What about the days we filmed nothing?

They are skipped. With a first baby the gaps are usually far smaller than parents expect.

Can I make one per child?

Yes. Compilations are independent, so each child can have their own built from the same library.

Should I use portrait or landscape?

Portrait, if the footage is mostly phone video held upright. It fills the frame. Landscape suits a film intended for a television.

Baby’s First Year Video

Nobody films as much as the parent of a newborn, and nobody rewatches less of it. The first year produces thousands of clips that sit untouched, because there is no version of them short enough to sit through.

The first year is the one where sequence matters most

A baby changes faster in twelve months than at any later point, and almost none of that is visible in individual clips. Put one moment from each day in order and the transformation becomes the subject: the head steadies, the eyes start tracking, the first unsupported sit arrives without announcement.

It is the only format that shows the change rather than the milestones. Milestone videos show you five moments; a day-by-day film shows you the three hundred days between them.

You have already done the hard part

New parents typically have video on most days of the first year without ever having intended a project. Dayjavu’s date-range import surfaces exactly which days those are, so building the film is choosing rather than shooting.

One second per day keeps a first year at around six minutes. Two seconds is worth considering here specifically, because babies do things slowly and a single second can cut off the moment you were waiting for.

Footage of your child should stay yours

This is the material people are most careful about, and rightly. Dayjavu has no servers and no account system: the video is read from your photo library, composited on your iPhone, and written back. Nothing is uploaded, so nothing can be shared without you doing it.

The export is an ordinary video file, which makes it easy to send to grandparents and equally easy to keep to yourself.

Suggestions

Two seconds per day suits babies better than one.
Build it from birth date to first birthday in one range.
Turn dates on. The timeline is the point.
Nothing is uploaded; the export is yours to share or not.

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FAQ

What about the days we filmed nothing?: They are skipped. With a first baby the gaps are usually far smaller than parents expect.
Can I make one per child?: Yes. Compilations are independent, so each child can have their own built from the same library.
Should I use portrait or landscape?: Portrait, if the footage is mostly phone video held upright. It fills the frame. Landscape suits a film intended for a television.