When one photo isn’t the whole beat — stacks, rings, ribbons, tossed prints. On/off: Motion → Transitions Mix → Multi-photo. Sections below hold cadence, count, and direction.
New projects: Photo Stacks, Carousel, and 3D Ribbon on; Filmstrip, Perspective Pair, and Scatter & Settle off until you enable them or pick a Look that opts in. Looks set their own cadence (every Look enables Perspective Pair; every Look except Clean opts in Scatter & Settle; Vintage, Cinematic, Noir, B&W, and Crisp opt in Filmstrip).
Each featured beat inside a group is 72.5% of a single slide’s hero time. Groups keep at least two normal slides between windows. Carousel, 3D Ribbon, and Filmstrip also keep at least four normal slides between consecutive travel windows.
With two or more kinds on, one planner lays out every window: kinds take turns (widest first), a non-travel kind lands between travel kinds when it can, and windows spread evenly. Each kind’s “every N” votes on one shared rhythm. Shuffle Transitions keeps count/cadence but scatters gaps.
Rearrange slides by hand and windows pin to those photos — the planner steps aside until you sort, shuffle, reset, or change cadence / count.
Right-click two or more selected clips → Group Transition; Change Transition or Ungroup on an existing group. See Library.
Videos that fit a window play through it; shorter clips hold the first frame until that seat’s hero approach, then play. Unmuted clip audio is audible only while that card is the hero.
- Stack Every — 3…8 (default 4)
- Stack Size — 3, 4, or 5 cards (default 4)
Fanned cards in a loose pile; faded Ken Burns washes behind soft-crossfade every couple of presents, coloured by Style Backdrop.
{% embed url="https://www.codebyz.com/products/memory-string/catalog/group-photo-stack.mp4" %}
- Carousel Every — 3…8 (default 4)
- Photos — 3, 4, or 5 seats (default 5)
- Direction — Left to Right / Right to Left / Random (default)
Cards join a turning ring from the incoming side, ride one revolution, then peel off. Beat length follows seat count and Energy. Front card matches single-slide size; sides foreshorten.
{% embed url="https://www.codebyz.com/products/memory-string/catalog/group-carousel.mp4" %}
- Ribbon Every — 3…8 (default 5)
- Photos — 4 / 5 / 6 (default 5)
- Direction — Left to Right / Right to Left / Random (default)
An open depth belt — one hero at a time, flanks beside it. Spacing breathes with Photo Size.
{% embed url="https://www.codebyz.com/products/memory-string/catalog/group-ribbon.mp4" %}
- Pair Every — 3…8 (default 6)
- Always two photos
Cover-flow for two: front advances to Photo Size, then flies aside as the back becomes the hero.
{% embed url="https://www.codebyz.com/products/memory-string/catalog/group-perspective-pair.mp4" %}
- Filmstrip Every — 3…8 (default 6)
- Photos — 4 / 5 / 6 (default 5)
- Direction — Horizontal / Vertical / Random (seeded per window; default Random)
Off for new projects until you enable it or pick a Look that opts in (Vintage, Cinematic, Noir, B&W, Crisp).
Flat perforated strip; centre hero at Photo Size — not Ribbon’s depth belt, not Carousel’s orbit.
{% embed url="https://www.codebyz.com/products/memory-string/catalog/group-filmstrip.mp4" %}
- Scatter Every — 3…8 (default 6)
- Photos — 3…6 (default 5)
- Direction — From Left / From Right / Random
- Spread — Wide or Tight
- Throw — Mild / Medium / Full
- Speed — Gentle / Normal / Snappy
Cards throw in, land scattered, step forward in timeline order, then throw off the other side. Waiting cards stay opaque (dimmed, softly blurred). Next slide waits until the last card has left.
{% embed url="https://www.codebyz.com/products/memory-string/catalog/group-scatter-settle.mp4" %}
Look feel (Help): Polaroid tosses often into a tight pile; Vintage and B&W lay prints out mildly; Noir stays restrained; Golden Hour a soft warm toss; Cinematic throws full and wide; Crisp snaps.
- Stacks — lively, album-style fanned cards
- Carousel — a cinematic tilted orbit
- 3D Ribbon — an open waving belt, one hero at a time
- Perspective Pair — a two-card cover-flow deck
- Filmstrip — flat H/V frames along a strip
- Scatter & Settle — Polaroids tossed onto the stage
- All off — classic one-slide-at-a-time, cut with Single slides
Follower slides collapse onto the lead cell. Library badges: stack 1/5, carousel 2/5, ribbon 5/5, pair 1/2, filmstrip 3/5. Mix checkboxes and group knobs undo with ⌘Z.