Embodiments of the present invention are directed to facilitate creating cinemagraphs from virtual long-exposure images. In accordance with some embodiments of the present invention, virtual long-exposure image comprising a plurality of aligned frames is provided and a selection of a region of pixels in the virtual long-exposure image is received. Based on the selected region of pixels, a set of frames for animation is identified from the plurality of frames. The set of frames may be identified by automatically detecting a sequence of frames or by receiving a user selection of frames. The virtual LE image is combined with the set of frames to create a cinemagraph having a visible non-animated portion formed by the virtual LE image and a visible animated portion formed by the set of frames.