Easy and Free Ways to Add Music to Photos or Videos

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Easy and Free Ways to Add Music to Photos or Videos

Last Updated: Jul. 23, 2021

Summary

Have you ever wished to know how to add music to a photo for making it more dynamic and exciting? You've come to the right place. Here you can learn the easy ways to add music to pictures or videos.

Nowadays, most people tend to take various wonderful photos to record their great memories. But it seems boring if you just save all your pictures directly on your gadget. To this, you can choose to make your pictures moving along with a matching music or create a photo slideshow with music, which can make your pictures more dramatic and entertaining.

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Part 1 How to Add Music to Photos and Videos Online

If you want to add music to photos or videos online for free, FlexClip is what you need. It helps you add excellent music to your pictures or video in seconds! You can upload your own music file to the photos and videos, or pick one from its extensive music library in a few clicks. No editing skills required.

Whether you need a birthday video or a school video, you can turn to FlexClip online video editor and put music on the photos or videos online for free right now:

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Step 1

Upload your Photos and Video Clips

Go to Media > Local Files to upload your photos or video clips. You can also pick some beautiful footage form the rich stock media library of FlexClip.

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Step 2

Add Music to Photos and Video Clips

Turn to the Music section to add music to the pictures or video clips. Here you can pick one from the extensive music library or add your own song from the computer.

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Here, you can trim it and adjust the position where the music starts and ends, apply the fade in/out effect to make the music match your photo slideshow perfectly. Also, you can adjust the volume to make the music softer.

While you're in the editor, you can use FlexClip's tools to make any other edits you'd like to your pictures:

Add & edit text animation to the picture;
Animate the still photo;
Add picture, overlays & voice over;
Crop, filter & adjust brightness or color grade the picture;

Part 2 How to Add Music to Pictures and Videos on Mac

For Mac users, you can also use the iMovie to add music to your photos and videos. iMovie can be said one of the most professional video editors, which can help you ad music to pictures and videos for free.

Step 1

Create a new project. Go to File > Import to add your photos and clips to iMovie, then drag them to the timeline.

Step 2

Click the "Audio" button at the top of the window, then you can see the three audio option to add a piece of music yo your project from Music(or iTunes), Sound Effects, or GarageBand in the sidebar.

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Step 3

Choose a category and browse to find the music you want to add to your project, then drag it to the timeline.

Quick Tip

To add music to your pictures and video in iMovie on Mac, you can also simply drag the music files right into your timeline from the Finder and the Desktop.

Part 3 How to Add Music to Pictures and Videos on Windows 10

On Windows 10, Photos is an essential app designed to help you to organize your pictures and videos. Using the app, you can view your media files and edit them easily.

The Photos app makes it very simple to add music to your pictures or video clips.

Step 1

Open Photos app and open a new project to add your pictures or video clips to the storyboard.

Step 2

Click the Background music button from the top-right corner, then, you can select the soundtrack you want to use. (You can click the triangle Play button to preview the music.)

Image Board: Add Music to Your Pictures on Windows 10

Step 3

Remember to check the Sync your video to the music's beat option and set the music volume using the slider option, then click the Done button to add the music to your project.

Image Board: Add Music to Your Pictures on Windows 10

Final Words

Ready to begin? Just choose one of the methods above to create your photo slideshow video and have fun adding music to your photos. Help your pictures come to life with music using FlexClip right now!

Sandy /

Has 4-year of professional photographing experience. Very much into recording every detail of life. She is passionate about all things related to video production, and loves to exploring tips and tricks about it.