Welcome to the Times of Your Life DVDs & video blog

Our blog is dedicated to helping you understand in more detail what goes into making your DVD slideshow or video. We'll share tips, tricks, and information about the process and hopefully give some insight behind-the-scenes.


Working with Digital Photos

Customers always ask if it's better to use digital photos (like ones taken with a phone) versus real, printed photos. There's no question that digital photos can be great for sharing with people via email, text, social media…or whatever, but when it comes to using them to make a video they can be very difficult to work with. The challenge when working with digital photos is when a customer wants photos shown in a certain order in a video. When the photos come from multiple sources (i.e. different phones, cameras, etc.), each device assigns a different number to each photo. So when all those photos are gathered in one place on a computer, the photos are basically in random order because computers automatically re-sort the photos numerically then alphabetically. So, to put the photos in a particular order, each photo has to be manually re-named/re-numbered. The filename has to be changed to make sure the photos are in the correct sequence. Once that's done, the photos can be added to the video and we can be sure they will be in the correct order. It's not easy, but that's the only way to ensure the photos stay in the order the customer wants.

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You can reach us at 952-292-7003 and via email at info@timesofyourlifedvds.com

Times of Your Life DVDs & Video

Attn: Barry Cohen
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We turn your old photos, videos and other memorabilia into stunning DVD slideshows and videos.