Slideshows are a great way to grab someone's attention and hold onto it. We've selected some of the best After Effects slideshow templates from Envato Elements and Envato Market to ensure your video presentation makes the impact it deserves.
How to Create a Slideshow
How
to make an effective slideshow will partly depend on what your
intention for the video is and how you'll share it, but there are some
good practices you can follow to get the best results.
1. Make Different Versions
Slideshows
are usually flexible, which is great! You still need to make
bespoke versions for most of the platforms you'll share on, though.
Social media channels in particular have different requirements,
timings, and formats that you might have to juggle a little to get the
perfect mix. For example, Twitter will currently only let you upload a
video of two minutes and 20 second in duration, whereas Facebook prioritises videos that are
over three minutes.
2. Scale it Down
Try using a slideshow
as a means to promote something upcoming—like a teaser, or create a
short one to use as an opener for your social channels.
3. Easy on the Animation
Consistency
with animation is usually best, stick to a minimal amount of movement
and make that animation in the same style. If you're using transitions
for example, stick to classics like fade; don't be the person who wants
to try one of each style in the same slideshow.
4. Add Closed Captions
If your slideshow includes any speech or narration and you're intending to put it on social media, add closed captions. Studies have shown that significantly more people will watch a video (particularly on Facebook) if it includes subtitles.
The Best After Effects Slideshow Templates on Envato Elements (Subscription Service)
Need a cool slideshow effect? Discover hundreds of the best video slideshow templates on Envato Elements, with a great offer: download as many as you want for one low price.
Each
of these project downloads has tons of professional and creative
options. While stacked with pro effects, design features, and great
visual animations to choose from, they're also quick and easy to work
with. They come with ready-to-use designs to showcase your photo video
presentation, marketing or promo presentation, company or project intro
video, show opener, movie trailer, or any creative video work.
Just add your company logo, text, images or video, edit the effects according to your needs, and render out your project.
1. Ink—Cool Slideshow After Effects Template
Put
your message into motion with a very visually appealing video style.
This multipurpose Ink slideshow is a great one for your template
arsenal. With no plugins required, it's easy to use and a colour
controller is provided to make it super easy to customise.
2. Winter – Adobe After Effects Presentation Template
This
winter-themed video template is perfect for Christmas, New Year or just
cold weather presentations. Create your seasonal story with this
magical winter wonderland, you can almost see your breath... brr!
3. Modern Photographer Picture Slideshow Template
Looking
through a viewfinder is a beloved and acceptable visual cliché, and
this clean, modern slideshow template makes great use of that effect.
Add your text and images in this simple-to-use, multi-purpose template,
and your project is good to go.
4. Lightbox Photo Gallery – Picture Slideshow Template
This
unique picture slideshow template has a clean and colourful style that
shows off your photographs in the best possible light. Designed to
emulate the glow of medium format slide film, it's perfect for weddings,
events, travel videos, and much more!
5. Subliminal – Grunge Adobe After Effects Slideshow
With grungy and gritty effects, Subliminal is
the perfect slideshow for any a movie trailer, or promotion. Simply
insert your own images, video and text and prepare to blow your audience
away.
Sign
up for Envato Elements and you get access to thousands of creative
graphics and templates, with unlimited use, from stock images to
royalty-free audio tracks and sound effects to After Effects slideshow project downloads, and more—all for one low price. Download as many creative assets as you want, and customize them to fit your project.
15 Best After Effects Slideshow Templates From Envato Market (Pay-as-You-Go)
Not into subscriptions? We also have you covered. If you need to buy one template at a time, try our video slideshow template category
on Envato Market. Here are a few creative examples from our
best-selling Adobe After Effects slideshow templates:
1. Slideshow
This simple Adobe After Effects slideshow
download is Full HD and fully customisable. The project lasts for just
over a minute, with 16 placeholders, and it comes with a useful video
tutorial to guide you through the setup process.
2. Mosaic Photo Reveal
Including
space for a whopping 100 photographs, this download lets you create an
elegant video project for all occasions. Some bonus texture images have
even been included to use as backgrounds.
3. Parallax Slideshow
Parallax Slideshow is
a very popular slideshow, and it's not hard to see why: this is a high
quality, well organised, and easily customisable template. The project
has a modular structure, so you can easily change duration. Just drop
your image or video into the project, edit the text, add audio, and
enjoy!
4. Awards Show Package
Although it's called Awards Show Package,
this project has real flexibility. Great for countdowns or product
presentations, this template contains an opener, slideshow, bumper,
closing credits, three lower-third options, a background, and project
overlays.
5. Slideshow
Including
a link to the free font used, this snazzy video slideshow with great
photo effects comes in three versions: short, medium, or (you guessed
it) long. You won’t require any additional plugins, and everything is
designed around quick and easy customisation.
6. IT Slideshow Effect
This
modern, funky slideshow is perfect for upping your presentation game.
The template is easily customised and includes a tutorial to get you
started.
7. Watercolor & Ink Slideshow
This
is an artistic and creative slideshow which is perfect for holidays,
birthdays, or weddings. There are 30 paint, ink, and brush elements
included, so you can create a truly special piece of art which is unique
to you.
8. Cinematic Slideshow
This
project can be used as a slideshow, introduction, web presentation,
home video, or anything else you can think up! With 15 media and text
placeholders, and stylish video slideshow photo effects, there are
plenty of options to customise until your heart’s content.
9. Modern Opener—Slideshow
This
template includes 15 placeholders, with the option to create more, for
real flexibility. The download comes with some special elements like
dust and light leak effects which you can turn on or off to suit.
10. Dynamic Opener
Available
in HD or stunning 4K, this project includes 35 placeholders and offers
full control over the colours. A recent update has reworked the project
structure from the ground up, ensuring this download is even easier to
make your own.
11. Fashion Slideshow
Fashion Slideshow’s images
move both horizontally and vertically, with cool slideshow effects. Use
it as an opener, wedding video display, or fashion gallery. Hard
motions and soft luxury design mix to create this stunning project that
you’ll love customising.
12. Artistic Parallax Slideshow
Fully customisable, Artistic Parallax Slideshow is
an elegant, cinematic, and simple photo gallery with a modular
structure. Try videos rather than stills for a truly stand-out project.
13. Handwritten Animated Font Slide Show
Create a beautiful message with the Handwritten Animated Font Slide Show.
This project contains an animated font and uses universal controls,
plus individual character controls for real customisation. Banners,
ornaments, numbers, and punctuation are also included.
14. Urban Opener
This is one of the most easy-to-use Adobe After Effects presentations, with quick slideshow photo effects. The Urban Opener template
contains 33 media placeholders and 17 text placeholders. You won’t need
any extra plugins, and a help file is included to set you on your way.
15. The Slideshow
With
22 placeholders working well with both video and still images, this
slideshow photo effect project is fast-paced, has cool slideshow
effects, and is guaranteed to put your audience in a great mood!
There are plenty of ways to create a professional slideshow to showcase your project. Browse our huge selection of After Effects video slideshow template files from Envato Elements or AE slideshow templates from Envato Market, and grab the one that’s right for you. Then customize it quickly and wow your audience.
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