2.3.142018-08-08
• Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos 1.0.12017-11-28
• Loopsie - Cinemagraphs, Living Photos 0.9.62017-07-18

• Video Quality: FULL HD support / Better frame quality.
• Camera: New Camera2 Api / Tap to focus support.
• Stabilization: Instant stabilization (NO WAITING TIME AFTER CAPTURE).
• Drawing: faded brush.
• Exporting time reduced.
• APK Size reduced.

selected version:

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13.7 MB

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arm

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API Minimum:

21 - Android 5.0 (Lollipop)

API Target:

27 - Android 8.1 (Oreo)

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