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Make Your Birthday Photo Slideshow with Songs on DVD

Want to make a birthday video to present on birthday party? Have got so many your Birthday's photos at hand and want to make a Birthday slideshow keepsake? We've been dedicating to preserving your photo memories by adding transition effects and DVD menus. It's worthy to make a birthday movie to share now or keep as birthday memories.

Wondershare DVD Slideshow Builder not only allows you to create Birthday slideshow easily and fast, but also share with others conveniently. After importing desired Birthday photos/videos, adding music, choosing from Birthday DVD menu templates, it's time then to output in various formats, including AVI, MP4, WMV, 3GP, HD video, DVD Disc and so on. Once created, you can either watch it on your widescreen TV or upload to YouTube.

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How to Make a Birthday Video Slideshow with Music

Step 1: Import your Birthday photos/video and music

Download Wondershare DVD Slideshow Builder and install it. In the Slideshow tab, you can import your prepared photo and video into the program through the Add Photo/Video button. And if required, you can also edit the imported photo/video using the built-in tools issued by double-clicking photo/video thumbnails on Storyboard.

Creating a Birthday photo slideshow with music will captivate your audience more easily. You are recommended to make a Birthday photo slideshow by adding traditional Birthday songs. See below to learn how to add background music. If required, double-click the added music file in the music table to trim it so as to match your slideshow.

Step 2: Change transition or motion effect for birthday photos

By default, once you import photo/video, random transition effects would be applied automatically. However, you can change them as follow, and add motion effect if you want.

birthday photo effect

The Ken-Burns (Pan/Zoom) effects brings your still image to life, and like a real movie, animated enough to get more fun from birthday photos. You could also custom your own motion to focus on special spot on the birthday photo, say the bithday cake. To do so, right click on photos and select "Customize Motion".

Step 3: DVD menu for Birhday Video DVD from template

Only If you want to burn your Birthday slideshow onto DVD, SVCD, VCD Disc, is it necessary to configure a personalized menu. After switching to Menu tab, you could find DVD menu templates on the left hand side. For birthday DVD menu template, go to Occasion -> Birthday in the Category list. You need to download desired menu template before using it.

Birthday dvd menu templates

Step 4: Burn DVD or create Birthday video

It's time now to burn your Birthday slideshow onto disc or create video in various formats. See the screenshot below:

burn Birthday slideshow to DVD

Note that you need to specify the save path if you select a video format. It will take some time for the program to generate the final Birthday slideshow, which depends on the video length. If you choose to create your Birthday slideshow into video formats, you can then upload it to YouTube and share with others by sending the URL. Prior to that, you may need to sign up in YouTube.

Upload Birthday slideshow to YouTube

Birthday Video Making Tips:

  1. You can set desired photo thumbnail as the Birthday slideshow thumbnail on DVD menu by right-clicking the thumbnail on Menu editing workspace and select "Change Thumbnail".
  2. If you choose to output your Birthday slideshow as video formats, the menu would not be generated even through you have applied a menu template.
  3. It's available to specify background music to your DVD menu. You can define it just under the work area in Menu tab.

Birthday Songs Suggestion - Songs for Birthday Slideshow

The most famous birthday song is definitely Happy Birthday to You, also known as "Happy Birthday". It has been translated into lots of language and people sing to the melody. This birthday song is a good choice to a birthday video slideshow, but you could also pick out one from the below birthday songs suggestions list.

Happy, Happy Birthday Baby by Ronnie Milsap
Lets Hear It For The Boy by Denise Williams
Just the Way You Are by Billy Joel
When I Grow Up To Be A Man by The Beach Boys
Wild One by Faith Hill
You Are So Beautiful by Joe Cocker
What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong

7th Birthday by The Lowest of the Low
Birthday by The Beatles
Dream a Little Dream of Me by Louis Armstrong
Happy Birthday Mr. Burns by The Ramones
Happy Birthday To You by Frank Sinatra
Happy Birthday, Darlin' by Conway Twitty
Happy Birthday, Lisa by Michael Jackson and Bart

You could also choose a best birhtday songs from our birthday slideshow songs list.

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