How it works
Print the photo.
Scan to press play.
A living photo is a normal print with a QR code. Point a phone at it and the moment it came from plays on the paper.
Three steps
- 01
Make
Choose a photo and crop it to its print size. Add the video from the same moment. We check the photo is easy for a phone to recognise and shape the video to fit it exactly.
- Videos up to 60 seconds, or 3 minutes as a long video
- Made phone-ready in your browser
- Scan-quality check before you print
- 02
Print
Download a print sheet with the QR code beside the photo, or a separate QR card to tuck into an album. Print at any lab or on your own printer.
- 4 × 6 in · 5 × 7 in · 8 × 10 in · 8 × 8 in · A4
- Print sheet and QR card as PDF
- Same QR forever, even if you swap the video
- 03
Scan
Guests scan the QR with their phone camera, tap Start camera and point at the print. The video plays right on the paper, edge to edge, with sound a tap away.
- No app to install
- Works in Chrome and Safari
- Watch without the camera, too
Albums
One QR code. A whole album of moments.
Put up to 10 photos under one code. Guests scan once, then point at any photo on the page and its own video plays. Move to the next photo and the video follows.
Details
The small things, answered.
- What guests need
- A phone with a camera and Chrome or Safari. If the QR opens inside another app, we show how to open it in the browser.
- The QR never changes
- Swap the video, fix a typo in the title or renew hosting; the printed code keeps working.
- Sound is the guest's choice
- Videos start muted so nobody is surprised in a quiet room. One tap turns the sound on.
- Plays and hosting
- Each photo is hosted for a year with 200 plays included. Renew before it ends and nothing changes for guests.
- Private by default
- Photos and videos are stored privately and only shown to people who scan the code. The camera picture never leaves the phone.
- Keep a copy
- Download every photo, video and print file in one ZIP whenever you like, and especially before hosting ends.
See it with your own photo first. Nothing is uploaded and no account is needed.