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Made for Retirement
A proper thank you. A fresh beginning.
Celebrate the work, but make it about the person. The colleagues, the shared wins, the familiar routines—and the freedom of what comes next.
- A working life
- The team
- What comes next
More than a job title
Include the people whose days were better because they were there.
Time for something new
Finish with the hobbies, plans and possibilities of their next chapter.
How a retirement montage is built
The colleagues are half the story
The suggested structure leaves room for the team, the big projects and the stories that never made the annual report. Everything remains private and every item stays under your control.
Chapters proposed, in the order a family would tell it
Rename · merge · reorder →Placed into a chapter and a position on the timeline
Move one, or forty →Items reviewed per optional AI sorting batch
Review every suggestion →Recommended starting pace for every photograph
Change any item →Running time at three seconds a frame, music suggested per chapter
Two to four seconds →A suggested first structure
Thirty years of Tuesdays
01 · Before the job02 · First day03 · The early years04 · The team05 · Big projects06 · Away days07 · Recent years08 · The send-off
Photos70–180 photosSections8 sectionsRuntime5–7 minPreviewInstant
Before you choose the photographs
Make a retirement tribute about the person behind the work
A retirement video can bring together colleagues from different teams, offices and countries. Recognize the work, but leave room for the friendships, rituals and generous moments that do not appear on a career timeline.
Give contributors a clear request
Ask for a few photographs, the names of people pictured and approximate years. Choose one organizer to collect the files and obtain permission before including workplace material or private messages.
Build around people and chapters
Group early career, teams, projects, achievements and farewell moments. Explain older photographs with brief titles so new colleagues can follow along. Balance formal milestones with everyday team memories.
Prepare for a mixed audience
Keep inside jokes understandable and check that no confidential information appears on screens, badges or documents. Confirm the playback slot with the event organizer and review names and job titles before the final showing.
How many photos will fit?
For a short farewell slot, 80 photographs at three seconds each take four minutes before titles, clips and transitions. Budget extra time for colleague video messages, and trim repeated greetings before cutting the important chapters.
Leave space for opening and closing titles, and check the actual runtime as you edit. Read our guide to music rights for montages before choosing the soundtrack, especially if you plan to share the video publicly.
Planning across countries and time zones
EverMontage is an online montage maker for customers worldwide. Gather files from people wherever they live, then organize the selection in one project. You do not need to visit a local studio.
If you request editing help, include the event date, time zone and venue requirements so we can confirm timing and scope. Keep your editing link private; our photo and project privacy information explains how access works.
A collection brief you can send
Copy and adapt this planning template for your contributors.
We are collecting a few photos from different teams and stages of our colleague's career. Please include names, approximate years and a short explanation of unfamiliar projects. Send only material we have permission to show, and check screens, badges and documents for confidential information.
Before you call it finished
Check job titles, name spellings and permissions for workplace images. Ask someone outside the immediate team whether the story makes sense, and leave time for speeches after the final frame.
Keep public-sharing permission separate from permission to include a photo in a private montage. Only publish a finished example when the people and media rights involved allow it.
Ask about your montage or event requirements →Be as particular as you like
Change it yourself. Or hand us the list.
The software never gets tired of revisions. Swap a photograph a hundred times if that is what it takes. Your own changes stay yours to control.
Make every detail your own
✓ Swap, reorder or remove any photo or clip
✓ Set any photo to two, three or four seconds
✓ Rename, merge or reorder the chapters
✓ Rewrite every title
✓ Add up to ten songs and set where each begins
✓ Save a version before making a major change
Specialists in the reason people gather
Eight occasions. Eight different ways to tell the story.
Create your montage online, wherever you and your family live. Choose the occasion for a suggested story structure, pacing and music guidance, then make the details your own.
Bar & Bat MitzvahThirteen years, made for both generationsFunerals & memorialsQuiet, dignified and ready in hoursWeddingsThe suggested structure gives each childhood its own chapter, with visible item counts and timing as you build. Rename the chapters, move photographs between them, and set every clip duration yourself.Milestone birthdaysLife-stage chapters make a large archive manageable. Use filenames and dates as guides, let AI suggest visual sections when helpful, and keep the final chronology completely in your hands.AnniversariesAnniversaries reward patience: fewer, longer-held photographs and one piece of music that carries the whole thing. We suggest that shape first, and you can make it busier if you want to.GraduationsChronology does most of the work here. Where a year is thin we say so, rather than padding it — and the friends chapter usually needs to be longer than parents expect.Clubs & communitiesBig rooms need larger titles and decisive timing. Upload a crest or inspiration image, review the suggested palette, and apply it only when it feels right for the club.
Questions people ask before uploading
Plain answers.
Use a shared Google Drive or Google Photos collection, then import the selected files into one private EverMontage project. Duplicate detection helps when several people contribute the same photograph.
A useful structure includes the early career, teams, major projects, milestones, colleagues, off-site moments, friendships and the farewell. Rename or reorder every chapter to fit the person's real career.
Yes. Add compatible video clips, choose the useful portion, and see their actual duration included in the total runtime and soundtrack calculation.
The people behind EverMontage
A decade of finding
the moment that matters.
Ryan began his editing career in Boston. Theo was born in Australia and grew up by the eastern beaches, surrounded by light, music and stories carried across generations. Their paths crossed in Los Angeles more than a decade ago. Somewhere between late-night edits, boxes of old photographs and the lives families trusted them to tell, they realized the best films are not about effects—they are about noticing the right moment. Together they created EverMontage to help clients make high-end, affordable montages without compromising the care, craft or finish.
Build and watch your montage free. Professional editing, mastered audio and custom special effects are optional add-ons—reviewed by Ryan and Theo before they reach you.
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