Animoto: A Hip New Twist on Slideshows


Animoto is a cool new application for photographs. It creates a hybrid slideshow/video. I just uploaded pics I had from Inman Blogger Connect in San Francisco and picked the music track. Bam! Animoto.

Here’s what Animoto is about (in their own words):

Animoto Productions is a bunch of techies and film/tv producers who decided to lock themselves in a room together and nerd out.

Their first release is Animoto, a web application that automatically generates professionally produced videos using their own patent-pending technology and high-end motion design. Each video is a fully customized orchestration of user-selected images and music. Produced on a widescreen format, Animoto videos have the visual energy of a music video and the emotional impact of a movie trailer.

The heart of Animoto is its newly developed Cinematic Artificial Intelligence technology that thinks like an actual director and editor. It analyzes and combines user-selected images and music with the same sophisticated post-production skills & techniques that are used in television and film.

They are based in New York City, with an office in San Francisco. Now, that’s a creative connection.

Animoto is fun.
With their one-click remix button, you can create a completely new version of your slideshow each time. Their unique algorithm does all the heavy lifting for you. Very user friendly.

• Pick your photos.
• Pick your own music in .MP3 format from your music collection.
• Click
• Sit back and enjoy.

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Here’s sample of the same photos remixed numerous times:


Version 1


Version 2


Version 3


Version 4

Want to market yourself, your business or a listing in a creative way, take a look at Animoto. Unlimited 30 second clips are free. You gotta pay for a full length video— a whopping three bucks (or $30 for a year of unlimited Moto). Giddyup!

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  • Ooh! This is a great way to mix up photos. Much better than a plain slide show!
  • Great technology! I'll definitely be utilizing this in the days to come! Thanks for sharing it with us!
  • Would using them as a virtual tour platform break the Animoto Terms of Service though?
  • Kaye, this one is really easy. Just upload your pics and pick their music. Done.
  • Oh.. this looks like fun.. too many toys ... not enough time..
  • Ok, I just posted my first Hip Hop Virtual Tours at the Lab.

    Animoto is a BLAST.

    Thanks for finding this amazing and fun site. Now If I could just get my Animoto Hip Hop Virtual Tour on YouTube.
  • Innovative tools like Animoto can help you & your listings stand out from the crowd. It may be just enough to get a call.
  • Hey guys, I love it! You put a smile on my face while viewing the SF Inman Conference. Great video!

    -Gena Riede
  • This is so much fun. I wrote a post on Animoto for WP users and some possible gottchas with the Wordpress rich text editor. I figure there will be a lot of people wanting to try it out because of your introduction.

    Talk about marketing to the post modernity crowd. I've got to try a virtual tour to hip hop.

    Glad to see you two back in the pool. Now it is a matter of balance!
  • Rudy and Joe:

    Outasight!!! This one is a keeper, for sure!!
  • Holy Mother Of Virtual Tours Batman!
  • This is a great product and you can't beat the price. I'm definitely going to look into this.
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