# Good free program to make YouTube photo montage?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-free-program-to-make-youtube-photo-montage/618996>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 16, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-free-program-to-make-youtube-photo-montage/618996 "2012-04-16T20:27:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-free-program-to-make-youtube-photo-montage/618996/1 "2012-04-16T20:27:48Z")

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I want to make a vid for YouTube, showing still photos at semi-regular intervals, with an mp3 of my own devising playing in the background.

Is there a free program that will make doing this relatively simple?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-free-program-to-make-youtube-photo-montage/618996/2 "2012-04-16T20:49:33Z")

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Picasa has a movie feature that you can add your own sound file to and a dedicated button to upload the finished clip to youtube.

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**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-free-program-to-make-youtube-photo-montage/618996/3 "2012-04-16T21:00:20Z")

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Woo hoo! Thanks, **blondebear!**

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**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-free-program-to-make-youtube-photo-montage/618996/4 "2012-04-17T14:59:31Z")

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As a second alternative, Windows Live Movie Maker (free download from Microsoft) can do that as well.

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**Author:** ![blindboyard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindboyard/32/2833_2.png) [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-free-program-to-make-youtube-photo-montage/618996/5 "2012-04-17T17:45:01Z")

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Openshot, too.