# Photo to Video Slideshow Maker Online - Transitions, Music and Captions > Free online slideshow maker using your photos as they are: custom order and durations, 15 transitions, never-crop Ken Burns, music and per-image captions. - URL: https://qilingtools.com/en/video/slideshow - Category: Video Tools (https://qilingtools.com/en/video) - Tags: [Video](https://qilingtools.com/en/tags/video), [Converters](https://qilingtools.com/en/tags/convert) - Last updated: 2026-10-26 - Price: Free, no sign-up - Privacy: Runs locally in the browser; files are never uploaded Turn trip photos, baby milestones, wedding shots or product images into a video with music for Reels, TikTok, Shorts or a family chat. Add several images, reorder them with the arrows under each thumbnail, and give any image its own duration and caption. Pick from 15 transitions — fade, fade through black or white, dissolve, slide, wipe, circle open/close, radial, pixelize, blur, zoom and more — or let them be random. Turn on the Ken Burns effect and each photo slowly zooms in, zooms out or pans so still images come alive. Choose 16:9 landscape, 9:16 vertical, 1:1 or 4:3, and fill mismatched photos with a blurred background, a solid color, or crop them to fill. With background music you can cut it at the end of the video with an automatic fade-out, loop it when it is too short, or stretch the photo durations to finish exactly with the song. Each image is first drawn with Canvas (captions too, using your system fonts, so any language and emoji render correctly) and then FFmpeg assembles an H.264 MP4 — your photos are never uploaded. The whole pipeline only arranges, dissolves and scales your original pixels; no image-generation model is involved at any point, so every face, expression, skin tone, hairstyle, outfit and body shape stays exactly as it was shot. That makes it safe for documentary, interview and memorial videos, where the people on screen have to stay authentic. ## How to use 1. Add your images, reorder them, and optionally set a duration and caption for each 2. Choose a transition, aspect ratio and fill mode; toggle the Ken Burns effect 3. Optionally add background music and choose how it fits, then click Create video and download the MP4 ## Features - Uses your original photos as-is — no AI generation, no face restoration, people are untouched - Photos to MP4 with custom order and per-image duration - 15 xfade transitions including cross-dissolve, or random - Fade in from black at the start and out at the end - Ken Burns slow zoom and pan, with a never-crop mode that keeps edge subjects in frame - 16:9, 9:16, 1:1 and 4:3 at 720p or 1080p - Blurred background, solid color or crop-to-fill for mixed shapes - Per-image captions that support any language and emoji - Background music: fade-out, loop, or fit durations to the song - JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC and more; processed locally ## FAQ ### How do I make the video exactly as long as the music? After adding music, choose “Adjust image durations to match the music”. Every photo’s duration is scaled proportionally (keeping your relative timings) so the last photo ends together with the song, and the audio fades out at the end. ### What happens with a mix of portrait and landscape photos? Choose Blurred background: each photo is shown in full, and the empty space is filled with a blurred, enlarged copy of the same image — the look common on TikTok and Reels. You can also use a solid color, or Crop to fill for a border-free frame that trims some of the picture. ### Will my photos be regenerated or will faces be redrawn by AI? No. This is an editing tool, not an image generator. Your photos get exactly three things done to them: they are placed on the target frame, given transitions, and optionally zoomed slowly by the amount you set — every pixel comes from your own file. There is no face restoration, no image-to-image generation and no model of any kind, so identity, age, skin tone, hairstyle, clothing, pose and expression are all unchanged. ### Will the Ken Burns zoom crop people standing near the edge? Not by default. With “Never crop while zooming” ticked, the photo starts slightly smaller and grows until it exactly fills the frame, so all four corners stay visible for the entire shot and nobody gets pushed out. Untick it if you prefer a punchier push-in that does trim the edges. ### Why is rendering slower with Ken Burns on? The effect rescales every single frame, which is far more work than showing a still image. With many photos or 1080p output it takes noticeably longer, so try 720p at 25 fps first and render the final version once you like it. ### Are my photos uploaded? Is it free? No. Drawing and video encoding happen in your browser, so your photos never leave your device. 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