Apple makes great hardware and software. But they also make file formats that do not play well with anything outside the Apple ecosystem. I built livephotokit.com to solve one specific version of this problem: Live Photos and HEIC files.
The two tools in one
LivePhotoKit does two things that usually require separate apps:
HEIC Converter: Convert HEIC images to JPG or PNG. HEIC is Apple's default photo format since iOS 11. It saves space with better compression than JPEG, but most non-Apple software cannot open it. The converter handles single files or batch conversion, all in your browser.
Live Photo Tools: Extract still frames from Apple Live Photos, play them as video, or convert the MOV component to MP4. Live Photos are actually a paired HEIC image and MOV video file. The tool lets you view and extract both parts.
Privacy first
Everything runs client-side in your browser. Your photos never leave your device. No upload to a server, no cloud processing, no account needed. This matters because photos are personal. You should not have to trust a random website with your camera roll just to convert a file format.
What else it does
- HEIC Viewer: open and preview HEIC files directly in the browser
- Open LIVP: handle the LIVP format used by iPhone Live Photos
- Image Compressor: resize and compress images for web or email
- Free, no ads, no watermarks on output files
Try it at livephotokit.com. Drop any HEIC or Live Photo file and see the result instantly.
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