How to Make a Graduation Slideshow

Every graduation party has the same showstopper: the video that starts with a gap-toothed kindergartner and ends in a cap and gown. The years in between are already on your iPhone — the only real work is finding and ordering them. Here's the shortcut.

The problem with the usual approach

Template sites and slide apps all assume you'll show up with a folder of photos, sorted by year. That's the step that eats a whole weekend: 13+ years of school photos, birthdays, and vacations scattered through tens of thousands of images. Timory does the digging for you — its on-device AI recognizes your graduate's face across all those years and lines every photo up chronologically.

Make the slideshow in 5 steps

1. Scan. Download Timory and let it scan your library — large libraries and iCloud Photos included, all on-device.
2. Select your graduate. Tap their face and their entire photo history appears, from preschool to prom, oldest first.
3. Set the years. First day of kindergarten to graduation day is the classic arc. Add or remove any shot — you have full control over what makes the cut.
4. Add the soundtrack. Nostalgic for the early years, upbeat for the finish. Trim clips so the milestone photos land on the beats.
5. Export and premiere. Export in 1080p or 4K, AirPlay it at the party, then share to the family chat, Instagram, or TikTok.

Make it hit harder

Keep the first-day-of-school photos even if they're blurry — imperfect early shots make the polished senior photos land. If your graduate has a sibling graduating soon, the work is reusable: Timory has already grouped their photos too, so the next slideshow starts half-done.

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