Just starting out making and sharing videos online? Whether you want to share fun or inmormative vids via YouTube or post family photos and home video on Facebook, in this article we'll tell you where and how to share, as well as walk you through how to make your own amazing video slideshow. And to help you get the most out of this tutorial, I even made a video for YouTube using our very own bestselling video slideshow builder. Wtih Wondershare DVD Slideshow Builder Deluxe, upload created videos, or record video from webcam on your computer for Facebook or YouTube. Download the video maker for free trial now.
Detailed guides:
- Part 1: How to Make a Video with Photos and Music
- Part 2: How to Make a YouTube Video
- Part 3: How to Make a Facebook Video
Part 1: How to Make a Video with Photos and Music
Here is a video slideshow example on my YouTube channel, made by the top-rated video making software - DVD Slideshow Builder Deluxe. you can put on your Facebook and YouTube profile. Make a video with your own photos and music to bring more fun and surprise.
Note: Also burn video slideshow to DVD with menus to watch on TV
To make a video with photos and music, you'll need:
- 1. Digital photos and music
- 2. Video slideshow software (e.g. DVD Slideshow Builder for Windows or Fantashow for Mac)
- 3. YouTube / Facebook account (Register Free)
Now see how to make a video with pictures and music by using DVD Slideshow Builder for example.
Step 1: Add Photos and Music
Download and install DVD Slideshow Builder Deluxe software. Once launched, enter Advanced Mode and you will start from Organize tab. Here, import favorite photos/videos and music to the storyboard. If required, double-click media sources to edit.
Step 2: Change Photo Transitions
When you import photo and video, random photo transition will automatically applied to them. But you can change photo transition by clicking transition thumb on storyboard and select desired transition in the resulting dialog. This video slideshow maker contains 125+ smooth transition & motions for a personalized slideshow. If you don't want to set transitions yourself, try Standard mode for the Styles - you get auto movie making.
Step3: Save Video to MP4 or Whatever
Go to "Create" tab and in the Output formats drop-down list, select MP4 as the video format. Then click Start to save video for Facebook/YouTube. You can also go to Options button to customize video options, e.g., the video resolution, frame rate, bitrate, audio sample rate, etc.
How to Make a YouTube Video
You are recommended to save video in the following parameters. File size and duration need to be less than 2GB and 15 minutes. Before uploading, see the easy steps above to make a video with video making software.
- Video Format: MP4 AVC
- Resolution: 640x480 (1280x720 for High Definition)
- Video Frame Rate: 29.97fps
- Sample Rate: 44100
A wide range of formats are supported by YouTube, and you could also output video slideshow in these formats in the picture video software.
- Windows Media Video(.wmv)
- .3GP (cell phones)
- .AVI (windows)
- .MOV (mac)
- .MP4 (ipod/psp)
- .MPEG
- .FLV (adobe flash)
- .SWF (shockwave flash)
- .MKV (H.264)
After you creating the MP4 file, login your YouTube ID, choose "Account" and click "Upload" button, and then click the big upload button on the left, write down your video title and description. It's better to enter tag for easily searched by others.

How to Make a Facebook Video
Following Facebook movie formats are supported, but not limited to. And the best video format for Facebook video is MP4 Video as to my own experience. When the musical video is created, login Facebook and on your Timeline profile, locate Photo tab next to Status tab and choose the recently created video. Depending on the video size and your connection speed, it'll need minutes to upload your video to Facebook. While the video is uploaded to Facebook, you can also fill some necessary information about your Facebook video.
- MPEG-4 Video (mp4, mpeg4)
- AVI Video (avi)
- Windows Media Video (wmv)
- MPEG Video (mpg, mpeg)
- Windows Media Video (asf)
- QuickTime Movie (mov)
- Mobile Video (3gpp, 3gp, 3g2)
- Matroska Format (mkv)
- Flash Player Video (flv)
- DVD Video (vob)
- Ogg Format (ogm)

Note that the Mac version of video maker software comes with more compelling video templates. Just see the sample created with Mac video maker below.
created with Fantashow and shared on Facebook
All done. It's so easy to make a video with pictures and music. Get the video slideshow making software to make your own video with photos and music, and upload to Facebook/YouTube for sharing with the world!





