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# livePhoto

The unedited Live Photo content of the editing input.

```
var livePhoto: PHLivePhoto? { get }
```

## Discussion

To edit the video and photo content of the Live Photo, create a [`PHLivePhotoEditingContext`](/documentation/Photos/PHLivePhotoEditingContext) object using this [`PHContentEditingInput`](/documentation/Photos/PHContentEditingInput) object.

If the editing input does not represent a Live Photo, this property’s value is `nil`, indicating that you cannot use this [`PHContentEditingInput`](/documentation/Photos/PHContentEditingInput) object to create a Live Photo editing context.

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