Reopening your editor…

Turn your Google Photos album into a beautiful slideshow video.

Import your Google Photos album, preserve its order, add music and transitions, and create a downloadable MP4 slideshow video right in your browser.

Add your own musicNo software to installNo Google Photos account access requiredPreserves your album order
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Start your Photo Show

Paste your shared album link

Next, you'll choose your photos, music, timing, and transitions.

Don't have an album link handy?
Your photos stay private

Your finished video is created in your browser. Cloud Photo Show does not store your photos, music, or finished video.

If you save a project, only your editing settings and shared album link are stored. Learn how privacy works →

How it works

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    Import your Google Photos album

    Paste its shared link and bring the complete album into the editor.

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    Customize your slideshow

    Choose photos, videos, music, timing, titles, motion, and transitions.

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    Download your MP4 video

    Create the finished slideshow locally in your browser and save it.

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Cloud Photo Show Getting Started video tutorial

New to Cloud Photo Show?

Watch the complete walkthrough

See how to turn a Google Photos album into a finished slideshow video in this 15-minute Getting Started guide.

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Google Photos album to slideshow video

Build a finished video without downloading every photo first

Cloud Photo Show imports an entire shared Google Photos album into a browser-based slideshow editor. Keep the album's existing sequence or rearrange it, combine photos and video clips, add titles and music, choose transitions and Pan and Zoom motion, then create a downloadable MP4.

Video creation happens locally in your browser. Cloud Photo Show does not store your music or completed video, and account projects save lightweight editing instructions rather than copies of your media.

Why use Cloud Photo Show?

Your album is already organized. Keep it that way.

Importing a shared album preserves its Google Photos order. That makes an album you already curated a practical starting point instead of a folder of files that must be uploaded and sorted again.

Google Photos slideshow with music

Add multiple audio files, arrange the playlist, adjust each track's volume, crossfade songs, and fit default slide timing to the playlist.

Learn how to plan music and timing

Photos and videos together

Mix still photos with selected album video clips. Trim clips, control original sound, and lower background music while clip audio plays.

Turn an existing album into a video

A downloadable MP4

Create a 720p or 1080p MP4, subject to the current account plan and browser capabilities, for playback on computers, TVs, and projectors.

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Music controls built in

Add music to your Google Photos slideshow

Add your own music to your Photo Show, arrange multiple tracks, adjust volume, crossfade songs, repeat the playlist, and fit your slideshow timing to the music before creating the finished video.

  • Add multiple music tracks
  • Adjust track volume
  • Crossfade between songs
  • Repeat the playlist
  • Fit slideshow timing to your music
  • Lower background music while video sound plays

Frequently asked questions

Creating slideshows from Google Photos

Can I turn a Google Photos album into a slideshow?

Yes. Create a shareable album link, import it into Cloud Photo Show, choose the slides you want, and customize their timing, order, titles, motion, and transitions.

Can I turn a Google Photos album into a video?

Yes. Cloud Photo Show renders the finished slideshow as an H.264 MP4 video that you can download to your device.

Can I add music to a Google Photos slideshow?

Yes. Add one or more audio files from your device, arrange their playback order, adjust volume, crossfade between songs, repeat the playlist, or fit the slideshow timing to the music.

Will Cloud Photo Show preserve my Google Photos album order?

Yes. A shared album is imported in its existing order. You can keep that sequence, drag individual slides into a different order, or randomize the included slides.

Can I use both photos and videos?

Yes. Shared albums can contain both. Video clips are optional and begin deselected because they take more time and device resources to prepare.

Do I need to download my Google Photos first?

No. A shared album link lets Cloud Photo Show bring the album directly into the editor, avoiding a separate download-and-upload process.

Do I need to install software?

No. Editing, previewing, and MP4 creation happen in a compatible modern web browser.

Does Cloud Photo Show require access to my entire Google Photos library?

No. A public shared-album link requires no library permission. Signed-in users can optionally open the official Google Photos Picker and grant access only to photos they explicitly select.

Can I use a shared Google Photos album?

Yes. Shared album links are the main import method and can include albums that another person has shared with you, as long as the link remains accessible.

Practical guides

Plan a better Google Photos slideshow

Read clear, step-by-step guidance about choosing a workflow, converting an album to video, and matching a slideshow to music.

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