---
title: "init(livePhotoEditingInput:)"
framework: photos
role: symbol
role_heading: Initializer
path: "photos/phlivephotoeditingcontext/init(livephotoeditinginput:)"
---

# init(livePhotoEditingInput:)

Creates a Live Photo editing context for the specified editing input.

## Declaration

```swift
init?(livePhotoEditingInput livePhotoInput: PHContentEditingInput)
```

## Parameters

- `livePhotoInput`: A content editing input object representing the Live Photo for which to perform editing.

## Return Value

Return Value A new Live Photo editing context, or nil if the provided content editing input does not represent a Live Photo.

## Discussion

Discussion In an app using the Photos framework, you obtain a PHContentEditingInput object by calling requestContentEditingInput(with:completionHandler:) method of a PHAsset object that you’ve previously fetched. In a photo editing extension that runs within the Photos app, your extension’s main view controller (which adopts the PHContentEditingController protocol) receives a PHContentEditingInput object when the user chooses to edit a Live Photo with your extension. You can create a Live Photo editing context only from PHContentEditingInput object that represents a Live Photo. Use the livePhoto property of the editing input to verify that it has live Photo content.