When you're arranging a funeral, the last thing you need is complicated software. You need something that works quickly, produces something beautiful, and doesn't cost a fortune.
Tell Me Your Story's memorial slideshow maker is free to preview — no account, no credit card, no technical skills required. Upload your photos, choose some music, and have a finished slideshow ready within minutes.
What is a memorial slideshow?
A memorial slideshow — sometimes called a tribute video, funeral slideshow, or photo montage — is a short video that tells the story of someone's life through their photographs, set to music that was meaningful to them.
They are typically played at the funeral service, at the wake, or at a celebration of life. Increasingly, families also share them privately with relatives who couldn't attend, or keep them as a permanent digital keepsake.
A good memorial slideshow doesn't need to be long or complicated. 15 to 25 photos, the right music, and a short tribute message is enough to create something genuinely moving — and genuinely memorable.
Why use a free memorial slideshow maker?
Professional tribute video services in the UK typically charge £150-500 or more. General video editing software like Adobe Premiere or Final Cut Pro requires hours of learning. And free online tools like Canva or Animoto, while capable, are built for general video creation — not specifically for memorial slideshows.
Tell Me Your Story was built specifically for this moment. Everything about it — the questions it asks, the music it includes, the way it handles photos — is designed for families creating a tribute for someone they've lost. It's the only tool built for this purpose that's free to preview.
How our free memorial slideshow maker works
Enter their details
Add their name, birth year, year of passing, and an optional tribute message of up to 200 words. This becomes a beautiful quote slide woven through the video.
Upload your photos
Upload up to 30 photos. Drag them into the order you want. The first photo becomes the opening frame — make it a clear, well-lit photo of their face.
Choose music and style
Select from our curated gentle tracks, or upload your own MP3 — a song that was meaningful to them. Choose how long each photo appears and how photos transition.
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Create your memorial slideshow →Tips for creating a memorial slideshow that moves people
Choose photos from across their whole life
Childhood, teenage years, young adulthood, family life, and recent years. A chronological journey through their life tells a complete story and gives everyone in the room something to recognise.
Ask family members to contribute photos
Different relatives will have photos from different eras. A sibling might have childhood photos nobody else has. Use iCloud or Google Photos shared albums to collect them quickly without emailing files back and forth.
Start and end with strong photos
The opening and closing photos carry the most emotional weight. Open with a clear photo of their face. End with a warm, recent photo — them laughing, with family, doing something they loved.
Keep it to 15-25 photos
More is not better. A carefully chosen selection of 15-25 photos tells a fuller story than 50 random ones. Quality over quantity every time.
Use music they actually loved
A song from their era, their wedding song, or music associated with a family memory will move people in a way generic music never can. You can upload your own MP3 directly into the tool.
Save it to a USB stick for the service
Most funeral venues have a USB port. Save your downloaded MP4 to a USB stick and test it on the actual screen the day before. Tell the funeral director you're bringing a tribute video so they can prepare the equipment.
How is this different from Canva or other tools?
Canva, Animoto, and similar tools are built for general video creation — marketing videos, social media content, presentations. They work, but they require you to make many decisions that are hard to make when you're grieving: which template, which layout, which font, which colour scheme.
Tell Me Your Story is built specifically for memorial slideshows. Every design decision has already been made for you — elegant, warm, respectful. All you need to bring are the photos and the music. Everything else is handled.
It also includes a dedicated tribute message slide — a place to write a few words about the person that becomes part of the video itself, not just a caption.
How much does a memorial slideshow cost?
Previewing your memorial slideshow is completely free — no account, no credit card, no time limit. You can upload all your photos, choose your music, and watch the full preview as many times as you like.
Downloading the full HD version without a watermark costs £19.99 — a one-time payment. No subscription, no renewal. The MP4 file is yours to keep, share, and play as many times as you like, forever.
Professional tribute video services in the UK typically charge £150-500. Canva requires a subscription for video downloads. Tell Me Your Story is the most affordable way to create a professional-quality memorial slideshow in the UK.
"We played it at the wake. People who hadn't seen photos of him as a young man were in tears. It felt like we gave him his whole life back, just for a few minutes."
— From a Tell Me Your Story family
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