Animoto - Animoto is a FREE web application that creates MTV-style videos with the click of a button.
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How to Use Animoto - Its So Simple.. Users Simply Choose A Song and Images.
With all that's possible with TV & film these days, how is it that we are still in the "next slide please" stone age of image presentation?
This question prompted the guys at Animoto Productions, a bunch of TV/film producers and techies, to lock themselves in a room and nerd-out.
Their mission? To make the type of stuff they did while producing shows at MTV, Comedy Central & ABC available to everyone. Their first release, Animoto does just that.
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Animoto Users Simply Choose Which Images They'd like to Display and A Song.
Animoto then produces a fully customized & unique video to them.
Produced in a widescreen format, the result is a video that has the visual energy of a music video and the emotional impact of a movie trailer.Welcome to the end of slideshows.
Best of all, no two videos are ever the same. Ever. Even videos generated with an identical set of images and music selection will each have an entirely distinct set of motion design. (See my example below-"Free Stylin")
Sharing them is easy too, as they can be emailed, downloaded, and embedded on websites including social network sites like Facebook and MySpace.Free Stylin Original
Please Vote For Your Favorite At The End of Watching The 2nd Video
Free Stylin Remix
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Which Version of "Free Stylin" Do You Like Better?
Create Your FREE Account With Animoto And Conjure Up Your First Video Masterpiece!
It's quick and easy to get stated
Ok.. so lets get started - click on the logo above & sign up for a FREE account with Animoto. Follow the simple instructions on your screen.
Full disclosure about my link: My link simply contains my affiliate referral code in case you decide on taking advantage of Animoto's more advanced options. 30-second clips like the examples above are aways FREE. For longer and DVD-quality videos you will be wanting to pay a membership fee. Through my referral link you'll get a discount and I'll get a little something for bringing you in... So as "Forest Gump" would say.. "Thats all I got to say about that".
Now... create your first video with a few of your pictures. For more help with this part watch the tutorial below from my friends at EZTechTips.
How To Sign Up And Create A Video On Animoto
A 5-minute tutorial from EZTechTips.com
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How To Add Your Animoto Video To A Squidoo Lens
From the icons below your video select the push pin button. In the next window, click on "Squidoo" in the left column...
From the icons below your video select the push pin button. In the next window, click on "Squidoo" in the left column...
Click on the blue button to open the next page...
Select your lens from the pull-down menu...
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Traffic to My Lens With Video
This video above relates to my lens simply by bringing in more traffic to my review of "The Black Hat Millionaire"
The Heart of Animoto-The Technical Stuff
The heart of Animoto is its newly developed patent-pending Cinematic A.I. technology that thinks like an actual director and editor.
The technology takes into account every nuance of a song - the genre, song structure, energy, rhythm, instrumentation, and vocals. Whether it's punk, pop, hip-hop or a classical Mozart piece, every Animoto video is totally customized.Animoto is inspired by the digital camera revolution where taking dozens, even hundreds of pictures at a time gives people the ability to think more like a video producer capturing an entire experience, not just individual moments. As users are discovering the limits of traditional photo services, the guys at Animoto are innovating new ways for people to share their stories and express themselves through media.
Animoto is also dedicated to supporting new artists and music.
So while users can upload their own music, the guys at Animoto also proudly feature a regularly updated selection of fresh music that they truly dig.
Animoto's front end is built on the open source web framework Ruby on Rails, facilitating rapid "Web 2.0" (Ajax, etc) application development. Animoto has partnered with Amazon to leverage multiple offerings in their Web Services (AWS) platform which, in conjunction with Animoto's own render farm, constitutes the Animoto web infrastructure.
Thanks For Visiting My Lens!.. Whats Your Thoughts On Animoto?
Please leave a comment... and a star rating on top of the page. Have fun with Animoto!
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- Rob_Undertree Rob_Undertree Aug 12, 2009 @ 4:49 pm
- I think it is very cool. I have created a link to your squid on my site www.localadworkshop.com and when I start my promotion you should see some traffic. I expect a lot of traffic. I like to give credit where credit is due. Thanks for some valuable information.
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- Michey Michey Jul 23, 2009 @ 6:53 pm
- Yes! Animoto is an amazing software, easy to use as well
Very good and practical Info.
Michey
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