Give some thought on how you want to group your photos and the order they should appear. The groupings will eventually become chapters in the video DVD. For example an anniversary DVD may include the following groups:

• Group 1 - Title: "Early Years" - Photos of the couple just prior to and including the wedding.
• Group 2 - Title: "We Begin a Family" - Photos of early life of the marriage and kids.
• Group 3 - Title: "Family Fun" - Early & contemporary photos of family activities & fun.
• Group 4 - Title: "The Grandkids" - Photos of the Grandchildren
• Group 5 - Title: "Fun with Friends" - Photos with friends

 

To get some ideas about organizing & grouping please see some of our "Complete Shows" on the

Demos page.

There are a couple of methods on deciding how many photos to use in each group. If you have a specific song in mind to use with a group, then divide the number of seconds in the song by 8 and that will give an approximate number of photos to use. For example, if the song is 4 minutes long (240 seconds), then a good number of photos is 30 or less.

 

The other method is to use all the photos you want in a group and then select enough music to match. For example if you select 40 photos in a group then you will need approximately 5 minutes of music (1 minute of music for every 8 photos).

 

If you have no idea about how many photos to use in a group then a range between 15 and 35 is good.

 

You can use any combination of print and digital photos.

 

If working with prints, you can use a ball point pen to write a small number on the back of the photo. If working with scanned or digital camera photos, you can rename the file with numbers like 001.jpg, 002.jpg etc...

Send us your photos and we will put them on a Web Page so that you can easily group and organize them. It's much easier to sort images when you can see all of them on the screen at the same time. Take a test drive here.

 

If sending print photos ship to the following address:

PhotosToDVD

2054 Kildaire Farm Road

Cary, NC 27518

 

We recommend using US Postal Service, UPS or FedEx to send your photos. Your local US Post Office offers a free "Priority Mail" envelope that can be used to ship up to 150-200 photos for a flat rate of $4.95, 2-3 days guarantee delivery. You can also purchase a delivery confirmation number. Your original photos will be returned to you with your DVD order.

 

If sending digital photos, just make a request at help@photostodvd.com and we will send you instructions to easily upload your photos to one of our servers.

 

We will confirm receipt of your photos and guide you through the rest of the process.