Method and system for capturing, storing and displaying animated photographs

A computer program product stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium that when executed by a processor, performs a method of capturing, storing, and displaying animated photographs, comprising:

• receiving a click input from a user of a digital camera;
• determining an animation mode set by the user of the digital camera and a plurality of parameters associated with the animation mode;
• enabling capturing of an animated photograph based on the animation mode, wherein the animated photograph comprises a plurality of frames captured in a still mode to display an animation effect;
• storing each frame of the plurality of frames as an animated image format on the digital camera, wherein said frame can be at least one of uploaded, downloaded and copied as a single unit further, wherein each frame is stored in a temporary storage on the digital camera and said frames shot are combined and stored as said single unit;
• combining the plurality of frames as a file, wherein parameters including at least one of duration of the frames, default speed and time interval between the frames are configured to be adjusted;
• and
• displaying the plurality of frames of the animated photograph at a speed in accordance with speed information stored along with the file, wherein said displayed frame is displayed in a form of an action sequence, further wherein said action sequence supports an animated image format.

A system for capturing, storing and displaying animated photographs, the system comprising:

• one or more electronic devices;
• a digital camera;
• a communication interface in electronic communication with the one or more electronic devices;
• a memory that stores instructions;
• and
• a processor responsive to the instructions to
• receive a click input from a user of the digital camera;
• determine an animation mode set by the user of the digital camera and a plurality of parameters associated with the animation mode;
• enable capturing of an animated photograph based on the animation mode, wherein the animated photograph comprises a plurality of frames captured in a still mode to display an animation effect;
• store each frame of the plurality of frames as an animated image format on the digital camera, wherein said frame can be at least one of uploaded, downloaded and copied as a single unit further, wherein each frame is stored in a temporary storage on the digital camera and said frames shot are combined and stored as said single unit;
• combine the plurality of frames as a file, wherein parameters including at least one of duration of the frames, default speed and time interval between the frames are configured to be adjusted;
• and
• display the plurality of frames of the animated photograph at a speed in accordance with speed information stored along with the file, wherein said displayed frame is displayed in a form of an action sequence, further wherein said action sequence supports an animated image format.