How to use

Animoto

Go to Animoto.com

Animoto homepage

Click Get started

Click Sign Up

You can sign up using Facebook

Or use your Email

Let’s use Facebook

Click Continue

Click the drop-down arrow

Let’s use Personal Use

Click Submit

Choose the kind of video you want to create

Here are the videos you can choose from

Let’s create a Slideshow Video

Click Create

Let’s choose a video style

Here are the video styles

You can choose from the Featured styles

Or browse by category

Click the video style you want

In this tutorial, let’s use Globetrotter

The video will play automatically

Click Create video

This is your workspace

Click Settings

Type in a video title

You can edit the producer

Date is optional

You can add a date here

You can also add a description

Click Save

To add pictures and videos

Click Add pics & vids

You can get pictures and videos from many sources

It can be from your computer

From your social media accounts

Or from image and video library

Let’s select pictures from your computer

Click Upload Pictures and Video

Select the pictures

Click Open

Pictures are uploading

Arrange the photos by dragging

Click the photo to add a caption

Type the caption here

Click Save

You can also edit the photo

Click the photo to edit

Click edit photo icon

Choose from these tools what you want to edit

Click Save

To change the song of your video

Click Change Song

Here are the top songs for this video style

To see other songs for this video

Click Browse full library

This is the Music Library

Here are the song categories

Scroll down to choose a category

Click the box

Select a song

Click play to listen to the song

Click Select Song

To change the video style

Click change style

You can also change the video title here

Just click the edit icon

To view the video

Click Preview Video

Click Produce

Or if you still want to edit the video

Click continue editing

Click Finish

Video is finalized

To share your video

Choose from the social media accounts here

To edit the video

Click edit video

To change the cover image

Click Settings

Click the cover image

Select a photo

Click Use this image

You can edit the title here

You can also add a video description

Choose a privacy option here

Click Save

To share the video on Facebook

Click Share

Add description of your video

Click Post to Facebook

Click OK

The video is now posted on Facebook

You will see the number of likes here

You can also embed the video on your blog/website

Tweet it on your Twitter account

Share it through Email

Or share it on your Youtube account

Now it’s your turn to apply what you’ve learned!

“To be is to do.”- Immanuel Kant