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Eulogize compares six funeral slideshow makers and explains when each fits best, from guided photo tributes to spoken messages and human help.
Being asked to make a funeral slideshow can feel overwhelming, particularly if you've never made a video before. You're short on time, the photos are scattered across phones, albums and family group chats, and everyone wants some input. Choosing the right funeral slideshow maker can take a lot of that pressure off.
You want to create something beautiful and polished: a tribute that tells the story of the person you love and gives everyone at the service time to remember them. We looked at six different platforms to help you find the right fit.
The best tool is the one that helps you make a personal, polished tribute in the time you have. Before comparing platforms, look for these features:
Quick guide
Eulogize is purpose-built for funeral slideshows. You choose from its library of funeral-appropriate themes, then all you need to do is upload the photographs and pick your music. The platform handles the timing, transitions and layout, so you can focus on choosing the memories that tell the person's story rather than learning to become a video editor.
Eulogize lets you build and preview the full tribute for free, with no editing features gated. You don't pay until you're happy with it. It works especially well for families who want to make the tribute themselves without becoming video editors in the process.
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PowerPoint can make a funeral slideshow with tools many people already recognize from work or school. Each slide is a blank canvas: add and crop the photograph, position any text, choose a transition, set how long the slide stays on screen and add the music before exporting the presentation as an MP4 from a compatible desktop version.
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Movavi is a full desktop video editor for Windows and Mac, so it needs to be downloaded and installed rather than used in a browser. Its timeline can combine photographs, video clips, titles, music and transitions.
You still need to decide which templates, effects and transitions feel appropriate, then arrange and pace the full video yourself. Movavi offers a limited trial, but trial exports can carry restrictions such as a watermark or an export-length limit. Continuing with the full version requires a paid license or plan.
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Adobe Premiere desktop is professional editing software installed on a Windows PC or Mac. It can combine photographs, video footage, detailed audio, titles and effects with far more control than most families need for a funeral slideshow.
If you already use Premiere, that control can be valuable. Starting from scratch is a different proposition. Its professional workflow introduces media bins, tracks, audio mixing and export settings, and there are no funeral-specific themes or guided decisions to help a first-time editor move quickly.
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Tribute.co is built around a different kind of memorial video. You share an invitation link, and friends and relatives record or upload personal video messages from their own devices. Those clips can then be arranged into one group tribute.
It is a strong choice when hearing from many people is the point of the video. For a traditional funeral slideshow, however, its message-led format creates a different result from a flowing story told mainly through family photographs and music.
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EverPresent is a done-for-you service for families whose photographs and home movies are still in albums, boxes or older formats. You can drop the originals at one of its locations, request a shipping label or arrange home pickup where available. Its team can digitize photos, slides, negatives, albums, film reels and video tapes, then use the selected material to create the memorial slideshow.
EverPresent's Signature Slideshow starts at $599 for up to 100 images and includes one round of comprehensive edits, with a service fee added to each order. You need to allow time for the material to be digitized, the draft to be prepared and your feedback to be applied.
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| Maker | Experience | Build | Platform | Starts with |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eulogize | None | Guided | Browser | Template |
| PowerPoint | Familiar | Manual | Desktop | Slides |
| Movavi | Some | Manual | Desktop | Timeline |
| Adobe Premiere | Advanced | Manual | Desktop | Timeline |
| Tribute.co | Some | Collaborative | Browser | Invitation |
| EverPresent | None | Delegated | Service | Originals |
Start with about five to six seconds per photograph. That gives people at the service time to see the faces, take in the moment and connect the photograph with their own memory without making the slideshow feel slow. With Eulogize, the timing is handled for you and the photographs are paced to the length of the music.
Create one place for everyone to contribute, give the family a clear deadline and ask each person for their best five to ten photographs rather than everything on their phone. If you use Eulogize, send the family upload link so their photographs go directly into the tribute project instead of being scattered through email and message threads.
If there is an obvious song connected to the person, start there. If not, a calm instrumental track can support the photographs without competing with them. Eulogize includes a royalty-free music library, or you can upload your own MP3 and hear it with the full slideshow in the live preview.
Agree on one person who will make the final call, then send one near-finished preview with a deadline for essential corrections. Eulogize lets you share the preview with family without sending a large finished video back and forth.
Ask the funeral venue which video format and delivery method it prefers. MP4 is widely supported, but download the final file, test it on the venue's actual setup and take a backup copy on a second USB drive or device.
Use 30 to 60 of the strongest photographs, one piece of music and a simple theme. This is not the moment to learn advanced editing. A guided maker can take care of the layout, timing and transitions so your remaining time goes into choosing the memories.
For a traditional photo-and-music tribute, a funeral-specific maker is usually the easiest option. Eulogize starts with suitable themes and handles the timing and transitions, so you do not need to learn presentation or video-editing software.
Around 30 to 60 well-chosen photographs is a useful range for an average three-to-six-minute funeral slideshow. At roughly five to six seconds per photograph, people have time to appreciate each image. Less is often more: a shorter selection of meaningful photographs usually tells the story better than every photo you can find.
Use one shared upload link, set a deadline and ask relatives to add only their strongest photographs. Eulogize provides a family upload link so contributions land in the same project instead of arriving through separate emails and message threads.
Yes. Eulogize lets you upload your own MP3 or choose a track from its royalty-free music library.
MP4 is widely supported, but always ask the venue what its equipment accepts. Download the final file and test it on the actual playback setup before the service.
The biggest variables are how organized the photographs are and how much editing the tool leaves to you. A guided maker is faster because the theme, timing and transitions are already handled; a manual editor can take several hours even after the photographs are ready.
Yes. Canva gives you broad design control and a large template library, but you still need to assemble and time the presentation yourself, and many templates and advanced tools require Canva Pro. The number of controls can also be a steep learning curve for a first-time user. Eulogize starts with funeral-specific themes and handles the timing and transitions for you, making it a better fit if you have not made a slideshow online before.
Ready to start? Follow our step-by-step guide on how to make a funeral slideshow, or read 8 tips to create a beautiful funeral slideshow.
Product details were checked against provider information on September 25, 2026. Features, plans and prices can change.
Make it with Eulogize
Upload the photos, choose the music and theme, then let Eulogize handle the timing and transitions. Start free and preview the full tribute before you pay.
Start your tribute video
Make a funeral slideshow with music in about 20 minutes. Choose around 30 photos, pick a song, and let the editor time every photo for you.
Someone you love has died, and the service is days away. A slideshow has been mentioned, and now it's on your list. You probably don't have time to learn video software, but you almost certainly have a lot of photos.
That's a good place to start. Here's what I've learned makes a funeral slideshow with music, or a tribute video as some people call it, faster and smoother to put together, from four years at Eulogize working alongside funeral directors and supporting hundreds of families through our platform.
The short answer
Gather your photos and choose your song first. With those ready, a funeral slideshow template that times each photo to the music does most of the work, and the whole thing comes together much more easily.
If you'd like a head start, you can create a funeral slideshow with Eulogize for free: browse examples, choose a template, add your photos and music, and watch it back before you pay.
Your photos in one place, a song (or two), and about an hour of quiet. Putting it together is quick. Choosing what goes in is where the time goes.
Your photos can come from anyone's phone. To build and review the slideshow, a laptop or tablet makes it easier to see the whole thing as you arrange it. You don't need design skills or any experience editing video.
Author's note
When the photos come from across the family, covering different generations, different years and different parts of their life, the slideshow tells a fuller story and connects with more of the people in the room. Gathering them takes a little time, so start early.
Start with the photos already on your phone. Open the camera roll, search their name in your messages, and scroll back through the family group chat. There are usually more than you think.
Then ask family and friends to send theirs, and make it easy for them. One link that everyone can upload to keeps every photo in one place, instead of scattered across group chats and email threads. In Eulogize, that's a single email invite, and every photo lands in the same library.
It helps to be specific when you ask. "Send me your favorite photos" tends to bring back formal portraits. "Send me three pictures that look like Mom being herself, including an everyday one if you have it" brings back the photo of her in the kitchen with her glasses pushed up, the one that ends up being the best image in the slideshow.
What to look for:
Watch the quality where you can. A photo that looks fine on a phone can look blurry on a big screen, and pictures saved from social media are often heavily compressed, so ask for the original file. For old prints, a phone scanning app does a much better job than a quick snap: here are six apps for scanning old photographs. But if a grainy photo is the one that captures them, use it. A slightly blurry shot of your dad laughing at a barbecue says more than a perfect studio portrait.
How many? About 30 photos suits one three-minute song. We recommend five to six seconds per photo, which gives everyone in the room time to really look at each one and remember the moment. For two songs, plan on around 60. If you have hundreds, having a number in mind makes the choosing easier.
Decide how the story will run before you start arranging. The simplest shape is chronological: early years, middle years, recent years. Some families prefer chapters instead, such as childhood, work, travel and grandkids. Either way, you don't need exact dates. A loose order lets people in the room follow their story without captions or narration.
Once you've settled the order, number the files (01, 02, 03) before you upload them. It saves rearranging them one by one later.
If a few photos don't sit on a timeline, like a place they loved or their handwriting on a recipe card, save them for the end.
If you have several shots of the same moment, keep the one or two that say the most. That leaves room for more of their life.
Most funeral slideshows use one song. Add a second when you have more photos than one song can hold. Pick something that felt like them, or something that feels right for the room.
A few things to keep in mind:
Stuck? Ask the people sending you photos for one suggestion each. Someone may name the song you'd never have thought of.
If the song has lyrics, listen through once while scrolling your shortlisted photos. A song can sound right and still have one line that lands awkwardly at a service. For more ideas, see popular songs to use in a funeral video.
Choose a design that suits them, whether that's soft florals, something classic, or clean and modern. The right look is the one that feels like the person, and it should let the photos lead rather than compete with them. For ideas on what to include beyond photos, like quotes, mementos and places they loved, see 8 tips to create a beautiful funeral slideshow.
Add your photos in order, then your song, and let the photos be timed to the music. If there's one you want people to linger on, like the final family portrait, give it a little longer.
Finish with a title slide showing their name and dates. Save it as an image too: shown on the screen as guests arrive, it makes a simple welcome screen before the service begins.
Before you finish, ask your funeral director, celebrant, or whoever is running the service how long they've set aside for the slideshow. It's worth asking early. Funeral directors regularly tell me about slideshows that arrive much longer than the time allowed, which can lead to compromises on the day.
Then watch the whole thing end to end before you save it. You'll often spot several very similar photos, or a lot from one point in time, that you can cut back. Check the name on the title slide and the order of the photos while you're there.
Share a preview with close family before it's final. A second pair of eyes catches the misspelled name or the missing photo.
Save the finished video as an MP4, which plays on almost any TV, laptop, or chapel screen. Share it with your funeral director or celebrant by email a day or two before the service so they can check it plays on their screen (if you made it in Eulogize, you can send it straight from there), and keep a copy on a USB drive as a backup. Send it to family who can't be there, too, so they can watch it at home.
If you have far more photos than the service needs, make a second, longer version to play on a screen at the reception, a celebration of life afterwards, or back at the house. People drift past and catch different moments, and a longer slideshow gives more of them a chance to see themselves in it.
Related reads: more ideas for the steps above.
Make it with Eulogize
Choose a funeral slideshow template, invite family to add their photos, and pick a song from our royalty-free library or upload your own. Every photo is timed to the music, and you can preview it free before you pay.
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Printer settings to check before printing a funeral program at home, so your design comes out full-size and properly aligned on the page.
Creating a personalized funeral program or order of service at home is a beautiful way to honor a loved one. However, when it's time to print what you've carefully designed, it can be frustrating if the result doesn't look quite the same on paper. If you're using a home or office printer, there are a few simple settings you can check to ensure your tribute prints correctly to match your design.
First Things First: Know the Limits of Home Printers
Most home printers cannot print edge-to-edge (also known as "borderless printing"). This means you may notice a small white margin around the edge of your paper. If you're aiming for a professional, full bleed finish with vivid colors going right to the edge, you will need to use a professional print shop. Customers in the United States can order prints and delivery directly through Eulogize. For more information about our print and delivery services, please visit this page.
Common Printing Pitfall: The "Shrink to Fit" Setting
One of the most common reasons a printed tribute may look off-center or too small is because of a printer setting called "Shrink to Fit" or "Fit to Page." Many printers have this option selected by default. While it might work for casual printing, it can throw off the careful formatting of your funeral tribute.
What to do:
Note: The specific steps will vary slightly depending on your printer and the software you're using, but generally:
1. Open your downloaded PDF and access print settings (CMD+ P Or CTL +P)
2. In your printer settings, look for a section called "Page Sizing" or "Scaling."
3. Select "Actual Size" This will ensure the tribute prints exactly as designed. The common default settings of "Shrink to Fit" or "Fit to Page" can throw off the alignment of your design.
If you’re printing a folded program (like a bi-fold), it’s important to set your printer to print on both sides of the paper.
Printer Settings to Adjust:
1. Print on Both Sides: Yes
2. Flip on Short Edge: Yes (this ensures the front and back pages align properly)
3. Orientation: Set to "Auto" if available, or choose "Landscape" manually
4. Pages to Print: All
A Note on Software Variations
The exact steps to adjust these settings will vary depending on your printer model and the software you’re printing from (like Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Word, or a web browser). If you don't see these settings immediately, try selecting "Print using system dialog" in your print dialog box.
One More Trick to Try
Even with all the settings above, some home printers might still misalign your pages slightly. If this happens, there's one more thing you can try: download the alternate version of your tribute marked for "professional printing" from Eulogize. Then print that file using the same settings described above.
Sometimes, this version lines up better on certain home printers. However, we always recommend starting with the home-print-friendly version first.
Still Having Trouble? We're Here to Help
Printing something as important as a funeral tribute can feel stressful, especially if you’re not used to adjusting printer settings. Please don’t hesitate to use the chat feature on our website for live help. We're here to guide you through it.
And remember, if you prefer a stress-free option with professional results, our US-based printing service offers edge-to-edge printing on premium paper, delivered right to your door.
Summary Tips:
• Choose "Actual Size" instead of "Fit" or "Shrink"
• Enable"double-sided printing", and set to "flip on short edge"
• Use "Auto" orientation
• Expect a small margin unless you use a professional print service.
You're doing something meaningful and heartfelt. With the right settings, your tribute will reflect the care and love behind it.
How to scan physical photographs on your phone for a funeral slideshow or video memorial, without needing to buy a scanner.
In times of remembrance, creating a Video Memorial or a Funeral Slideshow can be a touching way to honor a loved one's life. Scanning physical photos is a pivotal step in this process, and you don't need to invest in a scanner if you're doing it just once. In this article, we'll explore how you can scan your physical photos using a mobile device and recommend an option using a photo scanning app to make this heartfelt task easier.
By following these steps, you can ensure that your scanned photos are of high quality and ready to be included in a heartfelt Video Tribute or Funeral Slideshow to celebrate the life of someone special.
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Eulogize's new AI background removal feature helps families create more personal, unique photo tributes in seconds, right inside the editor.
We’ve added AI background removal to the Eulogize editors. It’s the kind of job that used to mean exporting a photo, opening another tool, and hoping the edges came out clean. Now it’s one click, and it works on any photo in your library.
Eulogize users can now remove the backgrounds of their photos with a single click. Our AI background remove will analyze the subject of a photo and remove everything else. You can keep both photo versions or just update it with a transparent background.
You can test out our background remover tool now inside the editor just upload a photo and click the background remove icon to have a play.
Everyone has different styles and visions when it comes to creating stationery, but we think this opens a whole world of different designs that funeral professionals and their families can choose from to create a beautiful tribute. Check out some design inspiration below.
This new flexibility carries across our memorial products, from photo cards to keepsake booklets, so every piece can reflect the exact tone you want.
Nick and Ben spoke with Connecting Directors about Eulogize's journey from a family tribute tool to a platform funeral directors use worldwide.
Nick & Ben from the Eulogize team recently chatted with Patricia from Connecting Directors about how Eulogize became Eulogize.
We covered our journey from launching as a direct-to-family tribute creation platform inspired by the loss of Ben's grandmother to becoming an integral platform for funeral directors around the world. We discuss how, despite our now global audience, our core goal has not changed, we are always working to create the easiest possible solution for beautiful, and fast, funeral tribute creation.
We have linked the full article below, but we have pulled out some highlight quotes and paragraphs to give you a quick overview.
“We are not a case management tool, a CRM or website provider,” explains Nick Kelly, Head of Product & Partnerships at Eulogize, “we don’t require anyone to change their existing systems; Eulogize works alongside your current platforms to both speed up and simplify the creation of beautiful tributes.”
Creating a tribute with Eulogize is simple and doesn’t require dedicated devices, downloads or even any design experience. It’s also designed to be virtually error-proof, dynamically adjusting to whatever information the user enters. Text boxes automatically expand so everything fits and formats, warnings pop up when designs veer outside print margins, and video timelines automatically adapt to any number of slides or songs. Eulogize offers a theme-based workflow, with new themes added every month. This means the same design you use for a service folder easily translates to the slide show or memorial cards.
“No one wants to say, ‘I want to put less time into a family’s memorials;’ that sounds awful,” Sutton says. “But we created a way for you to be incredibly efficient with your time and provide that absolute top level of personalization simultaneously. Our key thing is to make it more personal, make it more meaningful, but don’t make it take more time, and remove those stress points.”
A simple four-step guide to creating a funeral memorial video with Eulogize: collect photos, pick a theme, add music, and choose a background.
The thought of having to create a funeral video or service slideshow can be a daunting one, particularly if you don't have any experience in creating videos.
However, Eulogize was created to turn what previously would have been a long, difficult task into a simple one that can actually help families with the grieving process.
In our experience, preparing the memorial video personally, provided an important and highly rewarding moment of reflection. Rather than sending the pictures away to someone you’ve never met to edit. Looking through the pictures, remembering and sharing the moments with family and ultimately, choosing which to use was helpful. It helped us deal with our grief, but also to remember the life we shared.
Here are some basic steps to help you create a meaningful memorial tribute video for your funeral or celebration of life.
Step 1: Collect your photos
This used to be a long difficult process chasing friends & family members to send all the best photos they had in their collection, dealing with email attachments, DropBox links and thumb drives.
Now with Eulogize's easy photo collector, this is straightforward and much faster. Simply enter the email address of everyone you would like to contribute photos, and they will receive a private invitation to contribute. They can do this from any device, computer or mobile, and all the photos will be added to one easy photo gallery for you to select from. You can even do basic photo editing, cropping or rotating.
Step 2: Select your theme
Eulogize has a range of different themes to select from each with their own range of backgrounds, transitions & animations. You can select from very simple subtle themes to bolder themes with more energy and personality depending on your personal preference. Simply select which theme you would like to use, then you can add all your photos with one click. From the timeline you can then choose to edit and change the transitions or duration for each photo, our smart editor will keep everything nicely timed and in sync for you. All our video themes can pair up with any printed material you may also be creating for your service from folded funeral booklets to bookmarks or thank you cards.
Step 3: Select your music
Each of our themes comes with a default stock music track. When you add your photos they will be automatically timed to fit equally to the duration of your music. You can change the music at any time, selecting more tracks from our stock music library or selecting no audio mode if you do not wish to have music in your video. You are also able to upload your own music to the platform in the same way you can upload photos, just make sure you have spoken to your arranger or celebrant and confirmed you have the rights to play that track at the service.
Step 4: Choose your background
Each of our themes comes with a beautiful background image or uses the photo itself as its own background. However you may want to explore our library of background images and designs to find something that better tells your loved ones story. You can even upload your own photo to use as a background image.
Step 5: Set your photo order
Our easy video creator lets you add all your photos in just a single click, however you may want to change the order of your photos to better tell your story. It's as simple as dragging the photos into the desired order. You can choose to see more photos per line by clicking the zoom button in the top right corner of the editor.
Step 6: Watch and download
When you are ready, click on the preview button to watch your video. You can even email the preview to family, friends or your celebrant/ arranger to get their feedback. When you are done, click the complete button to download your video as an mp4 video that will play on any device.
A step-by-step guide to writing a eulogy for your father, from a warm opening through personal stories to a closing farewell.
Composing a eulogy for a parent is a deeply emotional and significant task. It's an opportunity to honor their memory and share his profound impact on your life and the lives of others.
In this article, we'll outline a sample eulogy for a father from his son, providing a heartfelt guide to help you through this challenging process, but the same guidelines would apply if written by a daughter or for your mother.
If it helps to see these steps already in practice, our example eulogy for a parent shows how one family put them into words.
A Son's Loving Tribute: Writing a Eulogy for Your Father
Start with a Warm Introduction
Begin your eulogy by introducing yourself and expressing gratitude for the opportunity to pay tribute to your beloved father. You may say something like, "Good [morning/afternoon/evening], my name is [Your Name], and I stand before you today to celebrate the remarkable life of my father, [Father's Name]."
Share Personal Anecdotes
Highlight cherished memories and experiences that you shared with your father. Recall stories that capture his character, sense of humor, and the special bond you had. Whether it's fishing trips, family vacations, or quiet moments at home, these anecdotes help the audience connect with the essence of your father.
Acknowledge His Qualities
Recognize your father's qualities and virtues. Speak about his kindness, wisdom, strength, or any unique characteristics that defined him. For example, "My father was not only a loving parent but also a remarkable friend, who showed incredible kindness to everyone he met."
Emphasize Life Lessons
Share the valuable life lessons and insights you gained from your father. These lessons may encompass integrity, resilience, compassion, or the importance of family. Express how these teachings have shaped your character and influenced your life.
If faith shaped your parent’s life, our spiritual eulogy example shows how one family wove those beliefs into their tribute.
Speak to His Achievements
Acknowledge your father's accomplishments and contributions, whether in his career, community, or family life. Mention any milestones, awards, or honors he received and highlight how they reflect his dedication and hard work.
Offer Gratitude
Express your gratitude for the time you had with your father. Let the audience know how his presence enriched your life and the lives of others. This is an opportunity to show appreciation for the love, guidance, and support he provided.
Address His Impact on Others
Extend your tribute to include your father's impact on other family members, friends, and the community. Share stories and reflections from those who knew and loved him, showcasing his profound effect on their lives.
Convey Love and Farewell
End your eulogy with a heartfelt farewell. Express your love for your father and your commitment to carrying on his legacy. You might say, "Dad, your love will forever guide me, and your memory will continue to inspire me."
Pause and Reflect
It's natural to become emotional while delivering a eulogy for your father. Don't hesitate to pause when needed to collect your thoughts and emotions. These pauses allow the audience to reflect on the sentiments you've expressed.
Offer Comfort and Hope
Conclude the eulogy by providing comfort and hope to those in attendance. Mention that although your father is no longer physically present, his spirit lives on in the hearts and memories of all who knew him.
Remember that writing a eulogy for a parent is a personal and unique process. It's a way to celebrate their life, pay tribute to their memory, and offer solace to those who share in your grief. Approach the task with sincerity, love, and an open heart, and your eulogy will be a beautiful tribute to your beloved mother or father.
Ten popular songs for a funeral video or slideshow, from classic ballads to modern hymns, to help you choose a fitting soundtrack.
The short answer
The right song is usually the one that meant something to them, not the one that sounds most like a funeral.
Losing a loved one is never easy, and finding the right way to honor their memory can be a comforting and healing process.
One beautiful way to pay tribute to your loved one is by creating a video memorial or funeral slideshow. These heartfelt videos capture cherished moments, memories, and emotions, allowing you to celebrate the life of your dear departed.
A crucial aspect of crafting a memorable funeral video is choosing the right soundtrack. In this article, we'll explore the top ten songs to use in a funeral video, ensuring a fitting and touching tribute to your loved one.
"Wind Beneath My Wings" by Bette Midler
This timeless classic is often chosen for its heartfelt lyrics that express gratitude and admiration. It perfectly complements a video memorial, emphasizing the impact your loved one had on your life.
"My Way" by Frank Sinatra
This iconic track celebrates a life lived on one's terms. Frank Sinatra's powerful voice adds depth to the video, making it an excellent choice for a funeral slideshow.
"Tears in Heaven" by Eric Clapton
Written in memory of Clapton's own son, this song's poignant lyrics and soothing melody provide comfort and solace during a time of loss.
"You Raise Me Up" by Josh Groban
With its inspiring lyrics and uplifting melody, this song conveys the idea that our loved ones continue to support and inspire us even after they're gone.
"I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston
This emotional ballad is a testament to everlasting love and serves as a beautiful backdrop for expressing your feelings in a funeral video.
"Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen
This song's powerful lyrics and haunting melody evoke deep emotions, making it a moving choice for a funeral slideshow.
"Amazing Grace" by Various Artists
A classic hymn, "Amazing Grace" offers solace and hope, reminding us of the profound grace and love that can be found even in times of sorrow.
"Over the Rainbow" by Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
This soothing ukulele rendition of the classic song conveys a sense of peace and serenity, making it an ideal choice for a funeral video.
"Angels" by Robbie Williams
With lyrics that touch on the idea of finding comfort in the arms of angels, this song provides a soothing and poignant soundtrack for your video memorial.
"Time to Say Goodbye" by Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman
This powerful duet captures the bittersweet feeling of saying farewell. Its grandiose melody and vocals can add a touch of elegance to your funeral slideshow.
Choosing the right songs to accompany these visuals is essential to create a touching and meaningful tribute.
Creating a video memorial or funeral slideshow is a heartfelt way to remember and celebrate the life of your loved one. The ten songs listed above cover a range of emotions and themes, allowing you to select the ones that resonate most with your loved one's memory. Whether you're aiming for solace, inspiration, or celebration, these songs can enhance your video and provide a lasting tribute to the one you hold dear.
For a private service, yes. Copyright becomes a question when the video is uploaded to a public platform, where an automated system may mute the audio or block the video entirely.
One or two is usually enough. Most tribute videos run between three and five minutes, which is about the length of one or two songs.
Make it with Eulogize
Upload your photos, choose your music, and preview the whole thing before the service. You can see how a memorial video comes together first if you would rather look before you start.
Create your video
Six phone apps for scanning old photographs into a funeral slideshow, with the pros and cons of each to help you pick the right one.
The short answer
PhotoScan by Google is the easiest starting point for most families, and it is free. The rest are worth knowing if you have a lot of prints or want more control.
Losing a loved one is an incredibly challenging experience, and as we prepare to say our final goodbyes, many of us seek ways to celebrate their life and preserve precious memories. One heartfelt tribute is a funeral slideshow, a collection of photographs that captures their essence and shares their story with family and friends. To assist you in this delicate task, technology offers some solace in the form of photo scanning apps, which simplify transforming printed photos into digital memories. Here, we explore the top 6 apps that can help you scan physical images of your loved one.
Creating a funeral slideshow involves gathering photographs that span the entirety of your loved one’s life, which often means digitizing old prints. Photo scanning apps are invaluable here, enabling you to quickly and efficiently convert physical photos into digital formats right from your home.
Worth knowing
Scan in daylight, away from direct sun, and lay prints on a dark surface. Most of what makes a scan look poor is glare and shadow rather than the app you chose.
| Where it is strong | What to watch for | |
|---|---|---|
| PhotoScan by Google | High-resolution, glare-free scans with automatic cropping. Strong for working through old albums quickly. | Limited editing. It is a scanning tool, not a photo editor. |
| CamScanner | Fast, good image quality, automatic cropping, and batch scanning for getting through a lot of photos. | The free version adds watermarks and ads. Premium features need a subscription. |
| Adobe Scan | Perspective correction and automatic colour adjustment, which helps restore faded colour in old prints. | Requires an Adobe account, and the fuller feature set can feel like a lot. |
| iPhone Notes scanner (built in) | Already on the phone, free, and nothing to download. Fine for flat, matte prints in soft, even light. | Saves as a PDF rather than an image, so it needs a conversion step before uploading, and it will not beat glare on a glossy print. |
| ClearScanner | Light and fast, with manual and automatic capture, exporting to PDF or JPEG. | The free version is limited and the full version is a paid purchase. |
| TurboScan | Sharp results, multi-page scanning, and straightforward sharing. Good for detailed scans of old photographs. | The interface is dated and it lacks some newer conveniences. |
When selecting a photo scanning app, consider factors like ease of use, quality of the scanned images, and any additional features that might help with creating a funeral slideshow.
For a slideshow, no. A phone scan is more than enough resolution for a screen. A flatbed scanner only starts to matter if you intend to reprint the photograph at size.
Scan more than you need and choose later. It is much easier to cut a shortlist down than to go back to the albums a second time.
Creating a funeral slideshow is a deeply personal process that can offer comfort during grief, helping to keep the memory of loved ones alive. The right photo scanning app can ease the burden by simplifying the task of digitizing cherished photographs. Each of the apps listed above has its strengths and can be a valuable tool in preparing a beautiful and heartfelt tribute to your loved one.
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Lessons from preparing two family funeral slideshows, with practical tips on photo count, pacing, and music to help you make one yourself.
Experiencing the loss of two family members inside a year was tough. When my partner’s grandmother passed away, I felt a deep empathy for how she and her mother were feeling. She was an important part of their lives and I felt that loss in them. In contrast, the passing of my own grandmother later in the same year, whom I was very close to, was so personal and hollowing. I felt it deeply and still do.
In both instances, as the “techy one” in the family, it fell to me to prepare the remembrance videos from all the family pictures. Initially, I was pretty apprehensive, everyone will be watching this during the service. How can I make it feel worthy of their life? How professional does it have to be? But it felt like my role in the preparations, so I took it on and I am so glad I did.
It was a bit of a struggle to get started. Getting all the pictures from everyone was more difficult than I expected. I didn’t know what to do once I had the pictures and playing it back during the service was messy and troublesome. Thinking back on both experiences though, it was so helpful to have this task to focus my feelings on. I believe it helped lighten the load, and making it ourselves honored their memories. So, I thought I’d share some tips I learned along the way. (For a step-by-step guide to putting one together, see How to Make a Funeral Slideshow in About 20 Minutes. To choose a tool, see the 6 best funeral slideshow makers.)
I had no idea what a remembrance video really was. Different funeral companies call them different things: Visual tribute, funeral video, memorial video. These are many ways of expressing the same thing. Essentially it’s a short visual tribute expressing the life of someone you’ve lost. It can include photos, videos and quotes, often set to music.
Typically there are three moments in a funeral or memorial service where the memorial video would play. For my grandmother’s service, it was at the end where the congregation took a moment of their own, to reflect on her life.
My partner’s grandmother’s service played it at the beginning, as a welcome, to help guests reflect and focus their thoughts before the service started.
Others we’ve spoken to included the presentation in the service. The pictures played as a backdrop to the eulogy or readings. Some families create multiple video tributes, one for the service and one to play at a life celebration afterwards.
Every life is different and we all have our own ideas on how to remember someone we’ve lost. However, after preparing two remembrance videos myself, sitting through another couple and talking with many others who’ve been through the experience, I’ve learned there are a few things that commonly work well.
Don’t make it too long.
Span their life.
Make it personal.
Quotes, poems and art.
Keep it focused.
Music.
Keep it simple.
Feel free to be creative.
How Eulogize's Family DIY feature lets families create their own tribute video from home, giving funeral homes an easy way to offer it too.
In the often overwhelming process of funeral planning, finding ways to involve families in meaningful and therapeutic activities can be incredibly valuable. At Eulogize Memorials Inc., we understand the importance of creating tributes that are not only beautiful but also personally significant. That’s why we offer a unique feature: Family Self-Service Tribute Creation, also known as Family DIY. This innovative option allows families to take the reins in creating their loved one’s tribute video, providing both practical and emotional benefits.
Family Self-Service Tribute Creation is a feature that empowers families to create their own tribute videos using our easy-to-navigate online platform. This option is particularly valuable for funeral homes that want to offer high-quality tribute videos but may not have the time or resources to create them in-house. With Family DIY, families can craft a personalized video tribute from the comfort of their own home, on their own time, and with complete creative control.
Allowing families to create their own tribute videos offers numerous benefits, both for the families themselves and for the funeral homes that offer this service. Here’s why Family DIY is a game-changer:
When families are directly involved in the creation of a tribute video, the end result is often more personal and meaningful. They can select the photos, music, and messages that best reflect their loved one’s life, ensuring that the tribute is truly representative of the person they are honoring.
Creating a tribute video can be a deeply cathartic experience for grieving families. The process of selecting photos, videos, and music allows them to reflect on cherished memories and can provide a sense of closure. Many families find that engaging in this creative process helps them to cope with their grief in a constructive way.
For busy funeral homes, offering Family DIY as an option can save valuable time. Rather than spending hours going back and forth with families to gather photos, music, and approval on edits, funeral homes can allow families to manage the process themselves. This not only frees up time for funeral directors but also reduces the potential for miscommunication or delays.
Family DIY gives families a sense of empowerment during a time when they may feel helpless. By taking control of the tribute creation process, they can feel more connected to the funeral arrangements and more involved in the process of honoring their loved one.
One of the key advantages of Family DIY is the flexibility it offers. Families can work on the tribute video at their own pace, from the comfort of their own home, and at a time that suits them. This can be particularly helpful for families who are spread out geographically or who have busy schedules.
Offering Family DIY as an option can enhance overall customer satisfaction. Families appreciate having the choice to create something deeply personal, and the convenience of the platform can lead to a more positive experience with your funeral home.
For funeral homes, Family DIY can be a cost-effective solution. It reduces the need for extensive resources to create tribute videos in-house, while still allowing you to offer a high-quality service to your clients.
The process of creating a tribute video through our Family DIY platform is simple and user-friendly. Here’s how it works:
Our Family DIY platform is designed with ease of use in mind, ensuring that even those who are not tech-savvy can create a beautiful, professional-quality tribute video.
Family Self-Service Tribute Creation is more than just a practical option. It’s a way to empower families during a difficult time, offering them the chance to create a deeply personal and meaningful tribute to their loved one. By offering this feature, funeral homes can provide a valuable service that meets the emotional and practical needs of their clients, while also benefiting from a more efficient and cost-effective process.
If you’re interested in offering Family DIY tribute creation to your clients, contact us today to learn more. At Eulogize Memorials, we’re here to support you in providing the best possible service to the families you serve.
Ideas for a celebration of life, from music and visual tributes to memorial booklets worth keeping, for those planning a less traditional service.
It’s such a sad time to lose someone close to us, no matter how wonderful a life they have had. So what could be better than to celebrate the life of our dearly departed, rather than dwell on our loss?
Modern funerals have embraced this change in mood, with ever expanding ideas to express the life and shared memories of those we’ve lost. Many families are opting for modern cultural reflections. These services can include poems, literary quotes and songs, departing from religious traditions of prayers and mournful hymns.
The choice of music can be a reflection of how we remember the deceased. Or alternatively it can be a reference to the music they themselves loved. Music can play a role in any part of the memorial service. Consider it as a welcome for guests or as a point of reflection during the service. A performance by live musicians or gifted family member, can also be a memorable statement.
Visual tributes have become incredibly popular, from large prints, to slideshows and video memorials. Often set to music, typical video memorials feature photographs over the lifetime of the deceased. As a result, slideshow memorials provide a wonderful moment of reflection at the end of the service. Some services also play through slides at the beginning as the guests settle.
If you’re planning a video memorial, read this article on why we think you should do it yourself.
When you’re ready to build one, our tribute video platform makes it simple to turn your favorite photos into a video you can share and keep.
A good reading gives a celebration of life its voice. A favorite poem, a passage from a book they loved, or a few lines from a song can say what’s hard to put into your own words.
You don’t have to stick to traditional verse. Families often choose secular poems, song lyrics, a paragraph from a well-loved novel, or something the person wrote themselves. A short piece read by a grandchild can land as deeply as anything formal. Two or three readings, spread across the service, is usually enough.
If you plan to print a reading in the program, it’s worth knowing that wording and reprint permissions can vary by translation and publisher. For anything still in copyright, a quick look at the publisher’s guidelines saves any surprises.
Of everything handed out on the day, the booklet is the piece people keep. A printed order of service, sometimes called a funeral program, brings together the details of the day and the things that made the person who they were.
Inside, you might include the running order, a favorite reading or poem, a short life story, and a few photos. Some families add a line of thanks to guests, or the words to a song everyone will sing. Every booklet looks a little different. It’s a small book about one life.
Months later, it’s the thing that stays in a drawer or comes out on an anniversary. That’s why it’s worth taking a little care over. If you’d like to make one yourself, our funeral programs let you lay out the order of service, add your own readings alongside a built-in verses library, and print at home or order professionally printed copies.
A firsthand account of making a funeral video tribute after losing a grandmother, and four reasons it can feel more meaningful than outsourcing it.
When my grandmother passed away the thought of an overly mournful funeral service just didn’t seem right. She was an exuberant character and we wanted to celebrate that. It turns out this is a very common idea for modern funerals.
With this trend toward a celebration of the life, rather than just mourning the loss, the format of funerals has changed. One very common feature is a visual presentation of the deceased, a funeral video tribute, a slideshow played over music. Some families I’ve spoken to felt it was even one of the most important parts of their service.
It fell to me to prepare the video tribute. A daunting task while in the midst of grief for this wonderful person. I considered hiring a video company to make it, but the cost was hefty and somehow it felt like I should do it myself. What surprised me was how rewarding I found it to be.
I share my experience here and offer some tips I learned along the way. However in this post, I wanted to share my thoughts on why it’s so good to create the memorial video yourself, and why you’ll be glad you did.
With Eulogize, In four simple steps, you can be on your way to creating a beautiful, touching remembrance video as good as any professional service.
1. Upload your pictures
2. Choose your theme
3. Arrange the pictures
4. Select your music ....... and you’re done!
It takes less time than you think. You can easily collect pictures from other family members through the website and share video and booklet previews with them for feedback.
In the days immediately following the death of someone you love, the waves of sadness can be unpredictable and overwhelming. When my grandmother died, I found it really helped to have this task to focus on. Something meaningful to do, that would help the whole family and help me process my grief.
Even times where we’re not close to the deceased, we can still feel the deep sorrow of those around us. Preparing the memorial video for the family can be both rewarding for yourself and provide great relief to those taking it the hardest.
Annie Broadbent, counselor and author of Speaking of Death says, “We tend to like to feel in control of things, and indeed it is possible to control certain aspects of our life. Losing a loved one confronts us with the reality that some things are beyond our control and this can feel frightening and overwhelming. At such times, starting with small tasks that can be achieved, day by day, can be really helpful in easing the sense of powerlessness, giving a sense of agency over the whole experience.”
This was certainly true for my experience. I’ve prepared a video tribute for two funerals in the space of a year and both times, found myself thankful I had this task. By channelling my feelings into the creation of the slideshow, I felt a little more in control of myself and how I expressed my feelings. My emotions had somewhere to go and I created something positive for everyone at the end of it.
Annie says, “It’s important that each individual builds their own relationship with their grief and finds their own way of responding to the many feelings that are likely to emerge. This might mean spending time alone, connecting with their pain privately. For others, it will be more about staying close to people, particularly others who are experiencing the same loss”.
The time I felt most at ease in that week leading up to the service, was when, as a family, we were looking through the photos together. I found this a cathartic experience. Where just looking through pictures sparked conversations and sharing of memories. There was even some laughter at such a sad time. It brought a renewed understanding and appreciation of who they were. This process was hugely rewarding. It smoothed out the ragged edges of my sadness. I felt more connected to my family. Others felt it prepared them for the day of the service.
Eulogize provides a simple way for all the family to contribute pictures and collaborate on the design of the order of service booklet and a funeral video tribute.
Creating a funeral video tribute should be easy to do yourself, to capture the spirit of the one you’ve lost. Eulogize is an online memorialiser created specifically to help families preparing the tributes and stationery for the funeral for a loved one.
It includes features to easily collect pictures from all the family, notify loved ones of your loss, prepare a personalized funeral service booklet and create a memorial video.
The funeral video tribute editor works online in your web browser. You don’t need to download any software and it’s really easy to use. The downloaded video file is an mp4 that will play on any modern TV, computer or device. We took the features of all the professional tools and automated them, so all you need to do is select a theme, arrange your pictures and choose your music. Then download it and you’re done.
You can do it yourself, or collaborate with family and we’ve made it really easy for anyone to add pictures for you to use. Even printed pictures are a snap. Just follow our guide using Google PhotoScan on your smartphone.
If you’re unfortunate enough to have lost someone close to you, I hope some of the information here can be of help.
Five practical ways to make a live-stream funeral feel personal and inclusive for family and friends who can only join from home.
Live-stream funerals have made a lot of news recently, in the wake of COVID-19 and social distancing regulations, however, it’s been gaining popularity for several years to include distant family members in the service. The current circumstances are different because choice is not a factor and for this reason, some families may feel a loss of part of their grieving process.
It doesn’t need to be this way. There are many ways to provide an inclusive and meaningful experience for family members viewing from home. It isn’t the venue that makes the service, but rather the collective memories, reflections and shared experience in saying goodbye. Below are some tips to help you get the most intimate live-stream funeral experience for your remote viewing family members.
A printed order of service booklet helps the congregation follow the service, sometimes including the words to the main prayer or hymn. Providing a digital version in advance to family and friends viewing from home, helps them feel included and engaged in the service. They may not feel the compulsion to sing along with the hymns, but following the words in their mind as the congregation sings or recites the prayers can create a richer more intimate experience.
A digital funeral service booklet can be more than a running order. Unlike the printed booklet, where printing costs limit the number of pages, the digital service booklet can have many pages at no extra cost. Providing more pictures and meaningful quotes from a poem or a reading can be a beautiful way to tell the story of your loved one’s life. Enriching the digital booklet in this way can provide a personal connection and more intimate funeral experience for those viewing from afar.
Visual tributes, or memorial slideshows, have become increasingly popular for all kinds of funerals and memorial services. They are a beautiful moment usually at the end of the service for individuals to reflect, often bringing warmth and levity at a time of deep sadness. The slideshow can be especially important however, in establishing an emotional connection for those attending from home. In the absence of the congregation, the ambiance of the chapel or memorial venue, the stream of pictures spanning the life of the deceased can prompt memories and a more meaningful experience.
This is the simplest way to create one.
Some funeral homes offer to create the slideshow for their families, or recommend other companies to do it, which can come at a high cost. In our experience and for many families we’ve spoken to, they found the process of creating the visual tribute itself highly cathartic. Also, inviting remote family members to contribute pictures can make them feel more included in the service. This is especially true where they may feel some guilt or regret for not being able to attend in person.
Many live-streamed funerals provide remote attendees with the option to choose between a camera view or watching the memorial slideshow video throughout the service. This gives newfound importance to the visual tribute and the opportunity to show more memories, for a richer experience when attending remotely.
Eulogize enables anyone to create beautiful and meaningful memorial slideshows, memorial cards and funeral service booklets with no special skills required. You can do it without any fuss right in your web browser. We’ve simplified all the complicated stuff, so all you need to do is collect your pictures and arrange your content, to produce beautiful professional-quality memorials at a fraction of the cost.
Our unique family image-upload feature lets you collect pictures from everyone in one place easily, from any computer or device and popular photo-sharing and storage apps.
A range of professionally designed, customizable templates allows you to create the perfect memorial in minutes, just the way you’d like it. Preview them, share them with family for review and then download as an mp4 video file, a print-ready pdf and share a digital service booklet. All with no-fuss and without the hefty price tag.
We believe in the cathartic power of creating your own memorials and aim to make it easier for families to get the most from this experience, and provide their family members with the most intimate live-stream funeral memory.
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Live-stream funerals can still feel personal. How families are using visual tributes and digital orders of service to stay connected from afar.
With the unprecedented restrictions on social gathering due to COVID-19, we’re all discovering new adjustments we need to make in our lives almost every day. Losing a close friend or family member can be difficult enough, without the added realization we now may not have the opportunity to say goodbye in person, as we previously thought we could.
However, this doesn’t mean we can’t still say farewell in a personal, intimate way. With live-streaming funeral services, families can experience the event almost as if they were there. Services like OneRoom Livestreaming, enable the viewer to switch between multiple camera views of the service on-demand from their own device, including a feed with the visual tribute slideshow video. This level of interaction goes a long way to providing a more personal experience with the service.
The personal connection can be further enriched through participation in creating the memorials that form part of the service. Eulogize provides a way for families to collaborate in the selection of pictures, the creation of a digital order of service and arranging the visual tribute slideshow. Many families also experience a helpful catharsis and strong personal connection to the service, when they prepare the memorials themselves.
Typically the visual tribute or slideshow memorial video plays at a specified point during the service, inviting the mourners to personally reflect on the life of the deceased. It can be a moment of joy and is a rich visual remembrance, usually spanning the life of the person they’ve lost.
Most funeral services with a congregation present, have a predefined duration at the chapel or memorial venue and a carefully timed running order to keep the service on track. With the result, the funeral director will often limit the slideshow memorial to a few minutes with approximately 25 slides.
Live-stream funerals enable any duration of visual tribute without affecting the running order and timing of the service, because the viewer can choose when to view it at any time during the service. This provides a new-found importance on the visual tribute and can provide even greater value, for both the family creating slideshow memorial and the viewers. The duration can be extended, reducing the painful need to cull the pictures and provide a more dynamic, engaging visual experience for those viewing from home and around the world, watching an extended slideshow, rather than a static view of the chapel or casket.
The traditional order of service booklet serves the dual purpose of helping the congregation follow the running order of the funeral service, in addition to serving as a memento for years to come. However, printing can be expensive, limiting the content of the booklet for most families to the basic running order, a prayer and maybe a picture or two.
In the age of live-stream funerals, connecting the remote viewer to the service is more important than ever and the order of service serves this need very well. Being able to follow along at home and read along with the prayers, readings and poems as they’re spoken, binds the audience in a personal way, free from distraction in their own home.
Additionally, with digital delivery to view on any device, families are not limited by the cost of printing, enabling a richer more engaging booklet. The words to more readings, all of the prayers and other moments of reflection such as poems can be included, with more pictures to create a truly inspiring booklet, a memento worthy of the life of the one they’ve lost.
At a time when we feel isolated from each other, Eulogize helps connect families to collect pictures, create memorial slideshow videos and funeral service booklets. We provide families with a companion service to live-stream funerals, building a stronger personal connection for those joining the service remotely.
Eulogize family image uploads allow you to collect pictures from anyone, anywhere at any time. Invite family and friends to upload in seconds from their computer or mobile, from Instagram, Facebook, Google, Dropbox or Apple photos and you can even see who uploaded what.
Our range of fully customizable funeral service templates get you started quickly and allow complete personalization. Share a single link to family and friends easily follow along at home with a seamless experience.
We’ve simplified the creation of beautiful, professional-quality memorial slideshows. Eulogize’s unique automation takes care of the complicated work, so you can just plan how it looks. Select a theme, add your music, arrange your pictures and you’re done. Our range of predesigned animations and transitions means you can create a beautiful memento to suit any kind of memorial service.
Get started for free with Eulogize, or get in touch if you’d like to know more about creating a personal connection with the memorial for someone you’ve lost.
Printer settings to check before printing a funeral program at home, so your design comes out full-size and properly aligned on the page.
Creating a personalized funeral program or order of service at home is a beautiful way to honor a loved one. However, when it's time to print what you've carefully designed, it can be frustrating if the result doesn't look quite the same on paper. If you're using a home or office printer, there are a few simple settings you can check to ensure your tribute prints correctly to match your design.
First Things First: Know the Limits of Home Printers
Most home printers cannot print edge-to-edge (also known as "borderless printing"). This means you may notice a small white margin around the edge of your paper. If you're aiming for a professional, full bleed finish with vivid colors going right to the edge, you will need to use a professional print shop. Customers in the United States can order prints and delivery directly through Eulogize. For more information about our print and delivery services, please visit this page.
Common Printing Pitfall: The "Shrink to Fit" Setting
One of the most common reasons a printed tribute may look off-center or too small is because of a printer setting called "Shrink to Fit" or "Fit to Page." Many printers have this option selected by default. While it might work for casual printing, it can throw off the careful formatting of your funeral tribute.
What to do:
Note: The specific steps will vary slightly depending on your printer and the software you're using, but generally:
1. Open your downloaded PDF and access print settings (CMD+ P Or CTL +P)
2. In your printer settings, look for a section called "Page Sizing" or "Scaling."
3. Select "Actual Size" This will ensure the tribute prints exactly as designed. The common default settings of "Shrink to Fit" or "Fit to Page" can throw off the alignment of your design.
If you’re printing a folded program (like a bi-fold), it’s important to set your printer to print on both sides of the paper.
Printer Settings to Adjust:
1. Print on Both Sides: Yes
2. Flip on Short Edge: Yes (this ensures the front and back pages align properly)
3. Orientation: Set to "Auto" if available, or choose "Landscape" manually
4. Pages to Print: All
A Note on Software Variations
The exact steps to adjust these settings will vary depending on your printer model and the software you’re printing from (like Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Word, or a web browser). If you don't see these settings immediately, try selecting "Print using system dialog" in your print dialog box.
One More Trick to Try
Even with all the settings above, some home printers might still misalign your pages slightly. If this happens, there's one more thing you can try: download the alternate version of your tribute marked for "professional printing" from Eulogize. Then print that file using the same settings described above.
Sometimes, this version lines up better on certain home printers. However, we always recommend starting with the home-print-friendly version first.
Still Having Trouble? We're Here to Help
Printing something as important as a funeral tribute can feel stressful, especially if you’re not used to adjusting printer settings. Please don’t hesitate to use the chat feature on our website for live help. We're here to guide you through it.
And remember, if you prefer a stress-free option with professional results, our US-based printing service offers edge-to-edge printing on premium paper, delivered right to your door.
Summary Tips:
• Choose "Actual Size" instead of "Fit" or "Shrink"
• Enable"double-sided printing", and set to "flip on short edge"
• Use "Auto" orientation
• Expect a small margin unless you use a professional print service.
You're doing something meaningful and heartfelt. With the right settings, your tribute will reflect the care and love behind it.
A simple four-step guide to creating a funeral memorial video with Eulogize: collect photos, pick a theme, add music, and choose a background.
The thought of having to create a funeral video or service slideshow can be a daunting one, particularly if you don't have any experience in creating videos.
However, Eulogize was created to turn what previously would have been a long, difficult task into a simple one that can actually help families with the grieving process.
In our experience, preparing the memorial video personally, provided an important and highly rewarding moment of reflection. Rather than sending the pictures away to someone you’ve never met to edit. Looking through the pictures, remembering and sharing the moments with family and ultimately, choosing which to use was helpful. It helped us deal with our grief, but also to remember the life we shared.
Here are some basic steps to help you create a meaningful memorial tribute video for your funeral or celebration of life.
Step 1: Collect your photos
This used to be a long difficult process chasing friends & family members to send all the best photos they had in their collection, dealing with email attachments, DropBox links and thumb drives.
Now with Eulogize's easy photo collector, this is straightforward and much faster. Simply enter the email address of everyone you would like to contribute photos, and they will receive a private invitation to contribute. They can do this from any device, computer or mobile, and all the photos will be added to one easy photo gallery for you to select from. You can even do basic photo editing, cropping or rotating.
Step 2: Select your theme
Eulogize has a range of different themes to select from each with their own range of backgrounds, transitions & animations. You can select from very simple subtle themes to bolder themes with more energy and personality depending on your personal preference. Simply select which theme you would like to use, then you can add all your photos with one click. From the timeline you can then choose to edit and change the transitions or duration for each photo, our smart editor will keep everything nicely timed and in sync for you. All our video themes can pair up with any printed material you may also be creating for your service from folded funeral booklets to bookmarks or thank you cards.
Step 3: Select your music
Each of our themes comes with a default stock music track. When you add your photos they will be automatically timed to fit equally to the duration of your music. You can change the music at any time, selecting more tracks from our stock music library or selecting no audio mode if you do not wish to have music in your video. You are also able to upload your own music to the platform in the same way you can upload photos, just make sure you have spoken to your arranger or celebrant and confirmed you have the rights to play that track at the service.
Step 4: Choose your background
Each of our themes comes with a beautiful background image or uses the photo itself as its own background. However you may want to explore our library of background images and designs to find something that better tells your loved ones story. You can even upload your own photo to use as a background image.
Step 5: Set your photo order
Our easy video creator lets you add all your photos in just a single click, however you may want to change the order of your photos to better tell your story. It's as simple as dragging the photos into the desired order. You can choose to see more photos per line by clicking the zoom button in the top right corner of the editor.
Step 6: Watch and download
When you are ready, click on the preview button to watch your video. You can even email the preview to family, friends or your celebrant/ arranger to get their feedback. When you are done, click the complete button to download your video as an mp4 video that will play on any device.
Eulogize compares six funeral slideshow makers and explains when each fits best, from guided photo tributes to spoken messages and human help.
Being asked to make a funeral slideshow can feel overwhelming, particularly if you've never made a video before. You're short on time, the photos are scattered across phones, albums and family group chats, and everyone wants some input. Choosing the right funeral slideshow maker can take a lot of that pressure off.
You want to create something beautiful and polished: a tribute that tells the story of the person you love and gives everyone at the service time to remember them. We looked at six different platforms to help you find the right fit.
The best tool is the one that helps you make a personal, polished tribute in the time you have. Before comparing platforms, look for these features:
Quick guide
Eulogize is purpose-built for funeral slideshows. You choose from its library of funeral-appropriate themes, then all you need to do is upload the photographs and pick your music. The platform handles the timing, transitions and layout, so you can focus on choosing the memories that tell the person's story rather than learning to become a video editor.
Eulogize lets you build and preview the full tribute for free, with no editing features gated. You don't pay until you're happy with it. It works especially well for families who want to make the tribute themselves without becoming video editors in the process.
Pros
Cons
PowerPoint can make a funeral slideshow with tools many people already recognize from work or school. Each slide is a blank canvas: add and crop the photograph, position any text, choose a transition, set how long the slide stays on screen and add the music before exporting the presentation as an MP4 from a compatible desktop version.
Pros
Cons
Movavi is a full desktop video editor for Windows and Mac, so it needs to be downloaded and installed rather than used in a browser. Its timeline can combine photographs, video clips, titles, music and transitions.
You still need to decide which templates, effects and transitions feel appropriate, then arrange and pace the full video yourself. Movavi offers a limited trial, but trial exports can carry restrictions such as a watermark or an export-length limit. Continuing with the full version requires a paid license or plan.
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Adobe Premiere desktop is professional editing software installed on a Windows PC or Mac. It can combine photographs, video footage, detailed audio, titles and effects with far more control than most families need for a funeral slideshow.
If you already use Premiere, that control can be valuable. Starting from scratch is a different proposition. Its professional workflow introduces media bins, tracks, audio mixing and export settings, and there are no funeral-specific themes or guided decisions to help a first-time editor move quickly.
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Tribute.co is built around a different kind of memorial video. You share an invitation link, and friends and relatives record or upload personal video messages from their own devices. Those clips can then be arranged into one group tribute.
It is a strong choice when hearing from many people is the point of the video. For a traditional funeral slideshow, however, its message-led format creates a different result from a flowing story told mainly through family photographs and music.
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EverPresent is a done-for-you service for families whose photographs and home movies are still in albums, boxes or older formats. You can drop the originals at one of its locations, request a shipping label or arrange home pickup where available. Its team can digitize photos, slides, negatives, albums, film reels and video tapes, then use the selected material to create the memorial slideshow.
EverPresent's Signature Slideshow starts at $599 for up to 100 images and includes one round of comprehensive edits, with a service fee added to each order. You need to allow time for the material to be digitized, the draft to be prepared and your feedback to be applied.
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| Maker | Experience | Build | Platform | Starts with |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eulogize | None | Guided | Browser | Template |
| PowerPoint | Familiar | Manual | Desktop | Slides |
| Movavi | Some | Manual | Desktop | Timeline |
| Adobe Premiere | Advanced | Manual | Desktop | Timeline |
| Tribute.co | Some | Collaborative | Browser | Invitation |
| EverPresent | None | Delegated | Service | Originals |
Start with about five to six seconds per photograph. That gives people at the service time to see the faces, take in the moment and connect the photograph with their own memory without making the slideshow feel slow. With Eulogize, the timing is handled for you and the photographs are paced to the length of the music.
Create one place for everyone to contribute, give the family a clear deadline and ask each person for their best five to ten photographs rather than everything on their phone. If you use Eulogize, send the family upload link so their photographs go directly into the tribute project instead of being scattered through email and message threads.
If there is an obvious song connected to the person, start there. If not, a calm instrumental track can support the photographs without competing with them. Eulogize includes a royalty-free music library, or you can upload your own MP3 and hear it with the full slideshow in the live preview.
Agree on one person who will make the final call, then send one near-finished preview with a deadline for essential corrections. Eulogize lets you share the preview with family without sending a large finished video back and forth.
Ask the funeral venue which video format and delivery method it prefers. MP4 is widely supported, but download the final file, test it on the venue's actual setup and take a backup copy on a second USB drive or device.
Use 30 to 60 of the strongest photographs, one piece of music and a simple theme. This is not the moment to learn advanced editing. A guided maker can take care of the layout, timing and transitions so your remaining time goes into choosing the memories.
For a traditional photo-and-music tribute, a funeral-specific maker is usually the easiest option. Eulogize starts with suitable themes and handles the timing and transitions, so you do not need to learn presentation or video-editing software.
Around 30 to 60 well-chosen photographs is a useful range for an average three-to-six-minute funeral slideshow. At roughly five to six seconds per photograph, people have time to appreciate each image. Less is often more: a shorter selection of meaningful photographs usually tells the story better than every photo you can find.
Use one shared upload link, set a deadline and ask relatives to add only their strongest photographs. Eulogize provides a family upload link so contributions land in the same project instead of arriving through separate emails and message threads.
Yes. Eulogize lets you upload your own MP3 or choose a track from its royalty-free music library.
MP4 is widely supported, but always ask the venue what its equipment accepts. Download the final file and test it on the actual playback setup before the service.
The biggest variables are how organized the photographs are and how much editing the tool leaves to you. A guided maker is faster because the theme, timing and transitions are already handled; a manual editor can take several hours even after the photographs are ready.
Yes. Canva gives you broad design control and a large template library, but you still need to assemble and time the presentation yourself, and many templates and advanced tools require Canva Pro. The number of controls can also be a steep learning curve for a first-time user. Eulogize starts with funeral-specific themes and handles the timing and transitions for you, making it a better fit if you have not made a slideshow online before.
Ready to start? Follow our step-by-step guide on how to make a funeral slideshow, or read 8 tips to create a beautiful funeral slideshow.
Product details were checked against provider information on September 25, 2026. Features, plans and prices can change.
Make it with Eulogize
Upload the photos, choose the music and theme, then let Eulogize handle the timing and transitions. Start free and preview the full tribute before you pay.
Start your tribute videoMake a funeral slideshow with music in about 20 minutes. Choose around 30 photos, pick a song, and let the editor time every photo for you.
Someone you love has died, and the service is days away. A slideshow has been mentioned, and now it's on your list. You probably don't have time to learn video software, but you almost certainly have a lot of photos.
That's a good place to start. Here's what I've learned makes a funeral slideshow with music, or a tribute video as some people call it, faster and smoother to put together, from four years at Eulogize working alongside funeral directors and supporting hundreds of families through our platform.
The short answer
Gather your photos and choose your song first. With those ready, a funeral slideshow template that times each photo to the music does most of the work, and the whole thing comes together much more easily.
If you'd like a head start, you can create a funeral slideshow with Eulogize for free: browse examples, choose a template, add your photos and music, and watch it back before you pay.
Your photos in one place, a song (or two), and about an hour of quiet. Putting it together is quick. Choosing what goes in is where the time goes.
Your photos can come from anyone's phone. To build and review the slideshow, a laptop or tablet makes it easier to see the whole thing as you arrange it. You don't need design skills or any experience editing video.
Author's note
When the photos come from across the family, covering different generations, different years and different parts of their life, the slideshow tells a fuller story and connects with more of the people in the room. Gathering them takes a little time, so start early.
Start with the photos already on your phone. Open the camera roll, search their name in your messages, and scroll back through the family group chat. There are usually more than you think.
Then ask family and friends to send theirs, and make it easy for them. One link that everyone can upload to keeps every photo in one place, instead of scattered across group chats and email threads. In Eulogize, that's a single email invite, and every photo lands in the same library.
It helps to be specific when you ask. "Send me your favorite photos" tends to bring back formal portraits. "Send me three pictures that look like Mom being herself, including an everyday one if you have it" brings back the photo of her in the kitchen with her glasses pushed up, the one that ends up being the best image in the slideshow.
What to look for:
Watch the quality where you can. A photo that looks fine on a phone can look blurry on a big screen, and pictures saved from social media are often heavily compressed, so ask for the original file. For old prints, a phone scanning app does a much better job than a quick snap: here are six apps for scanning old photographs. But if a grainy photo is the one that captures them, use it. A slightly blurry shot of your dad laughing at a barbecue says more than a perfect studio portrait.
How many? About 30 photos suits one three-minute song. We recommend five to six seconds per photo, which gives everyone in the room time to really look at each one and remember the moment. For two songs, plan on around 60. If you have hundreds, having a number in mind makes the choosing easier.
Decide how the story will run before you start arranging. The simplest shape is chronological: early years, middle years, recent years. Some families prefer chapters instead, such as childhood, work, travel and grandkids. Either way, you don't need exact dates. A loose order lets people in the room follow their story without captions or narration.
Once you've settled the order, number the files (01, 02, 03) before you upload them. It saves rearranging them one by one later.
If a few photos don't sit on a timeline, like a place they loved or their handwriting on a recipe card, save them for the end.
If you have several shots of the same moment, keep the one or two that say the most. That leaves room for more of their life.
Most funeral slideshows use one song. Add a second when you have more photos than one song can hold. Pick something that felt like them, or something that feels right for the room.
A few things to keep in mind:
Stuck? Ask the people sending you photos for one suggestion each. Someone may name the song you'd never have thought of.
If the song has lyrics, listen through once while scrolling your shortlisted photos. A song can sound right and still have one line that lands awkwardly at a service. For more ideas, see popular songs to use in a funeral video.
Choose a design that suits them, whether that's soft florals, something classic, or clean and modern. The right look is the one that feels like the person, and it should let the photos lead rather than compete with them. For ideas on what to include beyond photos, like quotes, mementos and places they loved, see 8 tips to create a beautiful funeral slideshow.
Add your photos in order, then your song, and let the photos be timed to the music. If there's one you want people to linger on, like the final family portrait, give it a little longer.
Finish with a title slide showing their name and dates. Save it as an image too: shown on the screen as guests arrive, it makes a simple welcome screen before the service begins.
Before you finish, ask your funeral director, celebrant, or whoever is running the service how long they've set aside for the slideshow. It's worth asking early. Funeral directors regularly tell me about slideshows that arrive much longer than the time allowed, which can lead to compromises on the day.
Then watch the whole thing end to end before you save it. You'll often spot several very similar photos, or a lot from one point in time, that you can cut back. Check the name on the title slide and the order of the photos while you're there.
Share a preview with close family before it's final. A second pair of eyes catches the misspelled name or the missing photo.
Save the finished video as an MP4, which plays on almost any TV, laptop, or chapel screen. Share it with your funeral director or celebrant by email a day or two before the service so they can check it plays on their screen (if you made it in Eulogize, you can send it straight from there), and keep a copy on a USB drive as a backup. Send it to family who can't be there, too, so they can watch it at home.
If you have far more photos than the service needs, make a second, longer version to play on a screen at the reception, a celebration of life afterwards, or back at the house. People drift past and catch different moments, and a longer slideshow gives more of them a chance to see themselves in it.
Related reads: more ideas for the steps above.
Make it with Eulogize
Choose a funeral slideshow template, invite family to add their photos, and pick a song from our royalty-free library or upload your own. Every photo is timed to the music, and you can preview it free before you pay.
Start your slideshow freeSix phone apps for scanning old photographs into a funeral slideshow, with the pros and cons of each to help you pick the right one.
The short answer
PhotoScan by Google is the easiest starting point for most families, and it is free. The rest are worth knowing if you have a lot of prints or want more control.
Losing a loved one is an incredibly challenging experience, and as we prepare to say our final goodbyes, many of us seek ways to celebrate their life and preserve precious memories. One heartfelt tribute is a funeral slideshow, a collection of photographs that captures their essence and shares their story with family and friends. To assist you in this delicate task, technology offers some solace in the form of photo scanning apps, which simplify transforming printed photos into digital memories. Here, we explore the top 6 apps that can help you scan physical images of your loved one.
Creating a funeral slideshow involves gathering photographs that span the entirety of your loved one’s life, which often means digitizing old prints. Photo scanning apps are invaluable here, enabling you to quickly and efficiently convert physical photos into digital formats right from your home.
Worth knowing
Scan in daylight, away from direct sun, and lay prints on a dark surface. Most of what makes a scan look poor is glare and shadow rather than the app you chose.
| Where it is strong | What to watch for | |
|---|---|---|
| PhotoScan by Google | High-resolution, glare-free scans with automatic cropping. Strong for working through old albums quickly. | Limited editing. It is a scanning tool, not a photo editor. |
| CamScanner | Fast, good image quality, automatic cropping, and batch scanning for getting through a lot of photos. | The free version adds watermarks and ads. Premium features need a subscription. |
| Adobe Scan | Perspective correction and automatic colour adjustment, which helps restore faded colour in old prints. | Requires an Adobe account, and the fuller feature set can feel like a lot. |
| iPhone Notes scanner (built in) | Already on the phone, free, and nothing to download. Fine for flat, matte prints in soft, even light. | Saves as a PDF rather than an image, so it needs a conversion step before uploading, and it will not beat glare on a glossy print. |
| ClearScanner | Light and fast, with manual and automatic capture, exporting to PDF or JPEG. | The free version is limited and the full version is a paid purchase. |
| TurboScan | Sharp results, multi-page scanning, and straightforward sharing. Good for detailed scans of old photographs. | The interface is dated and it lacks some newer conveniences. |
When selecting a photo scanning app, consider factors like ease of use, quality of the scanned images, and any additional features that might help with creating a funeral slideshow.
For a slideshow, no. A phone scan is more than enough resolution for a screen. A flatbed scanner only starts to matter if you intend to reprint the photograph at size.
Scan more than you need and choose later. It is much easier to cut a shortlist down than to go back to the albums a second time.
Creating a funeral slideshow is a deeply personal process that can offer comfort during grief, helping to keep the memory of loved ones alive. The right photo scanning app can ease the burden by simplifying the task of digitizing cherished photographs. Each of the apps listed above has its strengths and can be a valuable tool in preparing a beautiful and heartfelt tribute to your loved one.
Make it with Eulogize
Crop, rotate, enhance and annotate them in the Eulogize editor, then build the slideshow around them. No software to install.
Start for freeLessons from preparing two family funeral slideshows, with practical tips on photo count, pacing, and music to help you make one yourself.
Experiencing the loss of two family members inside a year was tough. When my partner’s grandmother passed away, I felt a deep empathy for how she and her mother were feeling. She was an important part of their lives and I felt that loss in them. In contrast, the passing of my own grandmother later in the same year, whom I was very close to, was so personal and hollowing. I felt it deeply and still do.
In both instances, as the “techy one” in the family, it fell to me to prepare the remembrance videos from all the family pictures. Initially, I was pretty apprehensive, everyone will be watching this during the service. How can I make it feel worthy of their life? How professional does it have to be? But it felt like my role in the preparations, so I took it on and I am so glad I did.
It was a bit of a struggle to get started. Getting all the pictures from everyone was more difficult than I expected. I didn’t know what to do once I had the pictures and playing it back during the service was messy and troublesome. Thinking back on both experiences though, it was so helpful to have this task to focus my feelings on. I believe it helped lighten the load, and making it ourselves honored their memories. So, I thought I’d share some tips I learned along the way. (For a step-by-step guide to putting one together, see How to Make a Funeral Slideshow in About 20 Minutes. To choose a tool, see the 6 best funeral slideshow makers.)
I had no idea what a remembrance video really was. Different funeral companies call them different things: Visual tribute, funeral video, memorial video. These are many ways of expressing the same thing. Essentially it’s a short visual tribute expressing the life of someone you’ve lost. It can include photos, videos and quotes, often set to music.
Typically there are three moments in a funeral or memorial service where the memorial video would play. For my grandmother’s service, it was at the end where the congregation took a moment of their own, to reflect on her life.
My partner’s grandmother’s service played it at the beginning, as a welcome, to help guests reflect and focus their thoughts before the service started.
Others we’ve spoken to included the presentation in the service. The pictures played as a backdrop to the eulogy or readings. Some families create multiple video tributes, one for the service and one to play at a life celebration afterwards.
Every life is different and we all have our own ideas on how to remember someone we’ve lost. However, after preparing two remembrance videos myself, sitting through another couple and talking with many others who’ve been through the experience, I’ve learned there are a few things that commonly work well.
Don’t make it too long.
Span their life.
Make it personal.
Quotes, poems and art.
Keep it focused.
Music.
Keep it simple.
Feel free to be creative.
Ideas for a celebration of life, from music and visual tributes to memorial booklets worth keeping, for those planning a less traditional service.
It’s such a sad time to lose someone close to us, no matter how wonderful a life they have had. So what could be better than to celebrate the life of our dearly departed, rather than dwell on our loss?
Modern funerals have embraced this change in mood, with ever expanding ideas to express the life and shared memories of those we’ve lost. Many families are opting for modern cultural reflections. These services can include poems, literary quotes and songs, departing from religious traditions of prayers and mournful hymns.
The choice of music can be a reflection of how we remember the deceased. Or alternatively it can be a reference to the music they themselves loved. Music can play a role in any part of the memorial service. Consider it as a welcome for guests or as a point of reflection during the service. A performance by live musicians or gifted family member, can also be a memorable statement.
Visual tributes have become incredibly popular, from large prints, to slideshows and video memorials. Often set to music, typical video memorials feature photographs over the lifetime of the deceased. As a result, slideshow memorials provide a wonderful moment of reflection at the end of the service. Some services also play through slides at the beginning as the guests settle.
If you’re planning a video memorial, read this article on why we think you should do it yourself.
When you’re ready to build one, our tribute video platform makes it simple to turn your favorite photos into a video you can share and keep.
A good reading gives a celebration of life its voice. A favorite poem, a passage from a book they loved, or a few lines from a song can say what’s hard to put into your own words.
You don’t have to stick to traditional verse. Families often choose secular poems, song lyrics, a paragraph from a well-loved novel, or something the person wrote themselves. A short piece read by a grandchild can land as deeply as anything formal. Two or three readings, spread across the service, is usually enough.
If you plan to print a reading in the program, it’s worth knowing that wording and reprint permissions can vary by translation and publisher. For anything still in copyright, a quick look at the publisher’s guidelines saves any surprises.
Of everything handed out on the day, the booklet is the piece people keep. A printed order of service, sometimes called a funeral program, brings together the details of the day and the things that made the person who they were.
Inside, you might include the running order, a favorite reading or poem, a short life story, and a few photos. Some families add a line of thanks to guests, or the words to a song everyone will sing. Every booklet looks a little different. It’s a small book about one life.
Months later, it’s the thing that stays in a drawer or comes out on an anniversary. That’s why it’s worth taking a little care over. If you’d like to make one yourself, our funeral programs let you lay out the order of service, add your own readings alongside a built-in verses library, and print at home or order professionally printed copies.
A firsthand account of making a funeral video tribute after losing a grandmother, and four reasons it can feel more meaningful than outsourcing it.
When my grandmother passed away the thought of an overly mournful funeral service just didn’t seem right. She was an exuberant character and we wanted to celebrate that. It turns out this is a very common idea for modern funerals.
With this trend toward a celebration of the life, rather than just mourning the loss, the format of funerals has changed. One very common feature is a visual presentation of the deceased, a funeral video tribute, a slideshow played over music. Some families I’ve spoken to felt it was even one of the most important parts of their service.
It fell to me to prepare the video tribute. A daunting task while in the midst of grief for this wonderful person. I considered hiring a video company to make it, but the cost was hefty and somehow it felt like I should do it myself. What surprised me was how rewarding I found it to be.
I share my experience here and offer some tips I learned along the way. However in this post, I wanted to share my thoughts on why it’s so good to create the memorial video yourself, and why you’ll be glad you did.
With Eulogize, In four simple steps, you can be on your way to creating a beautiful, touching remembrance video as good as any professional service.
1. Upload your pictures
2. Choose your theme
3. Arrange the pictures
4. Select your music ....... and you’re done!
It takes less time than you think. You can easily collect pictures from other family members through the website and share video and booklet previews with them for feedback.
In the days immediately following the death of someone you love, the waves of sadness can be unpredictable and overwhelming. When my grandmother died, I found it really helped to have this task to focus on. Something meaningful to do, that would help the whole family and help me process my grief.
Even times where we’re not close to the deceased, we can still feel the deep sorrow of those around us. Preparing the memorial video for the family can be both rewarding for yourself and provide great relief to those taking it the hardest.
Annie Broadbent, counselor and author of Speaking of Death says, “We tend to like to feel in control of things, and indeed it is possible to control certain aspects of our life. Losing a loved one confronts us with the reality that some things are beyond our control and this can feel frightening and overwhelming. At such times, starting with small tasks that can be achieved, day by day, can be really helpful in easing the sense of powerlessness, giving a sense of agency over the whole experience.”
This was certainly true for my experience. I’ve prepared a video tribute for two funerals in the space of a year and both times, found myself thankful I had this task. By channelling my feelings into the creation of the slideshow, I felt a little more in control of myself and how I expressed my feelings. My emotions had somewhere to go and I created something positive for everyone at the end of it.
Annie says, “It’s important that each individual builds their own relationship with their grief and finds their own way of responding to the many feelings that are likely to emerge. This might mean spending time alone, connecting with their pain privately. For others, it will be more about staying close to people, particularly others who are experiencing the same loss”.
The time I felt most at ease in that week leading up to the service, was when, as a family, we were looking through the photos together. I found this a cathartic experience. Where just looking through pictures sparked conversations and sharing of memories. There was even some laughter at such a sad time. It brought a renewed understanding and appreciation of who they were. This process was hugely rewarding. It smoothed out the ragged edges of my sadness. I felt more connected to my family. Others felt it prepared them for the day of the service.
Eulogize provides a simple way for all the family to contribute pictures and collaborate on the design of the order of service booklet and a funeral video tribute.
Creating a funeral video tribute should be easy to do yourself, to capture the spirit of the one you’ve lost. Eulogize is an online memorialiser created specifically to help families preparing the tributes and stationery for the funeral for a loved one.
It includes features to easily collect pictures from all the family, notify loved ones of your loss, prepare a personalized funeral service booklet and create a memorial video.
The funeral video tribute editor works online in your web browser. You don’t need to download any software and it’s really easy to use. The downloaded video file is an mp4 that will play on any modern TV, computer or device. We took the features of all the professional tools and automated them, so all you need to do is select a theme, arrange your pictures and choose your music. Then download it and you’re done.
You can do it yourself, or collaborate with family and we’ve made it really easy for anyone to add pictures for you to use. Even printed pictures are a snap. Just follow our guide using Google PhotoScan on your smartphone.
If you’re unfortunate enough to have lost someone close to you, I hope some of the information here can be of help.
Five practical ways to make a live-stream funeral feel personal and inclusive for family and friends who can only join from home.
Live-stream funerals have made a lot of news recently, in the wake of COVID-19 and social distancing regulations, however, it’s been gaining popularity for several years to include distant family members in the service. The current circumstances are different because choice is not a factor and for this reason, some families may feel a loss of part of their grieving process.
It doesn’t need to be this way. There are many ways to provide an inclusive and meaningful experience for family members viewing from home. It isn’t the venue that makes the service, but rather the collective memories, reflections and shared experience in saying goodbye. Below are some tips to help you get the most intimate live-stream funeral experience for your remote viewing family members.
A printed order of service booklet helps the congregation follow the service, sometimes including the words to the main prayer or hymn. Providing a digital version in advance to family and friends viewing from home, helps them feel included and engaged in the service. They may not feel the compulsion to sing along with the hymns, but following the words in their mind as the congregation sings or recites the prayers can create a richer more intimate experience.
A digital funeral service booklet can be more than a running order. Unlike the printed booklet, where printing costs limit the number of pages, the digital service booklet can have many pages at no extra cost. Providing more pictures and meaningful quotes from a poem or a reading can be a beautiful way to tell the story of your loved one’s life. Enriching the digital booklet in this way can provide a personal connection and more intimate funeral experience for those viewing from afar.
Visual tributes, or memorial slideshows, have become increasingly popular for all kinds of funerals and memorial services. They are a beautiful moment usually at the end of the service for individuals to reflect, often bringing warmth and levity at a time of deep sadness. The slideshow can be especially important however, in establishing an emotional connection for those attending from home. In the absence of the congregation, the ambiance of the chapel or memorial venue, the stream of pictures spanning the life of the deceased can prompt memories and a more meaningful experience.
This is the simplest way to create one.
Some funeral homes offer to create the slideshow for their families, or recommend other companies to do it, which can come at a high cost. In our experience and for many families we’ve spoken to, they found the process of creating the visual tribute itself highly cathartic. Also, inviting remote family members to contribute pictures can make them feel more included in the service. This is especially true where they may feel some guilt or regret for not being able to attend in person.
Many live-streamed funerals provide remote attendees with the option to choose between a camera view or watching the memorial slideshow video throughout the service. This gives newfound importance to the visual tribute and the opportunity to show more memories, for a richer experience when attending remotely.
Eulogize enables anyone to create beautiful and meaningful memorial slideshows, memorial cards and funeral service booklets with no special skills required. You can do it without any fuss right in your web browser. We’ve simplified all the complicated stuff, so all you need to do is collect your pictures and arrange your content, to produce beautiful professional-quality memorials at a fraction of the cost.
Our unique family image-upload feature lets you collect pictures from everyone in one place easily, from any computer or device and popular photo-sharing and storage apps.
A range of professionally designed, customizable templates allows you to create the perfect memorial in minutes, just the way you’d like it. Preview them, share them with family for review and then download as an mp4 video file, a print-ready pdf and share a digital service booklet. All with no-fuss and without the hefty price tag.
We believe in the cathartic power of creating your own memorials and aim to make it easier for families to get the most from this experience, and provide their family members with the most intimate live-stream funeral memory.
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Ten popular songs for a funeral video or slideshow, from classic ballads to modern hymns, to help you choose a fitting soundtrack.
The short answer
The right song is usually the one that meant something to them, not the one that sounds most like a funeral.
Losing a loved one is never easy, and finding the right way to honor their memory can be a comforting and healing process.
One beautiful way to pay tribute to your loved one is by creating a video memorial or funeral slideshow. These heartfelt videos capture cherished moments, memories, and emotions, allowing you to celebrate the life of your dear departed.
A crucial aspect of crafting a memorable funeral video is choosing the right soundtrack. In this article, we'll explore the top ten songs to use in a funeral video, ensuring a fitting and touching tribute to your loved one.
"Wind Beneath My Wings" by Bette Midler
This timeless classic is often chosen for its heartfelt lyrics that express gratitude and admiration. It perfectly complements a video memorial, emphasizing the impact your loved one had on your life.
"My Way" by Frank Sinatra
This iconic track celebrates a life lived on one's terms. Frank Sinatra's powerful voice adds depth to the video, making it an excellent choice for a funeral slideshow.
"Tears in Heaven" by Eric Clapton
Written in memory of Clapton's own son, this song's poignant lyrics and soothing melody provide comfort and solace during a time of loss.
"You Raise Me Up" by Josh Groban
With its inspiring lyrics and uplifting melody, this song conveys the idea that our loved ones continue to support and inspire us even after they're gone.
"I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston
This emotional ballad is a testament to everlasting love and serves as a beautiful backdrop for expressing your feelings in a funeral video.
"Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen
This song's powerful lyrics and haunting melody evoke deep emotions, making it a moving choice for a funeral slideshow.
"Amazing Grace" by Various Artists
A classic hymn, "Amazing Grace" offers solace and hope, reminding us of the profound grace and love that can be found even in times of sorrow.
"Over the Rainbow" by Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
This soothing ukulele rendition of the classic song conveys a sense of peace and serenity, making it an ideal choice for a funeral video.
"Angels" by Robbie Williams
With lyrics that touch on the idea of finding comfort in the arms of angels, this song provides a soothing and poignant soundtrack for your video memorial.
"Time to Say Goodbye" by Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman
This powerful duet captures the bittersweet feeling of saying farewell. Its grandiose melody and vocals can add a touch of elegance to your funeral slideshow.
Choosing the right songs to accompany these visuals is essential to create a touching and meaningful tribute.
Creating a video memorial or funeral slideshow is a heartfelt way to remember and celebrate the life of your loved one. The ten songs listed above cover a range of emotions and themes, allowing you to select the ones that resonate most with your loved one's memory. Whether you're aiming for solace, inspiration, or celebration, these songs can enhance your video and provide a lasting tribute to the one you hold dear.
For a private service, yes. Copyright becomes a question when the video is uploaded to a public platform, where an automated system may mute the audio or block the video entirely.
One or two is usually enough. Most tribute videos run between three and five minutes, which is about the length of one or two songs.
Make it with Eulogize
Upload your photos, choose your music, and preview the whole thing before the service. You can see how a memorial video comes together first if you would rather look before you start.
Create your videoHow to scan physical photographs on your phone for a funeral slideshow or video memorial, without needing to buy a scanner.
In times of remembrance, creating a Video Memorial or a Funeral Slideshow can be a touching way to honor a loved one's life. Scanning physical photos is a pivotal step in this process, and you don't need to invest in a scanner if you're doing it just once. In this article, we'll explore how you can scan your physical photos using a mobile device and recommend an option using a photo scanning app to make this heartfelt task easier.
By following these steps, you can ensure that your scanned photos are of high quality and ready to be included in a heartfelt Video Tribute or Funeral Slideshow to celebrate the life of someone special.
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