Presentation+with+Animoto

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Animoto generates professional looking videos by running user-selected still images and music through a Cinematic Artificial Intelligence engine. End users upload image files, sort them, select certain images to "spotlight," select a final video length and audio file. The soundtrack can come from the Animoto library or the user's own library. The engine converts the separate images into a single video with a soundtrack, generating animated transitions from picture to picture, influenced by the music selected. Each resulting video is unique.======

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Animoto has many features of a Web 2.0 tool: 1) Animoto uses the Web as its platform; 2) end users are both the consumers and the producers of content; 3) it allows for a rich user experience; 4) the service is "people to people"; 5) Animoto employs a self-service model to generate the end product; 6) it publishes content; 7) it thrives on its openness; and 8) users are able to interact on the site by using data manipulation, sharing, and retrieval.======

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 * All videos are made in wide screen format.
 * No two videos are ever the same-- even when the same pictures are downloaded.
 * Animoto utilizes Cinematic Artificial Intelligence (patent pending), a technology that produces unique videos by taking into account the style, rhythm, and vocals of music to create one of a kind videos.
 * Besides videos, one of a kind greeting cards can also be made.
 * ====**Strengths**====
 * Animoto is quick and easy to use.
 * Free (for 30 second videos).
 * A wide variety of music is available for downloading on the site. Users can also download their own music.
 * [|Animoto for Education] is now available for K-12 classrooms. Students can produce their own clips at school without the worry of unwanted web content being accessed.
 * This is a great tool for libraries to create quick, movie-like book trailers.
 * Videos can be easily shared by emailing, downloading or embedding on a variety of applications such as [|YouTube], [|Facebook], and [|MySpace].
 * Videos can be created on your [|iPhone].
 * ====**Weaknesses**====
 * There is not a great deal of customizable features available.
 * There is little control over how the finished product will appear.
 * The basic Animoto site is often blocked by web filtering programs in schools.
 * Can only make 30 second videos for free. Expanded video services range from $99 for 3 months to $249 per year for a professional account.
 * **by Beth Lohmeyer, Susanna Van Sant**

[|Ideas for educational use]

[|Animoto for Education]