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How to Make a Year in Review Video (Plus Templates)

Megan O'NeillUpdated: Oct 21, 2024

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At the end of every year before we set our resolutions, it's important to look back on the moments that we never want to forget. Keep all of the memories that mean the most to you close with a year-in-review video for you, your employees, and loved ones!

In this guide, we’ll show you how to create a year in review video to share with friends on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube—or to recap your business’s achievements over the past year. We’ll also share some year-in-review video templates that’ll make it easy to create your own video in minutes.

How to make your year-in-review video

Ready to get started? We’ll show you how to make a year-in-review video using our This Year's Moments video template featured below. If you’re looking to create a look-back for your business, check out the templates below!

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Step 1: Choose your photos

What moments from the year would you like to recap? If it’s for a personal video, you can go back through your social media accounts and camera roll and set aside photos of all your favorite memories from this past year.

For businesses, keep in mind what events, launches, and milestones you’d like to share. If you have any photos of your team, make sure you include those. If not, you can always pull from our stock image library.

You can create a folder on your desktop and add separate folders for each event to keep yourself organized.

Step 2: Start your Animoto project

If you’re not already using Animoto, sign up here for free.

Then, select any of the templates below to start creating! If you have a more specific vision in mind, you can always start from scratch.

Step 3: Add your photos to the template

Upload your photos to your Animoto project and then just drag and drop to add them into the template. You can use the existing layouts or get creative by adding additional blocks and media frames to share more pictures.

add your photos and videos year in review template

Step 4: Update the text

Change the text in the template to match your story. In this example, we’ve kept a lot of the text the same, but updated a couple blocks to talk about our specific experiences. You can include key stats, personal messages, and a few jokes to bring viewers into your story.

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Step 5: Produce and share!

Change the music, colors, or font if you’d like. Then, produce your video and share your year of memories with your friends on Facebook and Instagram, share via email, or wherever you’d like!

Businesses, these videos are great for email newsletters, social media, and even holiday parties.

Personal year-in-review video templates

Recap your year with a personal highlight video! Here are some of our most popular templates.

My yearly recap

Use this My Yearly Recap to create a short and sweet recap from your photos and videos! All you need to do is upload your favorite photos from throughout the year and share then on TikTok, Instagram Reels, and more.

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This year’s moments

This template also makes use of your favorite photos and videos by grouping them around personal milestones. From moves to graduations and reunions, this template makes it easy to highlight your favorite moments from the past year.

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Yearly lookback

Look back on the highlights of your year like vacations by sharing collages of your favorite photos! This template helps you piece together your year like a mosaic rather than a flash of photos.

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Year-end family highlights

Finally, this highlight template is a fun way to celebrate your entire family’s year! Make it a group project by asking each member of your family what their greatest accomplishment is from a year and compile them all in one family highlight video.

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Year-in-review video templates for businesses

Make sure that none of your accomplishments get lost – recap them with a video! All of these video template are perfect for celebrating milestones from the past year with your customers and teams.

Our Year in Review video template

Why not celebrate all your accomplishments with the people who made them possible? The Our Year in Review template makes it easy to look over the past year and thank your teams for all that you've done. Fill it with photos of your team throughout the year to make them feel appreciated and seen!

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Company Year in Review video template

The Company Year In Review template is designed to make it easy to recap your company's biggest accomplishments of the past 12 months. It's square, ideal for sharing to Facebook and Instagram, but you can always change to a landscape aspect ratio if it better suits your needs.

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Business Highlights video template

The Business Highlights template lets you tell your story of the year, month by month. Let your customers know how your team handled the unique challenges that came along with this year.

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Annual Recap video template

Are you a realtor? We have a look-back template just for you! Use this video to share key stats about properties sold, families rehomed, and more.

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Make a year in review video with Animoto

And there you have it! You now have a way to recap and relive all the best parts of your year and start the new year on the right foot.

Don’t forget to tag us in your recap videos so we can celebrate with you! Happy recapping!

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