A growing up video, one photo moving into the next
A growing up video in Glim turns your photos of someone, from baby to today, into one film: the AI makes a 5-second transition from each real photo into the next, so you watch them grow up. A 3-minute film is $59.90 for buyers outside Israel, before any sales tax or VAT where you live, or ₪199 in Israel.
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What the AI makes, and what it doesn't
The AI makes only the movement between two of your photos. Each transition starts on one real photo and ends on the next, so at every age you see the face as it was photographed. It isn't an age progression: it doesn't predict how someone will look in twenty years, and it doesn't fill in the years you have no photo of.
Halfway through a transition, the movement is the model's own interpretation, and sometimes it doesn't look natural. You see each transition before it goes into the film, and you can remake any you don't like: every package has as many free retries as animations. When the photo has a face, each animation is checked against it. If the face changed, the animation is made again once, for free, and if it still doesn't match, it isn't shown, and the animation is credited back to your balance.
How long a film, and how many photos
In Glim a growing up video is made in the Life Story style: every animation is a 5-second transition from one photo into the next, so a film takes one photo more than it has animations, and holds 2 to 85 photos. If you already have a pile of photos, the montage length calculator tells you which length they fill.
| Film | Photos | Usually fits |
|---|---|---|
| 1 min | 13 | A first birthday: the first year, month by month |
| 2 min | 25 | A child's birthday, from birth to today |
| 3 min | 37 | A high school graduation, from birth to cap and gown |
| 5 min | 61 | A bar or bat mitzvah, on the screen at the party |
| 7 min | 85 | A milestone birthday: a whole life |
Which photos to choose, and in what order
- A photo for every stage: the first weeks, the first steps, school, and today. How many a year depends on the length: a 3-minute film over 18 years is about 2 a year. Take more from the first year, when a baby changes from month to month, and end on a recent photo.
- A clear face in every photo, looking toward the camera, with up to three people in it. The same person, or the same two or three people, should be in every photo.
- Similar framing from photo to photo, the face about the same size, makes the smoothest transitions. A head-and-shoulders photo next to a photo taken from across the room makes a jumpy one.
- Prints in an album work too: scan them, or photograph them flat by a window, without glare. Family in Israel can photograph their albums and send you the photos, and you add them to the film.
The order of the photos is the order of the film, so sort them by age before you upload. Once the transitions are made, the order is the film's, but it isn't fixed: in the animations step, “Rearrange” sorts the whole chain again and makes only the new transitions, and “Replace photo” swaps one photo for a better one, using one retry to remake the two transitions on either side of it.
Photos of the whole family, at a wedding or a seder, suit a Classic part, where each photo comes alive on its own. One film can combine a Life Story part and a Classic part, each with its own photos, in the order you set.
Moments that make a good growing up video
- A baby's first birthday: the first year, month by month.
- A child's birthday, from the first photo in the hospital to the party.
- A bar or bat mitzvah, shown at the party. There's a whole page on the bar and bat mitzvah montage, with a six-week timeline.
- A high school graduation, or the week before leaving for college.
- A wedding: the couple, from the day they met to the chuppah.
- A parent's 70th or 80th birthday: a whole life, from a baby photo to today.
- An anniversary: 25 or 50 years together, in the photos of the two of them.
The opening, the titles, and the music
Every package comes with an opening made with AI from a photo you choose, with no sound. You type the title as it should read, and Glim adds it to the opening itself (the AI doesn't write it), so every letter comes out right, in English or in Hebrew. The title can carry the Hebrew date, the Gregorian date, or both.
For each animation you can shorten the start or the end, add a caption and a label like “Age 3,” open a new chapter with a title, and pause on the last frame.
Every package comes with a personal song, written and sung with AI from your answers about the person in the film, in English or in Hebrew. You can add music from Glim's library or songs you upload yourselves, if you have the right to use them, with up to 5 songs in a film, played one after another. Instead of the AI opening, you can open with a video of your own, up to 90 seconds long, with its own sound. You can end the film with a video greeting of up to 2 minutes, with its own sound. You film it yourselves: Glim doesn't record or clone voices.
What you get, and how the family watches
You download an MP4 file in Full HD, not 4K, as many times as you like, in landscape (16:9) for a screen, square (1:1) for a social feed, or vertical (9:16) for stories.
The event pack gives you landscape, square, and vertical versions of the film, plus a download page for the DJ and a printable QR card for the tables, so guests can watch the film on their phones. It comes with films of 5 minutes or more; for a shorter film it's $5.90 if you're buying from outside Israel, before any sales tax or VAT where you live, or ₪19 in Israel.
You can set a premiere: the film opens for everyone with the link on the date and at the time you choose, up to a year ahead. You set the time in Israel time, and viewers abroad see the start time in their own time zone. Family in Israel and abroad can watch at the same moment, whatever the local time.
Once you turn on the watch link, anyone you send it to can watch without signing up, on a phone or a computer, wherever they live.
How it differs from a photo montage
A photo montage is usually a slideshow: the photos take turns, each one standing still, with music underneath, and you can make one free on your phone. In a Glim growing up video each photo moves into the next, so you watch one person grow up in one unbroken flow.
With lots of photos of lots of different people, a slideshow is a better fit, and so is a Classic film, where each photo comes alive on its own: a smile, a glance, wind in the hair.
Who sees the photos
Your photos are stored securely and privately, and we use them only to make your film. Glim never trains AI on them, never sells them and never publishes them without your consent, and you can delete the photos and films at any time. A film's watch link stays off until you turn it on, and then only people with the link can watch. Watch pages don't appear in search engines, you can turn the link off at any time, and deleting the film disables it.
Your photos are kept securely for as long as the account is open. A deleted project stays 30 days in the trash and is then deleted completely, and you can delete the whole account from the account page or by asking us. Photos of children under 18 can be uploaded only with a parent's or guardian's consent, which you confirm in the app before creating anything. You need to be 18 or over to open an account.
To learn how the AI works, see the AI page; for the details on your photos, see the privacy policy.
When an app or a studio fits better
Several online AI tools sell just the transitions: you upload photos, and they send back a short clip of a face changing from age to age, often to post as is. On its own site on October 30, 2026, one of them charged from $3.90, for a clip of up to 4 photos, to $44.90, for up to 30. If that clip is all you need, it costs less than Glim.
Glim's transitions are part of a film you'll show, with an opening, titles, music, and a personal song, captions and chapter titles, and a file for the big screen.
If you'd like someone to do all of the work, from scanning the albums to the edit, a studio or an editing service is the better fit. Glim suits families who'd rather choose the photos and put them in order themselves, at a fixed price set by the length of the film.
What it costs
You pay once, by the length of the film. For a childhood, from birth to graduation, a 3-minute film usually fits: $59.90 for buyers outside Israel, or ₪199 in Israel, with 36 animations and 36 retries. Your first animation is free, with no credit card.
| Film | Animations | US dollars, for buyers outside Israel | Shekels, for buyers in Israel |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 min | 12 | $24.90 | ₪79 |
| 2 min | 24 | $45.90 | ₪149 |
| 3 min | 36 | $59.90 | ₪199 |
| 5 min | 60 | $84.90 | ₪279 |
| 7 min | 84 | $105.90 | ₪349 |
If you're buying from outside Israel, pay in US dollars; you choose the currency before you pay. Outside Israel, any sales tax or VAT that applies where you live is added at checkout and shown before you pay. In Israel, the price in shekels is the final price, with nothing added by Glim.
Glim charges no fees. Payment goes through Freemius, a US company, and some card companies charge their own fee for a payment abroad or in a foreign currency. If the film doesn't move you, you get a full refund within 30 days of purchase, with no reason needed, even after you've made animations.
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Common questions about a growing up video
Will the face still look like them?
At each of your photos, yes: you see the face as it was photographed, because each transition starts on one of your photos and ends on the next. In between, the movement is the AI's interpretation, and you can remake any transition you don't like: every package has as many free retries as animations. When the photo has a face, each animation is checked against it. If the face changed, the animation is made again once, for free, and if it still doesn't match, it isn't shown, and the animation is credited back to your balance.
Does the AI show how they'll look when they're older?
No. Glim isn't an age progression app. The film goes through your own photos, age by age, and ends on the latest one, without inventing the ages you have no photo of.
What if we're missing photos from some years?
That's fine. A transition between two photos far apart in age comes out less smooth, and a caption or a chapter title can mark the jump. Photos from the missing years often turn up in a grandparent's or an aunt's album.
Does it work for adults, or for a couple?
Yes: a 40th or a 70th birthday, from a baby photo to today, or a couple, from the day they met. The same person, or the same two or three people, should be in every photo. When the photos span decades, have at least one from every decade.
How long does it take to make a growing up video?
Each animation usually takes 4–5 minutes. Several are made at the same time, not one after another, but a whole film still takes longer than one animation. Putting the film together is quick. What takes longest is collecting the photos: if they're already on your phone, a short film can be done in an evening.
How much does a growing up video cost?
You pay once, by the length of the film, with no subscription: $24.90 for a 1-minute film if you're buying from outside Israel, or ₪79 in Israel, and $59.90 for a 3-minute film, or ₪199 in Israel. Outside Israel, any sales tax or VAT that applies where you live is added at checkout and shown before you pay. Every package comes with an AI opening, a personal song, and titles, and as many free retries as animations. Before you pay, your first animation is free, with no credit card, so you can see a transition between two of your own photos. If the film doesn't move you, you get a full refund within 30 days of purchase.
What's the difference between a Life Story film and a Classic film?
In a Life Story film every animation is a transition between two photos, and you watch the same person grow up. In a Classic film each photo comes alive on its own, in any order, so it suits an album of many people. One film can combine both, a Life Story part and a Classic part, in the order you set. A minute of a Life Story film takes 13 photos, and a minute of a Classic film 12.
Does someone at Glim make the film for us?
No. You choose the photos and put them in order, and Glim makes the transitions and puts the film together; you don't need to know how to edit video. If you'd like someone to do all of the work, a studio or an editing service is a better fit.
Can I see an example?
Yes. At the top of this page there's a short example, a baby growing from her first days to age 3, and under it a whole example film. More films are in the film library. The best test is your own photos.
Can I pay in US dollars, or with PayPal?
Yes. If you're buying from outside Israel, you pay in US dollars, by card or with PayPal, and you choose the currency before you pay. Outside Israel, any sales tax or VAT that applies where you live is added at checkout and shown before you pay. Glim charges no fees. Payment goes through Freemius, a US company, and some card companies charge their own fee for a payment abroad or in a foreign currency.