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Make a video slideshow from photos

Add photos, arrange them, preview your slideshow, and create the video.

How it works
  1. ImportChoose source
  2. EditSet the change
  3. PreviewReview result
  4. ExportCreate file
InputPNG, JPG and WebP imagesOutputMP4 or WebM video

A folder of photos is hard to share and easy to ignore; the same photos as a video get watched. This tool arranges your images into a sequence, holds each one for a set duration, optionally adds gentle motion and captions, lets you lay music underneath, and exports a normal video file you can post, email or play on a TV.

Pacing and the Ken Burns effect

Three to five seconds per photo suits most slideshows: long enough to take in a face, short enough to keep moving. Photos with detail or text want longer; a run of similar shots wants shorter. Slow motion across a still image — a gentle push in or drift across the frame — keeps the video feeling alive instead of like a series of freezes, which matters because a completely static frame is what makes viewers scroll away. Keep the movement subtle; fast pans on stills look like a screensaver.

Fitting photos to a video frame

Photos are rarely the same shape as the video canvas, so each one is either padded with bars or cropped to fill. Portrait phone photos in a widescreen slideshow are the sharp case — filling the frame crops most of the picture, and fitting it leaves wide bars. Choosing a vertical canvas for a set of vertical photos, or a square one for a mixed set, usually looks better than forcing everything into 16:9. Decide the canvas first and pick photos that suit it.

Music and length

Music sets the pace more than any individual photo does, so choose the track before finalising durations and let the slide changes land near the beat. Match the total slideshow length to the music rather than fading a track out mid-phrase: it is usually easier to add or drop a couple of photos than to make a truncated song sound finished. Remember that music you did not license can get a video muted or blocked on public platforms, even in a family slideshow.

Questions, answered

How long should each photo stay on screen?

Three to five seconds works for most slideshows. Give detailed images or anything with text longer, and cut similar shots shorter so the sequence keeps moving.

Can I add music?

Yes, you can lay a soundtrack under the slideshow. Bear in mind that commercial music can trigger takedowns or muting on public platforms even for personal videos.

What happens to photos that are a different shape than the video?

They are either padded with bars or cropped to fill the frame. Mixed portrait and landscape sets look best on a square or vertical canvas rather than widescreen.

How many photos can I include?

There is no fixed cap, but everything is processed on your device, so very large sets take longer and use more memory. If a huge slideshow struggles, build it in parts and merge them.

What resolution should I export?

1080p suits almost every destination and keeps file size sane. Go to 4K only if the photos are high resolution and the slideshow will be shown on a large screen.

Useful next steps

Continue with a tool that fits naturally after photo slideshow maker.

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