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After completing this module, you will be able to demonstrate the following:

1) Create an account with Animoto.

2) Create a video using Animoto.

3) Upload pictures, video and music.

4) Insert, rearrange clips, and add text.

5) Export/download the video.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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C R E A T I N G A U T O M A T I C A L L Y O R C H E S T R A T E D

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Animoto

What you need:

Pictures (JPG or GIF)

Optional: Music (MP3)

PC or Mac

A web browser

Content

Sign up for Animoto 2

Create a Video 2

Add & Rearrange Pic-

tures

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Add Text 5

Add Music 5

Add Spotlight, Duplicate,

Rorate

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Produce Your Video 6

Re-Edit Your Video 6

Download Your Video 7

Animoto automatically produces beautifully orches-

trated, completely unique video pieces from your

photos, video clips, and music.

At the heart of Animoto is its newly developed Cinematic Artificial Intelligence technol-

ogy that thinks like an actual director and editor. It analyzes and combines user-selected

images, video clips and music with the same sophisticated post-production skills and

techniques used in television & film.

The technology takes into account every nuance of a song - the genre, song structure,

energy, rhythm, instrumentation, and vocals to individually customize a video. Even

videos generated with an identical set of images and music will each have a completely

distinct set of motion design. No two videos are the same. Watch a sample video:

Source: http://animoto.com/features#cinematic-ai (retrieved 9/16/2011)

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Sign Up for an Animoto Account

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1. Go to

www.animoto.com

and click on Sign Up,

or click on SIGN IN

WITH FACEBOOK.

2. Select the Free LITE

option.

3. Fill in your personal

information. If you

have a promo/referral

code, click on “Do you

have a promo/referral

code?” & enter the

code. Then click on

Sign up.

4. Click the Create

Video button in the

top right corner.

Create a Video

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Create a Video Continued

7. Click the button

Create Video .

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5. Browse through the

templates & select a

video.

6. Play to view the

template in motion.

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Add & Rear range Pictures

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8. Select Upload

from your

computer to choose

from the photos you

have on your

computer.

9. Choose to get your

pictures from

Facebook, Your

Computer, or

Animoto’s

Collection.

Tip: The number of images you use, as well as the length and tempo of your sound-track, will determine the speed of your im-ages.

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10. Drag and drop

pictures around to

rearrange them.

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Add Text

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11. Click add text

and type your text into

the Add Text Window.

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Add Music

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uncertain about

copyright, or don’t

have a good piece of

music, you can always

use choose from

Animoto’s huge

collection of music.

12. Click on Change

Song or Change Music

to choose to Upload

your own songs or

select from Animoto’s

library.

13. Click on the Cog

button to open the

Music window. You

can change the volume

and start time of the

music, and the pacing

of images to song.

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Add Spotl ight, Dupl icate, Rotate

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14. You can choose to

Spotlight/highlight a

particular picture,

Rotate and

Duplicate. These

options are available

when one of your

pictures is selected.

Re-edit Your Video

16. Go to the My

Videos link on the top

of your window. Click

the Cog symbol for

the video you want to

edit and choose Edit a

copy.

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Preview and Produce Your Video

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15. Click on Preview

Video to check out

what your video looks

like. When you are

ready for Animoto to

convert this into a

video, click on

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Download Your Video

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17. Click on My

Videos across the top

of your Animoto

window.

19. Click on the

resolution you prefer

(240p is free), select

Save File, then click

OK.

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18. Click on the video

you want to download,

and the video will start

playing. Click the

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Publ ish Your Video on YouTube, Facebook, etc.

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20. Hover your mouse

over a video you want

to publish, and click

the Actions pull down

menu.

23. Choose Embed &

Copy Code to embed

this video into your

blog or website.

NOTE: On

PowerPoint 2010 you

need to have installed a

32-bit PowerPoint to

embed code into

PowerPoint. To check

which version you

have, go to the File tab

and choose Help.

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21 21. Choose Share for

publishing on

Facebook, MySpace,

Twitter, Blogger, & to

Share or Email the

link.

22. Choose Export to

publish on YouTube.

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Frequently Asked Quest ions

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Tip: Animoto has a

huge amount of

resources online

available at: http://

help.animoto.com

Highlights of these

resources are given on

this page.

The Basics

How do I get started?

What browser/settings are best for Animoto?

How long will it take me to make a video?

How do I change, cancel, or delete my account?

Creating Your Video

What size/resolution/format should my images

be?

How can I slow down my video? (My images go

by too quickly.)

How many images should I use in my video?

How can I convert my music to MP3?

Can my uploaded video clips include audio?

Technical Issues

Why aren't all my images appearing in my video?

Why isn't my entire song featured in my video?

Downloading, Watching, and Sharing Videos

Can anyone else watch my videos?

How do I burn a high-resolution video to DVD

on my Mac?

How do I burn a high-resolution video to DVD

on my PC?

How do I embed a video onto my website?

How do I post a video to my personal Facebook

or Facebook fan page?

Copyrights & Licenses

Do I retain copyrights and other legal rights to

my videos?

What is your policy on copyright?