Use the slideshow maker: drop your photos in, set how long each slide holds, add a sound, and export a 9:16 MP4 with no watermark — all in your browser, nothing uploaded.
TikTok's built-in photo mode gives you almost no control over timing, can't be reused on Reels or Shorts, and compresses your images twice before anyone sees them.
Posting through TikTok's photo mode is the fast path, but you're renting the result. Timing is fixed, the slideshow only lives on TikTok, and once it's up you can't edit it — you'd have to delete and repost, losing the engagement.
Exporting an actual MP4 means you own a file. You can post it to TikTok, then reuse the identical video on Reels and Shorts, drop it into CapCut to add captions, or keep it as a template and swap the photos next month. It's the difference between a post and an asset.
Most slideshows fail on pacing rather than content. Too fast and nobody reads the text on your slides; too slow and they swipe away.
For product or before/after posts, 2–3 seconds per slide is the sweet spot — long enough to register, short enough to keep momentum. If your slides carry a lot of text, push to 4. If it's a rapid visual sequence, 1.5 works. The tool lets you set it precisely instead of guessing at whatever the app decides.
Every time an image is re-encoded it loses detail. Building a slideshow inside an app usually means two rounds of compression — once when the app imports your photo, once when the platform processes the upload.
Rendering the video yourself removes the first round. Your original images go straight into the encoder and get scaled exactly once, cleanly, into a 9:16 frame. The upload still compresses, but you're handing the platform a much better source, and it shows on text-heavy slides where soft edges are obvious.
A slideshow with no audio feels like a gallery; with a track it feels like a post. You can add any audio file and it loops to fit automatically.
One caution worth taking seriously: only use audio you actually have the rights to. Adding a commercial track to an exported video and posting it can get the post muted or pulled, and repeat strikes hurt the account. If you want a trending sound, a common workflow is to export the video silent here, upload it to TikTok, and add the platform's licensed sound in the app — best of both.
Yes — free covers up to 8 images at 720x1280 with no watermark. A free account (no card) raises it to 30 images at 1080x1920.
No. The export is completely clean with no branding.
No — the video renders locally in your browser. Nothing is uploaded or stored anywhere.
9:16 vertical, the native size for TikTok, Reels and Shorts.
Yes — it works in any modern mobile browser, though exports are faster on a desktop.