Our new Picture Shows enable members to create slideshows of their photos with music! Limited Free and Premium Gold Members can create unlimited 30 second Picture Shows. Platinum Members can create slideshows up to 10 minutes in length which is determined by the length of the song chosen. Please note the photos used in a Picture show must be in the same album or tagged with the same tag. Once you select to create the Picture Show, the widget will open and will guide you through the process. It will pull the first 12 photos of the album in by default, but you will then be able to add or remove photos as you like. The MP4 files are saved on your homepage in the Picture Show tab under My Shots.

Platinum level members can create full length Picture Shows by clicking the "Create Picture Show" button. Free and Gold members can make a 30 Second Trial video by clicking the "Try Picture Show" button. Once you are signed in to your membership at Webshots, you will see the option to create a Picture Show when you access your account via your album tab, album page or on the new Picture Show tab under My Shots. You can also begin a Picture Show on any of your Photo Display pages, on the main Picture Show page, and on the Upload Confirmation page after you have successfully uploaded photos. Finally, you can start a Picture Show on your tags page. Once you select to create a Picture Show, the widget will guide you through the process. To create a Picture Show of a particular album, begin the process by clicking the Picture Show creation button on the Album tab or from a photo in the album.

1. The first 10-12 photos in your album will be pre-loaded, with the remainder loaded into the "recommended" tab.


2. You can add text, highlight certain images for feature, rearrange images and add images from the recommended tab.


3. Choose your music.


4. Finalize the details, preview and complete the video.

To create a Picture Show via tagging, tag the images you wish to use then go to the tags page. Navigate to the tag you wish to create a video for and click the Picture Show creation button. We will then walk you through the three steps required to create a video.

1. Get your photos and videos.


2. Get music


3. Finalize with details.

You can locate your Picture Shows by signing in to Webshots and then clicking My Shots. You will now see the Picture Show tab to the right of the album tab. Picture Shows that are ready to view will have a play button. Those that are still rendering will not. Platinum members have the ability to download their Picture Shows to their computers.

If you are having trouble creating a Picture Show, please make sure you have the current version of the Adobe Flash Player. Please go to www.adobe.com to download this free software.

30 Second Picture Show Trials are free for everyone and you can make as many as you want. Picture Show Trials are also a great way to get a feel for how Picture Shows work.

No, Picture Shows are intended to feature your own photos. From family celebrations to your best images, Picture Shows bring your photos to life!

Picture Show 30 Second Trials are free. A Platinum Membership allows you to make an unlimited number of full-length videos. With Platinum Membership, you can download any of your videos, whether they're 30 Second Trials or full-length videos. To upgrade to Platinum Membership and for more information on pricing and features, click here. You can check on the status of your Platinum Membership access by clicking on "My Shots" in the upper-right corner and then going to your "account" tab to see the membership expiration date. If your?Platinum Membership access?expires, you will still have full access to all your videos; they will not be deleted.

Because Picture Shows are entirely web-based, they can work on both Mac and PCs. If you're having trouble creating a video, make sure that you're using a compatible (and up-to-date) web browser. The recommended browsers are Internet Explorer 7, 8, or 9, Firefox 3.5+, Google Chrome, or Safari 5+. Regardless of your browser, you must have cookies and JavaScript enabled and have the Adobe Flash Player (version 10.1 or greater) installed.

For most of our Picture Show videos, it takes 3 minutes to render 30 seconds of video. If you are making a 10-minute video, this can take a while - even a couple of hours. Picture Show uses patent-pending technology to analyze your images and everything about the selected music - its structure, genre, energy, build, rhythm - before developing a blueprint for the motion design of your video. The remaining time is spent rendering your video to custom-generate your final Picture Show.

All videos are private unless you intentionally change the status to public, actively share your video's link with others and/or post it elsewhere. No one can stumble across, search for, or access your video without your permission.

There are several ways to share your Picture Show video from the Picture Show tab or from the Picture Show play page:

1. Email: click the envelope to email your Picture Show.


2. Facebook: click the Facebook icon to post your Picture Show to Facebook.


3. Twitter: click the Twitter icon to tweet your picture Show.


4. You can also copy the link or URL to your video and share it by e-mail.

Platinum Members can download Picture Show videos. You can find the option to download your video on the Picture Show play page beneath your video. Click to download.

You can download your Picture Show video only if you have a Platinum Membership. To see the pricing for these accounts, please click here.

Posting a Picture Show video to Facebook is quick and easy. To begin, click the Facebook icon which is located to the right of your video on the Picture Show tab or beneath your video on the Picture Show play page. A window should open asking you to login with your Facebook username and password. You will then get the option to preview what will be posted. Clicking 'Share' will post the Picture Show video to your Facebook wall.

Videos stop either when the music runs out or there are no more images left to display, whichever comes first. We display, on average, 24-40 images per minute, depending on how fast or slow the song is. There is a maximum of 10 minutes per song and/or 300 images. So, make sure that there are enough images to sustain your song and that your song is long enough to show all your images. We also have a feature in the Video Options link that lets you adjust the pace at which images get displayed. Click the link and uncheck "Automatic". You will then be able to move the pace to "faster" or "slower". In this way, you can show more or fewer images per minute while using the same song. On slower-speed, 12-20 items will be displayed per minute. On faster-speed, 48-80 items will be displayed per minute.

Picture Show videos stop either when the music stops or when there is no more imagery left to display whichever comes first. So, make sure that there are enough images to sustain your song and that your song is long enough to display all your images. 30 Second Trial videos can be up to 30-seconds in length. For our full-length videos, we have a maximum of 10 minutes per song and/or 300 images. We display, on average, 24-40 images per minute, depending on how fast or slow the song is.

There are several different ways to help videos that aren't loading quite like they should:

1. Clear your browser's cache and cookies.


2. Make sure you have a high connection speed. Closing windows or tabs with loading or streaming content can help, too.


3. Make sure your Adobe Flash Player is up-to-date. You can always check your version of Flash and update it at www.adobe.com.


4. Try a different Internet browser. For instance, if you're using Internet Explorer, try using Firefox or Chrome to see if that helps.


5. Pause the video until it has fully loaded.

We ensure the last image will be in the video, even when all the rest can't. So, you might want to get rid of a few images from the middle to get the ones leading up to the last image in there.

Windows Media Player does not support the playback of the .mp4 file format. In order to play your MP4 files, we recommend using Quicktime.

There are a number of reasons you may not be able to see your Picture Show video. The usual problem is the Adobe Flash Player. Please be sure you have the current version for your operating system. You need version 10.1 or above. The next likely issue is Javascript, which you may have turned off in your browser. This one will pretty much disable the entire site, though, so it's unlikely you've got it turned off if nothing else is giving you problems. Lastly, it is possible that another piece of software on your computer, such as a firewall or anti-virus program, is causing an issue. If so, you may need to allow the Flash player to access the external video file by adjusting some settings. Please contact Adobe.com and/or customer support for the manufacturer of the security software for help with this. After you have made any of these changes, do a full page refresh (clearing cache) by holding CTRL or SHIFT (different for each system) while pressing the refresh button.

We recommend that you pre-crop your images to a 4:3 or 3:4 (landscape or portrait) aspect ratio, ideally at a resolution of 1280 x 960 pixels or higher. Lower resolution images will still work, however, they may not look as good at higher resolutions or when viewing on DVD. Images not in a 4:3 aspect ratio are still usable, but they may be cropped in the final video. If you're wondering what DPI you should use, keep in mind that DPI is only for print, so 1280 x 720 pixels is enough information. (For instance, a 1024 x 768 pixel image at 300 dpi will print at roughly 3.5 x 2.5 inches, and at 100dpi, it will print at roughly 10 x 7.5 inches. However, the monitor screen ignores all that and just cares about the pixel resolution — the 1024 x 768 number.)

There are three ways to slow down a video:

1. Choose a slower song.


2. Use our "Spotlight" feature.


3. You can speed up or slow the pace of the video by clicking the video options link. Slide towards 'slower' to make a slower video (or faster to speed up the video).

All Picture Show visuals are designed to intelligently respond to the genre, structure, rhythm, and energy of your music. By remaking the video to a more mellow tune, your images will appear at a slower pace. In the image area, there are a buttons beneath the thumbnail versions of your photos. The one with the star on it is the "Spotlight" button. Highlight the images that you'd like emphasized and then press the "Spotlight" button. Our engine will then know to sustain them on screen longer.

On average, 18-40 items (text, images, video clips) get displayed per minute of video depending on the song's tempo. For full-length Picture Shows, you can choose to have your images displayed at faster or slower speed. On slower-speed, 12-20 items will be displayed per minute. On faster-speed, 48-80 items will be displayed per minute. Picture Show videos stop either when the music runs out or when there is no more imagery left to display whichever comes first. So, depending on the length and tempo of the song chosen, make sure that there are enough images to see the song until its end, and conversely, that your song is long enough to show all the images that you'd like included in your video. If the video doesn't come out right in terms of timing, you can always remake the video. You can add or delete images or switch-out the soundtrack until your video is just right.

Your Picture Show video's audio is off by default. To turn it on, click on the video clip and notice that the preview area comes up to the right. There, you can opt into turning the audio on in your video footage. The music chosen for your Picture Show's soundtrack will be at a lower volume so that your footage's audio makes it into your Picture Show video.

You can click on any uploaded video clip to preview it. Move the grey bar to choose the section of the clip you'd like to display. If you'd like to make the selection longer or shorter, adjust the length where it says "set length." You're limited to 10 seconds per video clip to ensure that the Picture Show videos retain a professional feel. If you need to show more than 10 seconds, we recommend using the "duplicate" tool on the clip and intersperse photos between them. Or, you can put the video clips side by side.

To choose a music soundtrack when you are creating or editing a video, click the "change song" button. You can choose a category of music from Pop, Jazz, Classical, etc. Click a song to preview it. To choose a song click "save & continue."

You can begin a Picture Show on any of your photo pages, album pages, the Album tab, Picture Show tab, tags page or through the Picture Show page. To create a Picture Show of a particular album, begin the process by clicking the button on the Album tab or from a photo in the album.

1. The first 10-12 photos in your album will be pre-loaded, with the remainder loaded into the "recommended" tab.
2. You can add text, highlight certain images for feature, rearrange images and add images from the recommended tab.
3. Choose your music.
4. Finalize the details, preview and complete the video.

To create a Picture Show via tagging, tag the images you wish to use then go to the tags page. Navigate to the tag you wish to create a video for and click the Picture Show creation button. We will then walk you through the three steps required to create a video: Get your photos and videos, get the music, and finalize with details.

After adding your images via your album or on the tags page, you'll see a row of buttons to the right side of them. One of them has a capital "A" on it and says "captions." That's the text feature. Click it to add text to your video. You can drag the text box between any photos in the video.

When Webshots Picture Show videos are created, they're "flattened" into one solid file, so to change anything in the video, we do have to re-render it, creating a completely new version of the video. In order to make edits you will need to recreate your Picture Show video from the beginning.

Yes. You retain all rights to your content. Webshots assumes no copyright to your material.

Webshots respects the rights of copyright holders for images and music. Our policy is to respond to any notices of alleged infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to include removing the content immediately. Webshots reserves the right to terminate your account and video creations in accordance with our Terms of Service.

If you believe that someone else has infringed upon your copyrighted content without your permission, please follow the directions in our DMCA policy in our Community Guidelines.

We'll let you know if we receive a copyright complaint about any of your video content that is hosted on Webshots. We'll give you the opportunity to file a DMCA counter notification as outlined in our Terms of Service.