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Make a graduation slideshow video
Easily combine your photos and video clips with music to create a memorable graduation video. No video editing experience necessary.
Turn a graduation into a celebration with video
Create a slideshow for a graduation party, a Zoom celebration, or as a heartfelt gift. Animoto’s graduation video maker lets you easily create videos and slideshows to honor your grad’s major milestone.
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Graduation video templates and inspiration
Tips for creating a graduation video
Collect video congratulations
Ask family and friends to record short messages to your grad on a mobile device. Then have them text or email the video clips to you. Suggest participants keep their messages under a minute so the videos are easier to send and to upload into your video.
Bring school colors into your video
Show school spirit by adding school colors to the backgrounds or text of your video. Animoto lets you customize colors, fonts, and text styles, so you can pick out colors that match your graduation decorations.
Add music that matches your tone
The right song can help create the mood you want for your video. If you’re making a video from parents to their child, try for a sweet instrumental track. Or if you’re creating a video to celebrate, look for a high-energy song that’ll fit the mood. Test out Animoto’s music filters to find licensed music you’ll love or upload your own music track to your video.
3 easy graduation video ideas
Create a graduation slideshow video
Make a beautiful slideshow you can share with friends and family at a graduation party. Focus on your grad’s personality with photos and video clips of their hobbies and accomplishments. Then add text to help tell your grad’s story and say how proud you are of them. If you’ve got a lot of photos, consider using a photo collage or burst to keep the video’s runtime down, while still including all the images you want.
Wish graduating seniors good luck
If you work at a high school or university, wish your graduating seniors good luck with a video you can share on social or present at the graduation ceremony itself. Include photos of big senior events, like the prom or homecoming, to remind the graduating class of all the memorable moments they experienced at your school.
Use school pictures to tell a story
Grab school photos from pre-k up through high school or college graduation to show how much your grad has grown. Check your social media accounts for recent photos, scan in older photos, or even take new pictures of them on your smartphone.
How to screen your graduation slideshow video
Watch your video at a graduation party
Even if you’re celebrating online this year, you can still share your video with your grad’s guests. . Zoom and google hangouts both let you share your screen. When you’ve shared your screen, you can play your Animoto video for everyone in attendance. If you want to present your graduation slideshow at an in-person celebration, there are several methods you can try. Plug your laptop into a tv using an hdmi cord, burn your video onto a dvd, upload it to a usb drive, or use chromecast or airplay to send your video right from your phone or computer.
Share it on social
Let the grads in your life know you care with a heartfelt or fun-loving video that you can share with them on social media. Post a quick video to your college, university, or high school social media accounts to share the excitement of graduation day and congratulate the graduating class. Create a Facebook and Instagram-friendly square video to make sure it stands out more in newsfeeds. Creating a video for just one special grad? Share it on social to help friends and family feel a part of the graduation, even if they’re far away.
Send it as an email
Reach your graduate wherever they are. Send your video right to them by emailing a link to your video. Then, your recipient will be able to watch their video gift again and again whenever they want.
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How to make a graduation video in 4 easy steps
Choose a template
Hit the ground running with one of our celebratory graduation video templates. We have lots of options to look back over the years and send off grads with a warm message.
Upload your photos and videos
Bring your video to life by uploading photos and video clips of your grad. Then just drag and drop them into your project to watch your vision unfold. Need more content? Pull stock from our Getty Images library to piece it all together.
Personalize your video
Customize your video to match your grad's style and vision. Explore our pre-designed themes for a quick start, or take full control by adding your school colors, adding animations, and choosing a song from our extensive music library.
Share and celebrate
Now you're ready to share your video and send off your grad. Select a social platform to post it right from Animoto or download in 1080p to showcase it at a graduation celebration.
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