Photography is an interesting art that allows you to relive memorable moments and dates. In today's world of digital technology, this area has become publicly available and a large number of creative design options have appeared.
One of these is the arrangement of photography on a video sequence with the addition of music tracks and some other related effects. There are plenty of tools for implementing this enterprise on the Web, but not all of them are equally effective and understandable. Therefore, we will try to consider this issue in detail and identify the best quality solutions in this segment.
So, let's try to figure out which program to make video from photos, what is needed for this and what products to pay special attention to. When compiling the list of applications, the opinions of experts in this field and the reviews of ordinary users were taken into account.
PhotoShow Pro
This is a semi-professional product, intended mainly for beginners and not particularly demanding users who need the basic functionality to make video from photos.
The program calmly arranges vivid screensavers and transitions both in manual mode and according to existing templates. The latter, by the way, are quite a lot, and you can spend more than a dozen minutes in the library, choosing your favorite preset. All sorts of overlay effects are also abundant, plus each template can be edited to your taste and color to further make video from photos and music.
The program can convert the result to any popular format and set the required aspect ratio, which allows you to safely view content on different mobile devices.
Software Features
The application was created by domestic developers and has a very simple and intuitive interface, which is called sharpened by our thinking. It is also worth noting the decent speed of the program. You can make a beautiful video from photos and music in just ten minutes.
Software is distributed under a paid license and is divided into three groups: beginners, semi-professionals and specialists (with the corresponding cost). For the amateur category of users, the price can not be called a bite, and the available functionality is only partially limited. But it is quite enough to make a video congratulation of photos or to make up an ordinary series in high quality. The difference between licenses mainly lies in the number of templates and effects, and the main functionality remains unchanged.
Movavi Video Suite
“Movavi” is an extremely popular program both in amateur and professional environments, allowing not only to make videos from photos, but also a lot of other interesting things. The utility will help to make up a video from almost any content and put on it some effects with music.
The entry threshold for the program can be called minimal, because beginners will figure out the intuitive and convenient interface in the very shortest possible time, which is also qualitatively localized into Russian. By the way, it’s with the help of “Movavi” that a good half of video bloggers get millions of views on “YouTube”.
It is also worth noting that, unlike most professional solutions, this software is undemanding to the technical component of the PC. Therefore, the product can be safely recommended to owners of medium and even small computers in terms of performance.
Distinctive features of the program
Making videos from photos on Movavi is easy. The user is available frame-by-frame processing of video sequences, where you can attach multiple images. There are “picture-in-picture” options, many presets for transitions, the addition of 3D graphics, deep color gamut adjustment, stabilization, and much more.
Any specific content can be used as a source, from simple BMP files to images and video sequences in 4K resolution. You can also save the result in several formats and with a different aspect ratio to choose from, which is extremely useful if you are typesetting videos for mobile gadgets.
The Movavi complex costs a lot of money, but if you are only interested in a slide show on the video sequence, then you can limit yourself to one product - Movavi Slide SHOW. It allows you to make video from photos of quite acceptable quality, but is limited in templates and overlay effects. So if your imagination leaves much to be desired, then it makes sense to purchase the whole package.
MAGIX Photostory Deluxe
The program is positioned by the developer as a professional solution, so it’s not easy for beginners to make video from photos. The entry threshold for the software is quite high. In addition, the application does not have Russian-language localization. The latter can be found on amateur forums, and the manual will have to be thoroughly studied.
For faster entry, you can watch training videos directly on the developer's site. Everything is explained in detail with the analysis of the main functionality and hot keys. The program only the first couple of days seems confusing and cumbersome, but after the next “pen test” everything falls into place and you can no longer imagine a more effective solution in this area.
The process of creating video from a photo takes place in expert mode, that is, here you can change and control any trifle. And if in an amateur software an automatic machine decides for you, and it’s not always sensible, then in the case of Photostory Deluxe you can use everything and everything for changes.
Program features
In addition, the program is extremely rich in various presets, templates and sound design. And they were made not just for show, of which a dime a dozen on the web, but by professionals in their field, where every detail is honed and it can be used at your discretion.
You can’t name the product license cheap, therefore, the program should be paid attention only to those who are going to seriously and do photo editing for a long time. Otherwise, you just throw money away.
"Windows Live Film Studio"
This is a completely free product that comes with the Windows platform. If it was not a basic set, then the program can be installed directly from the desktop in versions 8 and 10 from the company store. For the seventh series, Windows will have to look at the official Microsoft website and look for the application there.
Naturally, the freeness of the product indicates the modest capabilities of the utility. The results obtained due to this film studio cannot be sent to the International Slideshow Contest, but it will be quite suitable for home and amateur needs.
Application Features
The program pretty quickly and in proper quality turns your photos into a live video. The studio is not at all demanding on the technical component of the computer, therefore it will start up and will behave appropriately even on the weakest machines. Of course, it will take a long time to wait for the result of processing, but the interface will not slow down or lag.
It should also be noted the simplicity of software. The interface can not be called complicated or confusing. All the main tools are located in plain sight and are available at the first click. An impressive set of presets and various templates will greatly facilitate the layout, and sensible import and export will allow you to create your own masterpiece from any popular photo or video format both for users of personal computers and for owners of mobile gadgets.