Make creations

Important: You can now find creation tools in one dedicated space for quicker and easier access. Some creations are automatically created for you.

With creations, you can make visual stories and moving images with your photos and videos. You can create:

• Animations: A quick-moving GIF of selected photos and videos.
• Cinematic photos: A 3D effect added to photos.
• Collage: A template with customizable layout to arrange your photos and videos.
• Highlight videos: A video with music using photos and videos.
• Photo to video: Animate your photo and turn static moments into dynamic six-second video clips.
• Remix: Transform your photos into different styles like “Anime.”

Important: In Google Photos, you now have more control over the types of videos you can create with highlight videos. On photos.google.com, highlight videos replace movies.

Get suggestions for highlight video creation

With Google Photos, you can quickly create highlight videos with your memorable moments. Select the people, places, themes, or dates you want to include, and a highlight video is automatically created for you.

1. On your computer, go to photos.google.com.
2. At the top right, click Create Highlight video.
3. Choose the subject of your highlight video.
   • With Search: In the Search box, type a few words about the people, places, themes, or dates to include in your highlight video. For example, “Birthday,” “Museum,” or “Japan.”
   • With suggested people, places, and time frames: From the suggested items, select “Who,” “Where,” “When,” and more.
4. At the top, click Preview.
5. Click Save.

Tip: If you can’t find the people or time frame you would like in the suggestions, click Add person or Add dates .

Make a highlight video manually

1. On your computer, go to photos.google.com.
2. Click Create Highlight video Create your own video.
3. To choose the photos and videos you want in the highlight video, click or select photos.
4. Select your photos or videos.
5. At the top, click Create.
6. When you’re done, click Save.
7. To watch your highlight video, click Play or wait to be notified when the highlight video is ready.

Edit a highlight video

1. On your highlight video, click Edit .
   • Change music: Click Music .
   • Reorder clips: Click and hold a clip to drag it to a different order. .
   • Remove clips: Next to the clip you want to remove, click More Remove.
2. When you’re done, click Save.

If you delete photos or videos from Google Photos:

Make animations

Find your highlight videos & animations

1. On your computer, go to photos.google.com.
2. In the box at the top, type “Highlight videos” or “Animations”.
3. Click Search .

Related resources

• Edit your photos
• Edit your videos
• Make & edit collages in Google Photos