Graduation Video Maker: Celebrate the Class of 2026
Mix ceremony clips of the walk across the stage with photos from every year, add a card for each graduate's name and achievement, set it in your school's colors and lay an upbeat track underneath. Free to start.
Graduation Video Maker: Celebrate the Class of 2026 Features
EchoWave's graduation video tools are used by students, families and schools worldwide
Celebrate the class
From first-day photos to the walk across the stage.
EchoWave is a graduation video maker built on a real timeline, which matters because a graduation is two stories at once: the walk across the stage this week, and the photos from every year that got the class here. Put both on one timeline, open on a Class of 2026 title, and give each graduate a card with their name and achievement using text and titles. Set those titles and a progress bar in the school's colors so the accent runs the whole way through, then lay an upbeat track underneath with your own music. Making one film for a whole class, or one per graduate? A bulk template turns a class list into a video each. Free to start, in your browser.
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Free
Build, preview and fine-tune the whole graduation video in your browser before paying anything
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4 ratios
16:9 for the ceremony screen, 9:16 for a Stories reel, plus 1:1 and 4:5 canvas presets
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1 row = 1 video
A bulk CSV template turns a class list into one personalized video per graduate
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4K
Paid exports reach 4K with 50 or 60fps on Pro; free exports are 720p with a small watermark
What you get
Build the Class of 2026 film, piece by piece
Every part of a graduation video, with a real control behind it in the browser.
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Ceremony Clips and Years of Photos
The stage walk lives on your phone; the years live in the camera roll. Drag ceremony clips and photos from kindergarten to senior year onto one timeline and reorder them into the story of the class.
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Motion on Every Photo
Give each still a slow push in or a gentle drift so photos move like footage instead of freezing the film. Keyframe it yourself to start wide on the crowd and land on one graduate's face.
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Name and Achievement Cards
Give every graduate a title card: their name, then the achievement, valedictorian, honor roll, team captain, the scholarship they earned. Style the type in your school's font and colors, and roll the full class list as credits at the end.
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School Colors, Front to Back
Set the titles, the Class of 2026 opener and a progress bar to your school's exact colors, then drop in the crest as a logo. The accent runs through the whole video, so it reads as your school, not a template.
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Upbeat Music, Trimmed to the Cut
Upload the class anthem, the school song or 'Pomp and Circumstance', trim it to length and fade it in and out. Drop a sound-effect stinger on the stage walk. Add audio to video covers every option.
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One Montage or One Per Graduate
Cut one montage for the whole class, or build a template with a name-and-photo placeholder and generate a separate video for every graduate from a spreadsheet. See the bulk video generator: one row makes one video.
How it works
How to make a graduation video
Four steps from a folder of clips and photos to a video you can play at the ceremony.
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Gather Ceremony Clips and Photos
Drag the stage-walk clips and the photos, from early years to senior portraits, into the EchoWave editor. Pick your canvas: 16:9 for a screen at the ceremony, or 9:16 for a phone-first reel.
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Add Titles and School Colors
Add a title card for each graduate with their name and achievement, then set every title in your school's colors so the accent runs through the whole video. Roll the full class list as credits at the end.
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Add Upbeat Music and the Opener
Open the film on a Class of 2026 title, then upload an upbeat track, the anthem or the school song, and trim it to the length of your montage with a fade in and out.
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Export and Share
Preview start to finish, tighten any photo that lingers, and export an MP4. Share the 16:9 cut for the ceremony screen and a 9:16 version for Stories and Reels.
Who uses it
From one graduate to the whole class
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Graduating Seniors
Build your own senior recap: freshman-to-senior photos, your walk across the stage and your song, exported vertical for Stories.
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Proud Parents
A tribute for your graduate: baby photos through cap and gown, their name and honors on screen, played at the party.
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Class Advisors
One montage for the whole class, every graduate's name and achievement, shown on the big screen at the ceremony or assembly.
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Yearbook and Media Teams
Turn a class spreadsheet into one video per graduate: same layout, each with their own name, photo and honor.
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School Social Accounts
A vertical Class of 2026 reel in school colors with upbeat music, cut for Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.
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Athletics and Clubs
Senior-night and banquet reels: roster photos, season clips and each player's stats or where they signed to play.
Start the Class of 2026 film
Gather the clips and photos, add names, achievements and your school colors, and export a video the whole class will share.
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About the EchoWave team
EchoWave is a browser-based video and audio editor built by Lemon Vault LLC since 2018. The people who build the editor write these guides and test every step in the production app before publishing.
Graduation video maker FAQ
How do I make a graduation video?
Upload your ceremony clips and photos to the EchoWave editor and drag them onto the timeline in order, the early-year photos building toward the walk across the stage. Open on a Class of 2026 title, then add a card for each graduate with their name and achievement. Set the titles in your school's colors, lay an upbeat track underneath, and give each photo a slow zoom so it moves. Preview the montage, tighten anything that drags, and export an MP4. The whole edit runs in your browser and is free to build.
Can I mix ceremony clips with older photos?
Yes, that mix is the point of a graduation video. Ceremony footage and still photos sit on the same timeline as ordinary clips, so a baby photo can lead into real footage of the stage walk, then cut to a team picture. Give each still a slow push so it drifts at the pace of the footage around it, and the montage feels continuous instead of a slideshow with video dropped in. Trim clips, mute wind on outdoor audio, and let the music carry the sound. You can even auto-caption a valedictorian's speech.
How do I add each graduate's name and achievement?
Use text elements as title cards. Put the name on one line and the achievement under it: valedictorian, honor roll, a GPA, team captain, the college they committed to, or the scholarship they earned. You control font, size, weight and color, so the cards can match your school's branding. Time each card to appear as that graduate crosses the stage or as their photo lands. For a whole cohort, add a rolling credits element at the end and list every graduate's name in one clean scroll. See add text to video for the full styling options.
Can I use our school colors and branding?
Yes. Every text element, title and the Class of 2026 opener takes an exact color, so you can enter your school's hex codes and keep the accent consistent from the first frame to the last. Add a progress bar in those colors, set a solid-color background behind a title card, and drop the school crest or logo in as an image on its own layer. Because the same look applies across the project, the finished video reads as your school's, not a generic template with a photo swapped in.
Can I make one video for the whole class, or one per student?
Both. For a single montage, put every graduate's photo and clip on one timeline and export one film for the ceremony. For a personalized video per student, build the layout once as a template with a name placeholder and a replaceable photo, then upload a class spreadsheet: each row fills in one graduate's name, photo and achievement and renders its own video. One row makes one video, so a class of two hundred becomes two hundred clips without editing each by hand. The bulk video generator walks through the CSV setup.
What music works for a graduation video?
Upload any track you have: an upbeat pop anthem, the school song, or the classic 'Pomp and Circumstance' for the processional. Trim it to the length of your montage and add a fade in and out so it lands cleanly, and drop a sound-effect stinger on the big stage-walk moment. On rights: a file played at the ceremony or shared privately rarely triggers anything, but Instagram, TikTok and YouTube scan public uploads and may mute videos using commercial songs. For public posts, licensed or royalty-free music is the safer choice.
What size should a graduation video be?
It depends where it plays. Use 16:9 for a screen at the ceremony, a school YouTube channel, or a projector at the party. Use 9:16 vertical for Instagram Reels, TikTok and Stories, where most students will watch. The canvas also has 1:1 and 4:5 presets, and you can resize an existing project instead of rebuilding it, so many schools export a 16:9 master and a 9:16 social cut from the same edit. After resizing, recenter faces and check that name cards still clear the edges of the frame.
Is the graduation video maker free?
You can build, preview and fine-tune the entire graduation video for free in your browser, with nothing to install. Free exports carry a small EchoWave watermark and cap at 720p, which is fine for a draft you send around for names and spelling checks. Paid plans remove the watermark and raise the ceiling: 1080p on Basic, 4K with 50 or 60fps on Pro, and 8K on Business. For a film that plays on a big screen at the ceremony, a clean 1080p or 4K export is worth the upgrade.
Ready to celebrate the class of 2026?
Ceremony clips, years of photos, names and school colors, edited free in your browser.
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