{"id":103637,"date":"2018-07-11T09:50:03","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T09:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=103637"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:19:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:19:01","slug":"cool-program-brings-photos-to-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/cool-program-brings-photos-to-life\/","title":{"rendered":"This magical new program makes your photos come to life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Social media is a tough challenge these days. It can feel like an impossible task to make your photos stand out from the crowd and get those precious likes, comments, and follows. Well, this new program from software company Corel might be able to give your photos the wow factor, that will make them grab people\u2019s attention. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tkqlhce.com\/k0108dlurlt8GICBBGE8ACCHGFIF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PhotoMirage<\/a> takes your pictures and brings them to life by animating certain elements but keeping others static. It turns your photos into mirages that move, or something very similar to <a href=\"http:\/\/cinemagraphs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cinemagraphs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zT7QLvHVT1U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Cinemagraphs take videos and then hold certain parts of the frame still while other regions continue to move. When looped, the result is a still image that has moving parts. PhotoMirage does something similar but makes the whole process much more straightforward by allowing photographers to bring their pictures to life. The program creates a much simpler process than that needed to create a cinemagraph.<\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;&lt;!-- Shortcode [related] does not exist --&gt;&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:513,&quot;3&quot;:[null,0],&quot;12&quot;:0}\"><div class=\"sc-related-articles-white\">\r\n<p class=\"sc-related-articles-white__title\">Related Articles<\/p>\r\n  <div class=\"sc-related-articles-white__row\">\r\n    <a title=\"Top apps to improve your Instagram experience\" href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/top-apps-to-improve-your-instagram-experience\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-related-articles-white__article\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-related-articles-white__image\">\r\n        <div style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/02\/instagram-stories-1024x576-1024x576.jpg)\"><\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-related-articles-white__text\">\r\n        <p>Top apps to improve your Instagram experience<\/p>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    <a title=\"How to post on Instagram from your PC\" href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/how-to-post-on-instagram-from-your-pc\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-related-articles-white__article\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-related-articles-white__image\">\r\n        <div style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/02\/instagram-fondo-1024x576-1024x576.jpg)\"><\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-related-articles-white__text\">\r\n        <p>How to post on Instagram from your PC<\/p>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div class=\"sc-related-articles-white__row\">\r\n    <a title=\"How to become a brand ambassador on Instagram\" href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/how-to-become-a-brand-ambassador-on-instagram\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-related-articles-white__article\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-related-articles-white__image\">\r\n        <div style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/02\/pexels-photo-389734-1024x682.jpg)\"><\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-related-articles-white__text\">\r\n        <p>How to become a brand ambassador on Instagram<\/p>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    <a title=\"5 tips that will make your Instagram videos pop\" href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/5-tips-that-will-make-your-instagram-videos-pop\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-related-articles-white__article\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-related-articles-white__image\">\r\n        <div style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/instagram-1024x683.jpg)\"><\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-related-articles-white__text\">\r\n        <p>5 tips that will make your Instagram videos pop<\/p>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p>PhotoMirage works with JPEGs, RAW files, TIFFS, and PNG files. 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