Lifeframe Studio
Journal

Notes from the studio

Why we built Lifeframe the way we did, how the tribute-video category actually works, and the small decisions that add up to a dignified product.

May 2026 · ~6 min read

The hidden cost of subscription tribute software

Funeral home tribute video software is now mostly sold as a subscription bundle. Here is what funeral homes are actually paying — once you divide the monthly fee by the number of tributes you actually produce — and what per-render pricing looks like by comparison.

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May 2026 · ~6 min read

Four scope decisions behind our memorial videos

A short, plain-language tour of the four product-scope decisions that shape what we make: motion only (no voice), from the photograph (no invented expressions), no interactive simulations, and a refund-and-deletion guarantee the family can invoke. The same constraints are written into our Terms of Service.

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