ANIMOTO

V I D E O C R E A T I O

N S I T E

ABOUT ANIMOTO

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

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 cetain 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.

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.

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.

There is also a free tutorial that can be utilized to help you build your videos.

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 it 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 used 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

After you are happy with your finished video , click the preview video button, and add your title, date and description.

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 stimulate the visitors to our project.