Tip 1
🖼️
Use landscape (horizontal) photos whenever possible
Landscape photos are easier for our AI to process — no guesswork, no fill needed, and they look great on every screen. Portrait photos are fully supported, but landscape gives consistently better results.
Tip 2
📱
Avoid glare when photographing album pages
Ceiling lights and spotlights cause reflections on glossy photos. For best results: lean the photo against an object and shoot straight on (not from above). This eliminates overhead light reflections entirely.
❌
Phone from above
→ glare
✅
Phone straight on
→ no glare
Tip 2b
⚡
Turn off your flash
Flash creates a bright white hotspot in the center of the photo, completely washing out faces and details. Always photograph in natural light or soft indoor light — never with flash enabled.
iPhone: tap the lightning bolt ⚡ → select 'Off'
Android: tap the flash icon → select 'Off'
✅
Natural light
→ sharp & clear
💡 Best lighting: sit near a window in daylight, no direct sunlight on the album page.
Tip 3
✨
Choose your clearest photos
Our AI handles minor imperfections well — faded colors, small tears, light scratches. But heavily damaged, extremely blurry, or very crumpled photos will affect the final result. When in doubt, choose the clearer copy.
💡 Our quality checker (shown during upload) will flag any photos that may cause issues.
Tip 4
🔢
Arrange your photos — you control the narrative
After uploading, each photo gets a number. Drag and rearrange them in any order before continuing. Photo #1 appears first after the dedication, then #2, #3, and so on. The order you set here is the order in your video.
Tip 5
🕰️
Include photos from different life stages
Baby → child → teenager → adult — a full life story. The bigger the time span covered by your photos, the more emotionally powerful the video becomes.
Tip 6
👨👩👧👦
Alternate between individual and group photos
A mix of solo portraits and group moments adds depth and warmth to your video. All solo → feels like a portrait gallery. All group → loses the personal connection. Mix both for best results.
Tip 7
🎯
Avoid collages or multi-photo compositions
Photos that already contain multiple smaller photos inside them confuse the AI — it doesn't know which face to focus on. One photo = one subject = one moment. Always better.
Tip 8
🎬
Use action photos, not just posed ones
Our AI excels at animating movement. A photo of someone riding a horse, playing cards, drinking coffee, running, or playing an instrument will animate beautifully and dynamically. Static posed photos ('stand and smile') animate more subtly. Mix both — but don't skip the action shots.
"Imagine seeing your grandfather playing violin in motion. That's the magic. 🎻"
Tip 9
👤
For portrait-style photos, one clear face works best
Our AI focuses on the most prominent face in each photo. If a portrait photo has multiple faces close together, the animation may feel less focused. For close-up portraits, one face centered in frame gives the most striking result.