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Year-in-Review Video Maker

Create a polished year-in-review highlight video with Vidio's AI-powered editor. Upload your clips, find the best moments fast, and share a beautiful recap in minutes.

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Your year, edited

Twelve months of clips and photos, turned into one recap

Drop in a year of phone videos and pictures. VIDIO picks the moments worth remembering, weaves in your photos and cuts it all to music.

The best parts of the year

The AI goes through every clip and picks out trips, birthdays, milestones and the moments everyone laughed at.

  • New Year0:25
  • Summer trip1:09
  • Birthday1:52
  • Graduation2:36
Example year of clips to recap1 yr → 3 min

Every memory, listed

See each moment VIDIO found with its picks marked. Switch on the quiet one that matters to you.

Ski weekend0:42
Beach day0:18
First steps0:26
Holiday dinner0:35
1:35

A quick reel or the long version

Set how long each moment lasts and whether the recap runs 30 seconds, one minute or three.

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Set to a soundtrack

Pick a royalty-free track or one of your own, and the year cuts on the beat.

  • Feel-good pop
  • Nostalgic piano
  • Cinematic score

Share it anywhere

Export 16:9 for YouTube, 9:16 for Reels, TikTok and Shorts, or 1:1 for Instagram.

16:99:161:1

Month into month

Crossfades, wipes and zooms carry the recap from one moment to the next, with animated text titles if you want them.

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Photos and clips together

Add JPG and PNG photos next to your videos. Stills get gentle motion so they sit naturally in the recap.

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Refine by hand

Add the moment that defined your year

Let AI assemble the first year-in-review edit, then keep, remove, or extend scenes while transitions, captions, and music adapt around every cut.

AI edit · 8:12

Ski weekend

0:00 / 8:12
  • Transitions3
  • Captions4
  • Music8:12
Ski weekend
Beach day
First steps
Holiday dinner
Feel-good pop

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Who it's for

A year of clips, a recap for whoever lived it

Families, creators, teams and friends all end the year with phones full of footage. VIDIO turns it into the recap each of them shares.

  • 20:00:00 footage

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    Long footage → short cut

    Families

    The family's year in one film

    Birthdays, holidays and first steps from twelve months of clips and photos, set to music and ready for New Year's Eve.

    MP416:9 · 4:00

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  • 1:00

    9:16

    Vertical, ready to post

    Content creators

    Your year on the channel, in one Short

    The best moments from a year of uploads, cut fast for your followers.

    Shorts9:16 · 1:00

    More for YouTubers
  • 2:30

    Sources combined

    Companies and teams

    A year-end video for the all-hands

    Offsites, launches and wins from the year, cut into one video for the team.

    LinkedIn16:9 · 2:30

    More for Companies and teams
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    Clips joined

    Friends

    The group's year in one Reel

    Trips, nights out and inside jokes merged into a Reel everyone gets tagged in.

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    Dead time cut

    Schools and clubs

    The school year, wrapped up

    Events, matches and performances cut into one recap for the end-of-year evening.

    YouTube16:9 · 5:00

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Simple 3 steps to make a year-in-review highlight video

No need to install anything. Upload your clips, describe the year-in-review recap you want, and download a polished video ready to share.

  1. You upload

    Drag and drop your video file. Uploading progress will be displayed until it is complete.

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  2. Describe your requirements

    Tell the AI what you want in your edit using the prompt box, then send it. Vidio will use your requirements to create the video.

  3. You download

    Download your year-in-review highlight video by clicking the Export button.

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FAQ6

Frequently asked questions

Vidio uses AI to analyze your year-in-review footage, identify meaningful moments, remove slow sections, and assemble the best clips into a concise highlight video.

You can upload phone clips, camera footage, speeches, candid moments, group shots, and other video or image files from your year-in-review. Supported formats include JPG, PNG, GIF, MP4, MOV, MPG, WEBM, and MPEG.

Yes, there is a maximum file size limit of 3GB for videos that can be processed. For more information, please visit the pricing page.

We offer a free option that allows you to use the service. For more information, please visit the pricing page.

The process begins with user inputs for customization. Users can choose desired output length, aspect ratio, and more. While the initial setup is based on user preferences, the remaining steps are fully automated from there.

You can use a variety of image and video formats, including JPG, PNG, GIF, MP4, MOV, MPG, WEBM, and MPEG. We support these formats to ensure compatibility with a wide range of image and video files.

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