Step by Step Tutorial on How To Use Animoto

1. HOW TO USE ANIMOTO
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3. What is Animoto?
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4. Animoto is a cloud-based video
creation service that produces
video from photos, video clips,
and music into video slideshows.
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5. To sign up with Animoto…
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6. Open a browser
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7. Type www.animoto.com
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8. This is the Landing Page
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9. Click “sign-up”
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10. Two ways to sign-up…
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11. Thru your Facebook account
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12. Click “sign-up using Facebook”
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13. Thru your personal or company
email
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14. Enter your email address
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15. Enter your full name
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16. Enter your password
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17. You can select one
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18. Click “start trial”
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19. This screen will appear
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20. You can select either Slideshow Video
or Marketing Video
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21. For this tutorial, we will use
Slideshow Video
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22. Click “create”
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23. You can choose the category
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24. For this tutorial, we will create a
birthday party video
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25. Click “party”
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26. Click “create video”
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27. This screen will appear
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28. To view the basic steps in making
a video
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29. Click “start”
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30. Click “add pics & vids”
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31. Click “upload”
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32. Select photos
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33. Click “open”
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34. Click “add text”
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35. Enter the title of your video
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36. Enter your subtitle
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37. Click “save”
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38. Click “preview video”
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39. Here is the preview video
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40. To continue making the video
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41. Click “continue editing”
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42. Click “ok”
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43. To add photos
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44. Click the icon
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45. Choose this icon to upload photos
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46. Click “upload”
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47. Select photos
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48. Click “open”
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49. Click the icon to view the full size
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50. Click the icon
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51. You can edit the photos using the
photo editor
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52. Click “orientation” to rotate the photo
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53. Rotate the photo thru these icons
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54. Click “apply”
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55. Click “crop” to adjust the size of the
picture
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56. Choose “custom” to manually adjust
the size or ….
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57. Choose the sizes available
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58. Click “apply”
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59. Click “color” to adjust the color of the
picture
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60. Select the color category
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61. Adjust the bar
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62. Click “apply”
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63. Click “lighting” to adjust the light
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64. Choose the lighting category
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65. Adjust the bar
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66. Click “apply”
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67. Click “sharpness” to adjust the
brightness of the picture
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68. Adjust the bar
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69. Click “apply”
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70. Click “redeye”
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71. Adjust the brush size
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72. Click “apply”
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73. Click “save”
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74. Click “caption” to describe the picture
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75. Type the caption
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76. Click “save”
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77. You can add more photos by clicking
this icon
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78. To delete photos
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79. Select the photo and click this icon
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80. Click the trash bin icon
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81. Click “delete”
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82. To add a title to your video
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83. Click the box
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84. Click “T” icon
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85. Type the title
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86. You can add a subtitle
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87. Click “save”
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88. To change the song of the video
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89. Click “change song”
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90. Select the songs
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91. You can choose from the
Animoto library or upload a song
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92. Click “browse full library”
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93. Select a song
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94. You can listen by clicking the song
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95. If you already selected, click “select
song”
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96. If you want to upload your own
song or it is not available in the
Animoto library…
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97. Click “upload a song”
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98. To add a logo
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99. Click “add logo”
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100. Click “add logo”
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101. Click “choose a file”
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102. You can choose files and click “open”
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103. Click “done”
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104. To add a song
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105. Click “add a song”
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106. To set the title
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107. Click “settings”
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108. Type the video title
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109. Click the date
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110. Enter the description
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111. Click “save”
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112. To see the preview of the video
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113. Click “preview video”
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114. The video will be shown
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115. Click “produce”
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116. Click “finish”
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117. Here is the finished video
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118. To log out your account
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119. Click your account
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120. Click “log out”
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121. You are now logged out
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122. Congratulations! You have
learned to use Animoto to
produce your own video.
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Thank You!
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