Following new features for Google’s other photo apps this morning, Motion Stills is getting a major update that allows you to add text that tracks an object in a video, super-resolution videos, and automatic cinemagraphs.
Announced in June and since integrated with the Google Photos app, Motion Stills uses video stabilization technology to create easily shareable GIFs and movies from Live Photos.
Motion Text is a neat feature that allows you to overlay text so that it follows any moving object in a video. The effect is instantaneous and initializes while you type, with 1000 FPS throughout the whole Live Photo. This feature is quite impressive and uses motion tracking technology run on YouTube servers to your device:
Last month, Google published a way to create super-resolution detail in images using machine learning. Applied to Motion Stills, every video export is now automatically sharpened. The technology is also being used to bring fully automatic cinemagraphs.
This update is now live and also adds support for 3D Touch to “peek and pop” clips in your stream and movie tray.
