How to Make Moving Pictures on Your Phone! (Plotagraph & Cinemagraph Tutorial)

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✅ CINEMAGRAPHS
► Loopsie

► Cinegraph - Living Photos

► Cinemagraph Pro

✅ PLOTAGRAPHS
► Plotaverse

► Zoetropic

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-- How to Make Moving Pictures on Your Phone! (Plotagraph & Cinemagraph Tutorial) --

If you've been on Facebook or Instagram at all lately you've most likely stumbled across some amazing posts that are essentially moving photos... Some of the image is frozen (like a photo) and other parts are moving (like video)... “What!?” you might have said? “That’s awesome. How can I do that?”

Good news! They’re not hard to make and there are some great apps that let you make your magical moving pictures right from your iPhone or Android device!

First off, what exactly ARE these mystical animated pictures called? You may have heard them called both Plotagraphs and Cinemagraphs (or perhaps the more technical term, ‘moving pictures’, I like to use? ;) )

Whether an ‘animated image’ is a Cinemagraph or Plotagraph actually depends on HOW it was created. Cinemagraphs start with videos that are then masked and edited, whereas Plotagraphs start from photos and rely on some editing magic to animate static elements within the picture.

In either case, it’s important to know how to do both so you can create moving picture awesomeness no matter what files you’re working with. (Yeah we got your back… That’s why we put together this Plotagraph and Cinemagraph Tutorial!)

In this video we’ll run through some great Instagram tools and step-by-step how to use them. You’ll finish up knowing not only how to make a Cinemagraph, but how to make a Plotagraph as well - so your Instagram is set for moving photo goodness no matter what you’re shooting.

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[brittanyfoo]

Plotagraphs start at 4:55 if anyone was wondering :)

[Alonejustbecause]

I love this. Straight to the point and very detailed. Thank you for sharing.

[BKCycles]

Hi Justin .. great tutorial man...Always something very interesting in here :)
Have a good day man

[aoiminase]

Justin how can I make a photo animator where there’s a person’s or character’s eyes (from anime/cartoon)? Can you make a tutorial video of that?

[ShotbyChxrlie]

Thank you so much man i love it, new suscription! I WILL DEFINITELY TRY IT ON MY VIDS :)

[Whitetailobsessionoutdoors]

I’ve always wondered how they do this. Thanks for explaining it. Great video

[jaigarcia]

Amazing effect especially for Instagram. Thank you for peaking my interest in using moving images again. Justin I wish there was an easy way to link and forward these to Instagram. Great work. Thank you.

[teddyherreramorales]

Thanks sir your to kind have a great day God bless. p.s by the way I followed your instructions and my first picture in motion was a success

[CRMayerCo]

These apps look like lots of fun. Thanks

[zenyxz]

All i want is that a Photo like those lyric videos out there...like the picture is moving over and over again

[otemytk]

Fun, thank you GOD BLESS EVERYONE IN LORD JESUS NAME AMEN

[teddyherreramorales]

youre awesome thanks you are the only one that explains it step by step all the other dorks just play video with no sound no words just a video lazy people or they don't know how to put into words thanks thumbs up

[zamyoutube]

Hey Justin!

How can you make a moving picture out of a video? For example, let's say you wave to someone in a video. Is there an app to freeze a frame of the video and then let you select a portion for movement (such as the hand waving)?

I would specifically like to know which app let's you upload your own video without having to record in-app

[Omah_Twitch]

This guy is good, at long last i can now add more sauce to my audio slides 🤗🤗🤗

[alexanderlyon]

This is so cool. I didn't even realize this was possible with an inexpensive app. Really awesome and fun.

[Dominiforelli]

This was a huge help for branding my cosmetic business on Instagram! Thanks Justin !

[suchishomeremedies]

Thank you for the tutorial. It is going to help me a lot. Very well explained and clearly narrated you once again....😄👍

[lindsayfoxlover]

Awwww thx for helping us your soo sweet ☺️ to help us im soo happy your always be the one I love all of your tutorials help us soo much more than I thought thank you you make us soo happy 😊 😊 😊

[gavinoconnell]

i enjoy watching your you tube video and it was very interesting and very helpful.

[OK-Desu]

This is very informative, exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks!