Images to video

How it works

1. 1

   Add your pictures

   Drop two or more images at once. They stay on your device.

2. 2

   Arrange and tune

   Order the pictures, pick seconds per image, a shape (16:9, 1:1, 9:16), and cuts or crossfades.

3. 3

   Download

   A clean MP4 slideshow, no watermark, no signup.

The timing is what makes a slideshow watchable

The one setting that decides whether a slideshow works is how long each photo stays on screen, and most people set it too long. Two to three seconds is enough for a viewer to take in a picture they have never seen; five feels generous when you are making it and interminable when you are watching it, because you already know what every image contains and your audience does not.

Crossfades do a quiet amount of work. A hard cut between two photographs reads as a jolt in a way that a cut between two moving shots does not, because nothing is in motion to carry the eye across it. A short dissolve gives the change somewhere to go, and it is the difference between a sequence of images and something that feels like a video.

Mixed shapes are the other thing that goes wrong. A portrait phone photo in a landscape video cannot fill the frame without either stretching the picture or cutting the top and bottom off it, so the honest option is to fit the photo inside the canvas and let the sides go dark. That is what happens here, and it is why nobody in your slideshow ends up subtly the wrong shape.

Turn photos into a video without uploading any of them

The photos are read from your device, composed into frames, and encoded into an MP4 on your own machine. None of them are uploaded, there is no limit on how many you add, and the video that comes out carries no watermark, which almost no free slideshow maker can say.

Photos are the most personal files most people have, and they are usually the ones a slideshow is made from: family, holidays, a wedding, a memorial. Handing a folder of them to a website to have them stitched together is the trade this tool exists to avoid.

The output is an ordinary MP4 that plays anywhere. Add a soundtrack afterwards with the add music tool, which will loop a track to cover the full length, and fade the ending if the slideshow is going to close on a photo rather than a cut.

Why nothing uploads

Other tools send your video to their servers, which costs them money per file, so they add watermarks, cap file sizes, and make you sign up. This tool does the work right here in your browser using your own device. Your file is never uploaded, so there is no wait, no watermark, no size limit, and no account.

Questions

How do I make a video from photos?

Drop your photos, drag them into order, choose how long each stays on screen, and press "Make video". The MP4 works everywhere a normal video does.

Can I add music to the slideshow?

Yes, make the slideshow first, then run it through the add-music tool to lay a track under it. Two small steps, same private processing.

Will portrait photos get stretched in a landscape video?

Never. Photos are fitted to the canvas and letterboxed when the shape differs, nothing is distorted or cropped away.

How many photos can I use?

Up to 30 per video. For longer shows, build them in batches and join the batches with the merge tool.

Do my photos get uploaded?

No. The slideshow is rendered in your browser; your pictures never leave your device.

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