animoto

March 13, 2008

Websites I love: Animoto, transform pics into music vids

Review:  I am in love.  Just discovered this amazing Web 2.0 site called Animoto.  The Japanese sounding name is, I believe, a mashup of "animation" and "photo."  The site lets you upload your photos (or others from the Web -- raising obvious copyright issues there) and then synch in songs provided by Animoto (or your own songs -- again raising obvious copyright issues).

The process is simple.  Step 1, you upload whatever photos you want.  Step 2, you choose from a menu of songs (many of which are pretty cool) or upload your own song.  Step 3, you hit "finalize" and the about 15 minutes later you get a randomly generated music video with very cool effects.  NOTE:  you have to pay $3 for one video or $30 per year, unless you go with the standard, free 30 second video.  If you don't mind being limited to 30 seconds, you pay nothing.  I loved this product so much, I paid the $30!  Below is my vid:

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