Mixbook Introduces AI-Powered 'Mixbook Movies' and Enhanced Photo Book Creation Tools

Mixbook just got a big AI upgrade -- and you now get a movie of your photos too

The new feature called Mixbook Movies is a digital offering that lets people "experience their photo book in an engaging video format," according to the company. Basically, while you wait for your printed physical digital book to arrive, Mixbook will send you a shareable, AI-powered movie of all your photos. Mixbook has also upgraded its creation platform, Mixbook Studio, with a number of new features meant to make customization easier. "At our core, is our mission to empower creativity and help creators feel connected to their photos," said DJ Charles, CTO of Mixbook in a press release. "With our new digital offering, we've made it possible for users to bring their memories to life and experience their photo book in a hyper-engaging and personalized format. We're excited to witness how Mixbook Movies will inspire our users to create, share, and reminisce on their stories in entirely new ways." According to the Mixbook release, after you've purchased your photo book an AI will automatically create a video using the images from your book. It's meant to provide an "instant and sentimental way to experience...their memories." The movie is customizable with music, text and transitions. You can also adjust how long a photo shows up on screen or how long the actual video lasts. Once completed, Mixbook will send a link so that you can share the video. Mixbook says that Mixbook Movie will be free every photo book purchase, though their release does note this is a limited time offering. When the free Movie goes away is not clear. Like every other company in the world, Mixbook is leaning into AI with new AI-generated captions and photo enhancement tools. These include Rewrite, which allows you to update and adjust the tone of captions in the photo book to "perfectly express different emotions and fit the story." Soon they will also add the ability to add "smart captions" to individual images. Mixbook says that AI also automatically "enhances" images to ensure that photos print "crisper and cleaner." A smaller update includes new "location-based visuals" in your projects. If you're using the desktop version of Mixbook you can "plot up to 10 places on a map and customize the location labels to help bring [your] travel journeys to life." There are also new sticker collections that arrive every month. These new improvements could help Mixbook maintain its spot as the best photo book service on the market. In our Mixbook review, Dan Havlik wrote, "Mixbook offers the best combination of ease of use, superior image quality, and good value of all the photo services we tested."

Mixbook Launches Mixbook Movies, an Interactive Video Photo Book

Mixbook, a leading photo book and printing brand, launched Mixbook Movies, a new interactive video format in addition to the traditional photo book experience. "Recognizing the need for more instant and interactive products, the brand has introduced a first-of-its-kind feature that lets customers enjoy their story in a new way while they wait for their physical version to arrive," Mixbook explains. Mixbook Movies promises to enhance the photo book experience by turning photographic memories into dynamic interactive videos. Once a user completes their photo book purchase, an AI-driven platform automatically creates the Mixbook Movie using the images from the customer's photo book order. Users can customize their Mixbook Movie by adding music, narrative text, and cinematic transitions in just a few clicks. While waiting for the physical book to arrive, customers can share the Mixbook Movie with their friends and family. For last-minute that won't arrive in time for the holidays this year, this could be a nice holdover for gift recipients. In the holiday spirit, Mixbook says all purchases will come with a free Mixbook Movie from now through December 25, 2024. Mixbook has also updated its photo book creation platform, Mixbook Studio, with user-friendly AI-powered features designed to make it easier for people to create and customize their photo books. AI is available to create captions and enhance photos automatically, plus a new "Rewrite" feature can adjust existing captions based on a desired mood or emotion. Concerning the AI photo enhancement, Mixbook says the update "guarantees that users will see a marked improvement in photo quality upon receiving their photo books," including improved clarity. There are also new map styles users can add to their photo books. These allow customers to add location-based visuals to their projects, including plotting up to 10 locations on a map to relive a memorable family road trip or vacation. Mixbook Studio also receives new sticker collections each month, allowing people to customize their books and other personalized photo products. "At our core, it is our mission to empower creativity and help our users feel connected to their photos," says DJ Charles, Mixbook's CTO. "With our new digital offering, we've made it possible for users to bring their memories to life and experience their photo book in a hyper-engaging and personalized format. We're excited to witness how Mixbook Movies will inspire our users to create, share, and reminisce on their stories in entirely new ways." Mixbook's photo books start at around $15, and the platform offers a diverse range of hundreds of book themes from which customers can choose. Complete details about Mixbook's books and other print products are available on the company's website.