How to create EASY MOVIE SLIDESHOWS in APPLE PHOTOS on your Mac - EVERYTHING you NEED TO KNOW!

[@cgbyfran9697]

WOW. This was fantastic. I can't wait to try this tomorrow. This is just what I needed. Very informative. I will share this video with my friends and family. I am always the one who has to make the videos. Now, they can also, as long as they have access to A MAC. 🙂

[@Learnwithjoel]

So happy to hear that @cgbyfran9697! Thank you so much for taking your time to watch this video. It is greatly appreciated! If this video has been helped you, I would be honored if you would consider sharing it with your social media network and expressing your gratitude for its assistance. Kindly subscribe if you have not already done so. Your continued support is greatly appreciated.

[@robbiepoole5518]

Amazing. The end, whereby you CAN export using iMovie, was a little rushed but it solves a problem I've had for years with my Mac slideshows. Thank you Joel.

[@inkmartyr]

Thank you SO MUCH! Easy, Quick, Works! Liked, Subscribed and Shared! God Bless you and your neigbors

[@Learnwithjoel]

I'm happy to hear your success @inkmartyr! Thank you for your continued support. Your appreciation is deeply valued! If this video has proven beneficial, I would be honored if you could share it on social media and express your gratitude for its assistance or click THANKS! Your support helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

[@jackvankleef6530]

Thank you very much Joel! Unbelievable, just yesterday I was learning about this, so very conviened that you show me all the possibilities!

[@Learnwithjoel]

Happy to hear @jackvankleef6530! Keep on learning! Thank you so much for taking your time to watch this video. It is greatly appreciated! If this video has been helped you, I would be honored if you would consider sharing it with your social media network and expressing your gratitude for its assistance. Kindly subscribe if you have not already done so. Your continued support is greatly appreciated.

[@jjjoy7887]

Great tutorial! I needed this for my mother’s 95th birthday!

[@Learnwithjoel]

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[@kananiwolf256]

Thank you for this video! The exact contact I have wanted! I have experience with iMovie but always felt limited by the Themes. Ken Burns is great, but not for every project! You know the meaning of in-depth! A 5 - 10 minute video is not long enough. I plan on revisiting this video for future reference! Bravo!😊

[@CarProR]

Perfect!! Exactly what I needed. We just returned from 2 weeks visiting the national parks out west and I wanted to put a video travel log together. I started in FCPX but that seemed like overkill. Your suggestions of creating various small Photos slideshows, without music, and then bringing them into iMovie meets my needs. Thx again!

[@manuelandaur507]

Muchas gracias Excelente video ahora hay que practicarlo, Saludos desde Rancagua, Chile

[@georgestephens5780]

Thank you for sharing your idea, it really helps!

[@Learnwithjoel]

I'm happy this was helpful for you @georgestephens5780! Thank you so much for taking your time to watch this video. It is greatly appreciated! If this video has been helped you, I would be honored if you would consider sharing it with your social media network and expressing your gratitude for its assistance. Kindly subscribe if you have not already done so. Your continued support is greatly appreciated.

[@ricwestdoesitwork]

Lot of work but the end result was awesome. Thanks for sharing your expertise Joel. I spend a lot of time watch your videos and continue to learn how to use Apple software.

[@Learnwithjoel]

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[@SandraPike-z2s]

Thank you as a mature person I'm determined to get a special project right.

[@giganadiradze]

Thanks for this video.. I like vintage but I have a lot of videos I don't know how to deal with them

[@Learnwithjoel]

You're very welcome @Giga Nadiradze! I can relate, it can get overwhelming pretty quickly! Just take it one step at a time and dedicate time to organize! If you would like to support me and the content I’m creating, please feel free to SUBSCRIBE and use SUPER THANKS on the video if you haven’t already! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@FranSando]

Thank you for this helpful video! I will subscribe to your site.

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[@2112ZOZ]

This was very useful! Many thanks!

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[@Tinamv68]

You really helped me a lot learning how to move/use my created slideshows into/with iMovie, thanks!!

[@brendadodd2562]

This is a very clever video, thank you so much, concise and to the point

[@normajeanmarchegiani9829]

You’re the best! Thank you!

[@Learnwithjoel]

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[@tpmacleod]

Great tutorial. With the movement from iPhoto to Photos, they dropped a few of the slideshow templates. Is there anyway to bring the previous templates from iPhotos into Photos,or is there a way to import from another source?

[@Learnwithjoel]

Thanks @tpmacleod, I hear ya...there were for sure features that did not come to the new versions of software. I am not aware of any ways to transfer any of those templates from older iPhoto to newer Apple Photos. I would image the architecture of the software is completely different and wouldn't be compatible. There's always options to use iMovie or different software to take it to the next level! THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!

[@Kev0n05]

Thanks for all your help!

[@Learnwithjoel]

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[@cccarignan3864]

great video thank you Im trying to use this over iMovie for quick slideshows of events, I perfer using my own songs over the slideshow and maybe 2 songs, HOW do I get the music to END with the end of the slide show say fade out I tried the custom and the fit and still the music goes over and starts the slide show all over never ending. I like it to end with a text credit, Any ideas why this is not working for me? thank you for your great videos and help I subscribed.

[@hallenw]

Very nice family! ❤️

[@kanishkawijayananda6957]

great work thanks

[@Learnwithjoel]

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[@BudFunOne]

This is great. Thank you!

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[@AKAlias]

Excellent video! Thank you.

[@Learnwithjoel]

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[@sharonstevens7981]

Very thorough!

[@Learnwithjoel]

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[@fatcatdrama9794]

Learn stag. Never new it was the the theme an affect the video play time. Thx. 😊

[@Learnwithjoel]

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[@aleksandrasnelkinas5953]

Very informative, thanks! Does anyone know how to export slideshow in 4K?!

[@Learnwithjoel]

Great question @Aleksandras Nelkinas! From everything I've tried and read about Apple Photos, it does not export 4K slideshows. Even if you have 4K videos in there and high resolution images, it just does 1080p as the highest HD option. At least iMovie will do 4K as long as your start by adding a 4K footage as the first clip to set the project settings. If someone else has a work around for Apple Photos though, I'd love to hear! One more feature enhancement for @Apple to add to the next version of Apple Photos! I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If you would like to support me and my content, please SUBSCRIBE and SUPER THANKS! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@marilyngibson8277]

Thanks so much. That video was so helpful and answered questions that I had. Great stuff!

[@Learnwithjoel]

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[@rainemandrillo4262]

Thank you. I’m creating a slideshow for our 50th wedding anniversary and want to do various themes. My question is about the music. Id like my musician husband to compose and play the background music. Can we do that in iMovie? The music will be done in a professional recording studio featuring his guitar playing.

[@sclc6902]

Thanks a million! I am a beginner and I fully understand your video. I have a question, if the slideshows are exported to iMovie, will iMovie show all the photos in full as iMovie ratio is 16:9?

[@JohnKontact]

Hi, Joel I'm really new to iCloud Photos. I'm keeping watch your video and I got a lot of great information. Thank you so much. I just started to be a fan of Apple. I have a ten years old iMac and a 9th gen iPad. Also plan to switch from android to iPhone because of iCloud. I subscribed for 2TB space. I want to organize all my photos with Apple photos and shared to my family instead of keep them in the harddrive for several years. I took a lot of photos of my kids when they're small. I transferred all photos into external harddrive with my Windows PC. My question is, how can I upload all my photos in my external harddrive which I took with DSLR to icloud photos. My iMac has not much space left, only about 100gb. I never import any photos into Apple photos. Do I need to prepare a big space for the photo library? Can I just directly upload all 600gb photos to iCloud photos? Hopefully you will see this comment. Thank you so much. John

[@barbaranesbitt4885]

Hi Joel, I just had a dear friend pass away and I Volunteered to do a slide show.. your tutorial was very helpful. my one question is how do you download the slideshow to a readable DVD for TV’s.

[@lizryan9672]

Hi Joel,thanks so much do the photos have to be from apple photos?

[@Learnwithjoel]

Great question @Liz Ryan! Yes, in order to add photos within an Apple Photo Slideshow, the photos will need to be in Apple Photos. You can always import the photos, create the slideshows and then remove photos as options too if you don't want to keep pictures in there for whatever reason. I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@MsKarine27]

Thanks for this informative video. If I delete photos from my slideshow album will they be deleted from iCloud also? Should I turn off the sync?

[@Learnwithjoel]

You're very welcome @Karine armed! Anytime you add a photo to a regular album in Apple Photos, it's always making a reference to the actual photo that lives in the library. This means that if you delete a photo from a regular Album, it will ask you to remove from only the album, or delete from the library. If you delete from the library and you're using iCloud Photos to sync, it will be deleted from iCloud and all of your other devices that are using iCloud Photos. I have a video on this topic that I'll link below for reference. It's a little old, but still relevant. How to ORGANIZE PICTURES and VIDEOS using ALBUMS in APPLE PHOTOS - In-Depth Tutorial kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWe7mH9qmbupers I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@MsKarine27]

@@Learnwithjoel Thank you for your quick reply.

[@lilishank1]

Thanks for the great video! Is there a way to lower the music volume so that nat sound of video clips can be heard? Thanks!

[@beverleyprice1847]

How do add slides and have less pics on a slide. It is grouping too many on one slide. I exported it and your video was very helpful except this question

[@Learnwithjoel]

Great question @Beverley Price! There are some limitations to the Slideshows within Apple Photos. You are kinda at the mercy of the template/theme that you're using. You don't have a lot of control to manually choose how many photos are on one slide. Thanks so much for watching! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t already! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

[@56agapanthus]

Hi Joel, This video was extremely helpful in creating my slide show. After exporting to "Movies" I am trying to email to friends. Does that automatically share through icloud? Thanks so much! Could not have done this without your tutorial!!

[@Learnwithjoel]

Hi @Patti Smith! I'm so happy this was helpful for you! As far as emailing videos, it will usually always present challenges with file size and quality of the movie that won't due the video justice with all the work you put into it. I personally would not email the video. There are a few other ways that you could share. 1. Add the video into an Apple Shared Photo Album. This gives you the ability to add a video to a location where anyone with a link will be able to view. Users do not need to have an Apple ID or iCloud account to access, as long as you have the link for public viewing. Only limitation to this is a 15 minute duration. I have a video that covers this topic that may help. iCloud Photo SHARED ALBUMS - GET STARTED with sharing photos with ANYONE on ANY DEVICE! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIaTfoWcopeoqqs 2. You could use iCloud Drive to share this video of any duration and quality, however the only downfall is that viewers need to have an Apple ID or iCloud account to view. How to use iCLOUD DRIVE on your Mac, iPhone and iPad - IN DEPTH understanding of syncing your files! kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHm9fZWIZ9mkZ8k 3. You could use KZbin or another social media site like FaceBook to upload the video and share. I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t already! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

[@56agapanthus]

@@Learnwithjoel Thanks so much for your reply Joel. I will utilize the suggestions that you made. Appreciate your sharing your expertise! Best wishes!

[@Mhosborn]

Prior to watching your video (great job, BTW!) I'd attempted to create a slideshow for a memorial service for my father in law. I found that the music selection in the slideshow didn't allow me to choose certain songs I want in the slideshow. I checked, and each of those songs had been downloaded to my MacBook Air...and if you'll recall, you said we only have to download the music we want. Don't know why that didn't work for me. So I then went back in to iTunes and purchased a couple of the songs from my playlist that I wanted in the slideshow...and this time I was able to add them. So I'm thinking maybe there's more required than just downloaded the desired music?

[@Learnwithjoel]

Hi @Mhosborn! I appreciate you and your kind words! Yes, I probably could have been more specific. I have a subscription to Apple Music, so it is linked with iTunes and allows me to download "purchase" the songs. So you did it correctly. You will run into some songs not working, usually due to copyright, but that's the nature of the beast. THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!

[@TurboFlutter]

Is there a way this could be made with adobe apps?

[@Learnwithjoel]

Hi @2.0Turbo Flutter! I do believe that Adobe Express has a feature to create slideshows like this. I'll link below for reference: www.adobe.com/express/create/video/slideshow Thanks so much for watching! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t already! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

[@MrMartin246]

I have played with the Slideshow feature in Apple Photos using HDR pictures, either created with the iPhone HDR feature, or my Canon R7 in HDR PQ mode. In both cases the pictures are saved in HEIF files. When I open them on my Mac which has an XDR display, I see them in full HDR glory. However if I either play a slideshow out of them, or try to export a slideshow using them, the HDR goodness is lost and everything is significantly downgraded to JPEG. I find it sad because HDR pictures I beautiful and their is no good way to view them. Apple is pushing HDR capture but looks like little has been done do consume that content. Do you know if there is a way to have an HDR slideshow or export it into an HDR video ? Thank

[@careydunn8227]

Videos not playing in either album slideshow or as a project?

[@TheRonjameson]

Can Photos show the date and time of each photo in a slideshow like iPhoto did?

[@maxidigiovanni]

hi there ... did u see that if u make a slide show using vintage prints theme the video will be cut!!!!! ??? try to put 1 photo then a video 20 secs for example then another photo .. then play ... so u can see only 2, 3 secs of entire video!!!!! apple support said that with new system decided to do this!!!!!! this is insane!!!!! if u change the theme standard the problem disappear ... the last version where working good is 10.14.6 !!!!!!! ideas??????

[@freefaller79]

Unfortunately the exported Apple Photos Memory Videos doesn‘t support 4K

[@Learnwithjoel]

I know @freefaller79! I'm really hoping Apple does some upgrades with Apple Photos in the near future. I am running beta macOS 14 Sonoma and can confirm that as of right now, it still does not do 4K. THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!

[@maxmarshall4621]

Easy Movie Slideshow! (proceeds to make 37 minute video)

[@Learnwithjoel]

I hear ya @maxmarshall4621! Going through every option does take a little time... THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!

[@begrnuriar]

Templates are too basic and rigid. Not a lot of options. If you want just fade in and out, without rearranging the images, you can't do it.