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Guides for making a video from your photos
Practical, step by step answers for families planning a video gift: how many photos you need, how to scan old albums, which music to pick and how to build a video for the event.
What is an AI growing up video, and how do you turn old photos into a video of someone growing up?
What an AI growing up video is, how AI animates old photos into a video of someone growing up, how it differs from morphing, its limits, and how to make one.
Read the guideHow to make a bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah video from photos
A practical guide to a bar or bat mitzvah video from photos: collecting from family, photos per minute, order, music, titles, screen format and a timeline.
Read the guideHow many photos do you need for a 1, 3 or 6 minute video?
The exact math: two consecutive photos make one 5 second clip, so 13 photos give 1 minute and 37 give 3. Plus how to choose when you have too many or too few.
Read the guideA 60th, 70th or 80th birthday gift for Mom or Dad: a video from a lifetime of photos
A 60th, 70th or 80th birthday gift for parents who have everything: a video from family photos. How to collect, order and keep it a surprise.
Read the guideAnniversary video ideas: a gift for a 25th, 40th or 50th anniversary
Anniversary video ideas for a 25th, 40th or 50th: telling the story from first date to grandchildren, picking photos, the song and the closing card.
Read the guideHow to choose songs for a photo video: bar mitzvah, birthday and anniversary
How to choose a song for a photo montage, bar mitzvah or anniversary video: by occasion, tempo and length. Song ideas, plus a copyright note for posting.
Read the guideHow to scan old photos with your phone, no scanner needed
How to scan old photos with your phone: daylight by a window, no flash, shoot straight down, avoid glare from album sleeves, and what face restoration can fix.
Read the guidePhoto slideshow vs AI growing video: which one fits your event?
Photo slideshow or AI video from photos? An honest look at cost, editing time, control and limits, plus when a classic slideshow is the better pick.
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