ANIMOTO

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ABOUT ANIMOTO

Animoto is a video creation site that utilizes different given styles, music, photos, and videos that can be personalized by the user.

Animoto is dedicated to making it easy for the user to create and build their own videos which enable them to communicate with the rest of the world about their business, the classroom, or family events.

A user can sign up for a Pro version or Pro Premium version, or a free version, which of course has limitations on song variation, and cutting the video in general.

Pro users can edit more from their video, and pace the music for certain images. These users can also add a logo of their own creation instead of having the Animoto Logo at the end.

Animoto offers a phone app for on-the-go creation.

The site is great for business users because they can purchase the pro package and more utilize the logo and other features that could help promote their business.

Videos for non-pro users can only be about thirty seconds long.

GETTING STARTED

Choose a style for your video format.

Several styles can only be selected if you have the upgraded, paid version of Animoto.

If you are unsure of how to begin there is a tutorial video that can help a lot with creating your video and also a whole page called the “Beginner’s Guide.”

There are tons of other public videos to view, so that you can gain some inspiration from other businesses, or educational videos to help build your own video.

BUILDING YOUR VIDEO After you have selected the style you want to use, now it is time to insert your

content and select your music.

Videos, Photos or text can be easily added to your video by selecting one of the tabs on the left side of site or clicking the plus button and adding either you text or media.

The tool bar on the left is where you can add media, change the style of the video or edit certain texts, photos, or videos. Spotlighting certain photos, video or text, can make the video linger on certain content. Duplicating and Rotating can be used as well.

ADDING PHOTOS, VIDEOS, AND TEXT For the free trial user the most

text you can add is a Title and Subtitle which have a 40 and 50 word limit.

Photos can have captions added to them as well. They can be uploaded from several different sites, your computer files or Animoto has their own selection of photos, videos, and music to choose from.

Videos can be uploaded in the same way, and can be edited by moving the length of the time and having it set to a certain time in the video.

IMAGE AND VIDEO RESTRICTIONS

MUSIC

You can change the song by clicking on the music symbol, from there you can browse and select the song from what is provided from Animoto or you can upload your own song.

You can browse by categories, or most popular selections if you decide to use the Animoto offered songs.

Trimming and editing a song can only be done with a premium account, along with adding multiple songs.

SHARING YOUR VIDEO WITH THE WORLD Animoto does all of the hard work for you by editing and bringing the photos, video

and music together as a finished project.

So all you have to do when you are happy with your finished video , click the preview video button, and add your title, date and description and then it’s ready in a matter of minutes.

After you publish the video, you can add tags, and share it on several different websites including Wordpress! Users can also Embed the video onto their own websites. However only pro users can download their video in HD.

This site makes it very easy and simple to create your own videos, which could help in your project with displaying videos, pictures and some text with music to help entertain the visitors to your project.

ANY QUESTIONS?