February 12, 2009, 3:40 AM — Romance is in the air. Chocolate hearts, roses, and greeting cards are everywhere. If you really want to be romantic, ignore all of these commercial products this Valentine's Day. Buying a card or some candy from the store only shows that you're doing what's expected. Going the extra mile to be creative shows that you really care.
This step by step tutorial will show you how to make Valentine's Day Photo Slideshow Story Video for YouTube and no complicated computer skills needed.
Valentine's Day Photo Slideshow Story Video Sample
What you'll need:
1. Photos related your love story on local disk
2. Wondershare Photo Story Platinum 3.0
3. YouTube Account (Free to register)
4. Valentine love song (Optional, as background music)
Step 1. Photoset :
Download and install Wondershare Photo Story Platinum and then launch it. You will start from Photo Set tab. Browse photos and simply drag & drag your favorites to the Story Board and Click “Add Audio” to add background music, also you can add sounds or your own record. Here I add "Take Me to Your Heart".
Step 2. Styles :
Preview animated styles first and then double click or drag & drop your selected styles to the Story Board. With 200+ build-in animated movie styles, you can make your photo movie to impress everyone. Also, various theme styles for different occasions such as wedding, kids and movie can meet your special demands.Here I "Add Random Styles" for all slides.
Step 3. Decoration:
To make your photo movie slideshow more funny and lively, adding some adorable elements is absolutely necessary. Here you can add your customized text caption with different text effects, stunning scene effect, animated clipart and sound in flexible timeline.
Gorgeous Intro/Credit animation effects can give people profound first impression. Click ”Intro/Credit” to add it. This software offers different excellent Intro/ Credit effects to choose from, just preview and pick your favorite. You can also add your movie information, such as title, director, cast, etc, and set the text effects like movie style.
Step 4. Create :
After you preview the whole photo slideshow and feel satisfied with the effect, select "Create" tab and click "Create MP4". Also video format like "AVI”, “WMV" or "MPEG-2" are supported on YouTube.
Tips: YouTube Upload Tips (Videos saved with the following settings convert the best):Video Format: MPEG4-4 MovieResolution: 320x240Video Frame Rate: 30fpsSample Rate: 44100
Step 5. Upload video to YouTube:
After you creating the MP4 file, login your YouTube ID, choose “Account" and click "Upload” button, and then select "Upload a video", write down your video title and description. It's better to enter tag for easily searched by others.
Ok,that's done! Download Photo Story Platinum and have a make your Valentine's Day photo slideshow for your lover!
