Quicktour

Produce a perfect video clip in just a few steps, using Clipgenerator:

1. Select pictures

• on your own computer or
• from your Flickr, Picasa, smugmug or photobucket accounts.

Recommendations:
- To achieve optimal results, we recommend using pictures in JPEG or GIF format with a size of at least 640x480 pixels and a resolution of 72 dpi.
- Landscape format is more suitable than portrait format for some effects and animations, such as the 3-D cube.
- The photos can be cut, adjusted to the optimal size or the desired format by using an image-editing program such as Photoshop (licensed), Gimp (freeware) or Aviary Phoenix (online service).

2. Select music

The Clipgenerator music pool provides you with many of the most popular songs on the current charts as well as classic hits from various music genres such as pop, rock, hip hop, electro and classical music. Using music from the Clipgenerator music pool to compile slide shows, some of which is licensed, is always legal, as the music rights have been fully cleared in advance. Further information is available here

Recommendations:
- The video clip becomes particularly impressive when combined with music that perfectly suits the pictures selected and the occasion. Suitable songs for a variety of occasions are available in the Clipgenerator, divided into the categories "pop" or "love". This allows you to produce soulful love messages, happy birthday videos, fantastic holiday clips, Christmas greeting cards and many more..

3. Add text

To finish, the pictures can be provided with individual captions. In this way your video can be given a title, captions, explanations and credits. A preview clip can then be compiled in real time - this takes only seconds.

Recommendation:
- Once you have compiled the video clip, you can easily edit it once more by using the "Back" button. The picture sequence, choice of music and texts can be changed as often as you like. This ensures that the result will be absolutely perfect!

The only thing left to do is to enter the e-mail address to which the finished video is to be sent via a link.

4. View and share

The completed video can now be distributed to your friends and relatives. Several options are available in this regard:

1. Sharing the video with friends in social communities:
The "Share" button below the video makes it easy to post the clip directly onto Facebook, Twitter, MySpace or Bebo.

2. Sending the clip by e-mail and Messenger as a direct link:
Copy the short direct link as shown to distribute the video to your friends via e-mail or Messenger, or use the entry fields at the bottom of the page to send the clip directly by e-mail.

3. Integration of the video into blogs, forums and other websites:
Use the embedding code as shown for easy integration of your video into blogs, forums, social communities and other websites.