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Take photos & pick your best shot with Top Shot

Use Top Shot to take photos and save frames from a motion photo. With Top Shot, you can also pick your favorite shot. Learn how to open the Camera App.

Use Motion Mode to take an Action Pan or Long Exposure photo

  1. Open your Camera app .
  2. Scroll to Motion.
  3. Choose which blur effect to use:
    • Action Pan: Add a creative blur to the background. Hold your camera still or follow a moving subject to add a creative blur to the background. Tap Capture when you have the photo just right.
    • Long Exposure: Add a creative blur to a moving subject. Hold your camera still or follow a moving subject to add a creative blur to the subject. Tap Capture when you have the photo just right.

Use Top Shot to save frames from a motion photo

When you turn on Top Shot, you can take motion photos and get recommendations of the best image.

Important: These features are only available on Pixel 3 & later, including Pixel Fold.

Turn on Top Shot

  1. Open your device's Camera app .
  2. At the bottom left, tap Settings
  3. Set Top Shot to Auto  or On .
Tip: To get help, activate Google Assistant on your Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro and ask, "How do I take motion photos?" Learn more about Pixel support on Assistant.

Pick a Top Shot

Take motion photos to capture something in motion and then pick a favorite shot from your motion photo using Top Shot.

Tip: Recommended shots are saved in higher resolution and in HDR.
To save the motion photo as a video, tap More and then Export and then Video and then Export.

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