About this tool
Photo Slideshow Maker turns a set of pictures into a video you can share anywhere: a holiday recap, a birthday or wedding montage, a memorial tribute, a property tour or a product reel. Drop in your photos, including iPhone HEIC pictures, put them in order, and watch a live preview with your music before you make the file.
Every detail is yours to set. Choose wide 16:9 for YouTube and TVs, 9:16 for Reels, TikTok and Stories, square, or 4:5 portrait. Photos that don’t match the shape can sit whole on a soft blurred copy of themselves, fill the frame, or sit on bars of any colour. Pick a crossfade, a slide, a zoom or a straight cut, and add a slow Ken Burns zoom and pan that keeps still photos alive. Give any photo a caption, open with a title card, and set how long each picture stays on screen.
Add one or more music tracks and the slideshow can stretch to fit the music exactly, with a gentle fade at the end. Everything, including the video encoding, happens in your browser, so private family photos are never uploaded.
How to use Photo Slideshow Maker
- Press “Choose photos”, drop pictures on the box, or paste them. Add more at any time.
- Put them in order: drag a photo by its handle, use the arrow buttons, or press “By name”, “By date”, “Reverse” or “Shuffle”. Type captions and change a photo’s seconds if you like.
- Under “Look and timing”, choose the Size, how photos fit, the Transition and the time for each photo. Tick “Start with a title card” for an opening title.
- Press “Add music” to choose one or more songs, and tick “Fit the photos to the music” to end with the song.
- Press Play to check the preview, then press “Make video” and download it when it’s ready.
Forty holiday photos, a three-minute song and “Fit the photos to the music” give each photo about 4.4 seconds. With crossfades, Ken Burns motion and the Wide size, the result is a 1920 × 1080 MP4 that plays on any TV or phone.
Features
- Up to 300 photos in JPG, PNG, HEIC, WebP, AVIF, TIFF, GIF, BMP and more, and videos up to 10 minutes.
- Four sizes: wide 16:9, story 9:16, square 1:1 and portrait 4:5, in Full HD or faster 720p.
- Fit options: whole photo on a blurred fill, fill and crop, or whole photo on coloured bars.
- Transitions: crossfade, slide, zoom or cut, with adjustable length, plus a soft fade in and out.
- Gentle Ken Burns zoom and pan that varies from photo to photo.
- Captions on any photo and an optional title card, in 18 bundled fonts.
- Background music from one or more tracks, repeat if short, fit-to-music timing and a fade-out.
- Live preview with sound, then MP4 (H.264 and AAC) or WebM where MP4 isn’t available.
Tips and good to know
- Use “By date” to put photos from several phones in the order they were taken (it uses each file’s saved date).
- Choose “Whole, blurred fill” when you mix portrait and landscape photos: nothing gets cropped and there are no black bars.
- Three to five seconds per photo feels natural; give a key photo longer by typing its own time under it.
- Keep captions short, a few words each, so they can be read before the next photo arrives.
- Only use music you have the right to share: social apps may mute videos with copyrighted songs.
Frequently asked questions
Are my photos uploaded?
No. Your photos and music are opened by your browser and the video is made on your own device. Nothing is sent to AroraTools or anyone else.
Is it free? Are there limits?
It’s free, with no sign-up and no watermark. A slideshow can have up to 300 photos and last up to 10 minutes; your device’s memory is the only other limit.
Does it work on a phone and offline?
Yes, in current Safari, Chrome, Edge and Firefox, including on iPhone. After the page has loaded no connection is needed. Phones take longer to make the video; HD 720p is quicker.
Can I use iPhone photos?
Yes. HEIC photos from iPhones are converted in your browser, along with TIFF, SVG and the usual JPG, PNG and WebP. Photos are shown the right way up.
Why did I get a WebM file instead of MP4?
MP4 needs your browser to encode H.264 video, and AAC sound for music. Chrome, Edge and Safari can. Firefox can’t encode AAC, so with music there you get a WebM, which most apps also play.
How do I make the slideshow end with the song?
Add the music, then tick “Fit the photos to the music”. Every photo’s time is stretched or shortened in proportion so the last photo ends with the song.
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