How to Make Videos for Flickr From Your Photos
Flickr Pro members can now upload videos along with photos. Flickr support most video formats (FLV ?) but the duration of each clip should be 90 seconds or less - you can upload longer videos as well (up to 150 MB) but the system will truncate anything that’s after the 90 second mark.
Flickr is perfect for sharing short family videos that you have captured with a digital still camera or your mobile phone. It’s a no-brainer that Windows Live Gallery and Flickr Uploader will get upgraded soon so you can push both videos and still photos from the camera to your online Flickr account in one shot.
The level of spam should be negligible since video hosting is only available to Pro members who have actually used their Credit Card to buy a Flickr account. Also expect to find lot of screencast videos on Flickr once screen recording apps like Jing and SnagIt upgrade their output options.
Another important point - though Flickr allows you to upload photos not meant for kids, your videos should be G-Rated - content that may be unsuitable for children or grandmother are not permitted on Flickr videos.
Yahoo! will probably introduce video editing in Flickr via Jumpcut (an online video editor) just like the way you edit still images in Flickr using the Picnik editor.
Am not sure when that integration will happen but if you already have a bunch of photos that you want to upload to Flickr as a video slideshow, here are some good options:
Create Video slideshows for Flickr Photos1. Windows Movie Maker - Included by default in Windows XP and Vista. Drag a bunch of photos, add transitions, sounds and output your photos as a video file.
2. Microsoft Photostory - If you are on Windows XP, this is the best bet. This software can make your still photos look like a real video - you an also create your own music loops inside Photostory.
3. Pinnacle VideoSpin - I somehow find Video Spin a much better alternative to Movie Maker because it supports more 2D photo transitions and has a built-in title editor normally seen only in expensive video editing software.
4. Picasa - Yes, this free image editing software from Google can make movies of your favorite photos - select the pictures, adjust the time delay and render - you movie is now ready for uploading onto Flickr. Thanks Arpit.
5. SlideRoll - This is a online clone of Photostory that will convert your existing Flickr photos into a video so you can re-upload the pictures in a video format. (See: "Make Video SlideShows with Flickr")
Related: Free Video Editing Software
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Hi !
I would like to add here another very hot name , which is missing here .
It is Google’s PICASA ( http://picasa.google.com ) .
This desktop software can also create movie/video from your images !!
A must try + It is easier to use than others + has a nice integration with google’s services like Blogger ( hence can post pics to your blog ) + can save them online to PicasaWeb Album ..a image-sharing service from GOOGLE .
Amit, Can Flickr give a fight to youtube,metacafe?
Ed: They are targeting a different set of people. YouTube is flooded with movies, songs, viral videos and even television programs but Flickr will be more about sharing personal videos that you want your friends and family to see alongside your regular photostream.
I guess grandfathers are exempt from finding content unsuitable :)
I see you forgot GNU/Linux. Just hope it’s not on purpose. :)
If someone uses GNU/Linux, they can try Lumiera - the new name for Cinelerra -, Kdenlive or OpenMovieEditor. If one wants linear edition, they can try LiVES.
Amit, I’m doing a collage project with my students for Earth Day. We need a movie version of a powerpoint (white words on black background)that preserves the effects and the resolution on each slide, but is not high cost. I can convert to swf but that cannot be uploaded to the site where we are assembling our project. Simpler would be better. Any suggestions?
Sue - You can download a trial version of Camtasia Studio that will save your PowerPoint presentations as video files which you can later upload to Flickr.
Camtasia costs money so other alternatives are:
1. Save your PPT as Images and then stitch all the files to a video using any of the software mentioned in the article above.
2. You can download Jing or TipCam (review) that are like Camtasia but free.
3. Try any of these PowerPoint Slide Hosting Services