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title: "RockYou—Create Dynamic Slideshows with Music for Your Site"
date: 2007-04-13
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# RockYou—Create Dynamic Slideshows with Music for Your Site
Admittedly, the RockYou site is a bit gaudy, and looks like something that fits into MySpace and other teen-oriented sites, but the effects are truly cool.

[![Rock You](https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/idbwmedia.com/images/rockyou1.png)](http://rockyou.com)

### Why use RockYou?

The slide show of pictures is more interesting to watch than one or two pictures or even a collage. It gives the effect of a personal movie (esp. with 50+ pictures). When set to music, it almost makes you tear up, reviewing life's events like that. You can add hundreds of pictures, include captions with each picture, and the show loads instantly.

Shannon was going to use RockYou to create a slideshow of her brother for his sixteenth birthday, but because she wanted a special song (Celine Dion's "Beautiful Boy"), she created it with Movie Maker and YouTube instead. It's a neat idea for a birthday gift. ([See her tribute to Ryan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLTF0oWJLPE&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eidratherbewriting%2Ecom%2Ffamily%2F).) The effects are nearly the same as with RockYou. (RockYou limits the songs you can use.)