ElfYourself for Web Apps

Free holiday video app

You can give your usual season’s greeting a more holiday feel with ElfYourself. This multimedia application allows you and four others to star in a series of personalized videos. The app basically works as a video editing software with pre-made augmented reality filters that you can use to spread holiday cheer. It is very easy to use and even allows you to share the videos you capture on social media. Don’t expect it to be a perfect app, though, as ElfYourself comes with a few drawbacks.

Elf up

ElfYourself comes with a fun yet straightforward interface. Upon launching, you can choose whether you want to take a picture or upload one from your gallery. You also have the option to get photos from your Facebook and Instagram. There is also the My Faces library, where the app keeps 20 of your previously-uploaded or captured pictures that you can use whenever you want.

Once you have the picture, you can then position your face to get the perfect fit. You can add up to five elves for your video or go solo. By clicking the Let’s Dance button, you can choose which of the songs you want to use. ElfYourself offers 19 songs, which are a mix of popular songs and Christmas tunes. However, not all of them are free—only two of the dances are. You have the option to buy the dances one by one or purchase them in bulk.

The Let’s Dance page comes with a preview, so you can see how the video will look for every dance. From there, you can also choose to save the video in your gallery or share it online through Facebook, Twitter, and even Youtube. You can also choose to attach it to your email. Fair warning, though, as it takes ages for the app to process your video.

Nothing much to offer

ElfYourself is a fun app. However, that does not say that you are not in for a few disappointments. For one, there is nothing much else to the app. It only lets you put your face onto an elf dancing to some tune in various backgrounds. It does not give you the chance to make your own video. Moreover, the videos it yields are not that great in terms of quality.

Of course, paying for the dances may also put you off. While the amount for each dance is not that much, a short video may not be really worth shelling out your money for. There are other similar apps out there that can give you more options for free.

Lastly, the fact that you cannot edit the video you make also does not help ElfYourself’s cause. In fact, the only thing you can do to your video is to add a text greeting at the end of it. And there is no text editing option either. The message that will appear on the video is very basic.

Users can find better

ElfYourself is a very simple, if not basic, video application. Sure, it comes with a fun way to create a holiday video. However, with its very limited option, users are bound to get bored after trying it out a few times. The video resolution is also not that great. It would be a shame to share it online. On top of all this, you can only use it during the holidays. All in all, users can find a better alternative to this video app.