To add new slides to the video, select one of the photo thumbnails at the bottom of the window and press the Add a new text slide button. The tab also includes Bold, Italic and Automatic Outline text formatting options. Click the Text colour or Background colour options to choose new colors for the slide. Select the Font drop-down list to choose alternative fonts for the slide. There you can enter new text in the text box. Click the Slide tab to edit the slide’s text.

Select the Fit photos into audio option to make sure the full track plays during the video. Then choose an audio track to play in the background. To add background audio to the video, press the Load button. Below that you can also adjust the slide duration by dragging the Slide Duration bar to the left and right. Click the Transition Style drop-down menu to select one of the effects. That will open the Video Maker tab in the shot below.įrom the Video tab you can select a variety of transition effects. Then click Create > Video and select From Selection. Open Picasa and select a group of photos to include in the video by holding the Ctrl key.

The freeware Google Picasa 3.9, compatible with both the Windows and Mac OS X platforms, is one of the programs that has options to set up videos with your photos. They are similar to slideshows, except that you can play back the videos with media players.

You can set up video clip presentations for your photos with a variety of software packages.

Picasa for mac os x