3. Your Content & Suggestions Upload video Capture 3-10 seconds of video Use mobile phones to capture short videos Upload photos Capture 8-15 images for a 30-second video Use DERvices to capture images Upload music Capture music from school band/musicians Use free music sites (http://creativecommons.org/legalmusicforvideos)
4. Animoto Content Animoto videos Categories include: Activities, Travel/Places, Effects, Transportation, Celebration, Time Lapse, Aerial Shots & Vintage Animoto images Categories include: Love, Announcements, Birthday, Travel, Nature, Scenes & Animals Animoto music Genres include: Romantic, Top 40/Pop, Indie Rock, Electronica, Hip Hop, Latin, Jazz, Classical, Country, Gospel/Christian, Oldies
5. Create a Video Pro-Users Only Pro-Users Only Pro-Users Only
6. Preview and Select Video Style Click here to see a sample of the slideshow Click here when you’ve decided on the video you want to use
7. Selecting Images & Video You can choose just one or a combination of your own images, Animoto images or images from other sites where you have images stored (see above).
8. Playing with Images Add more images into your video after your initial upload Add a text slide to your video. They can’t go over images/vid Animoto will leave image on screen longer Randomize order of images Click when finished. You can return later
9. Playing with Video Use the slider to decide where your video will start Move this slider to determine how long your video will play for – 10s max You can turn the video sound on or off (see Audio Mixing note above)
10. Selecting Music Your own music should be in MP3 format. Use Format Factory (free program) http://www.formatoz.com/ if you need to convert other file formats to MP3 format. Be aware of copyright laws.
11. Playing with Music Click here once you are happy with your music choice On this screen your can preview your song, change where the song starts or change the song you originally chose (to an Animoto song or your own)
12. Finalize Your Video Images will be slower on ½ speed but faster on 2x speed You can change your speed, length and style before finalizing your video. Once you have finalized your video, click on “continue”.
13. Customize the Video Details Fill our your details of the video and change your thumbnail if you wish then click “create video”
14. Rendering of Video Depending on the number of images and videos you have included, your video will take some time to render. Thankfully you can close the window and navigate away from Animoto while it renders. Once it is rendered, Animoto will email you to notify your that the video is ready
15. Your Animoto Videos Access and delete your rendered videos from the “My Videos” section.
17. Edit, Share & All That! Depending on your level of account-access you will be able to download your video to your computer in MP4 format. These tools allow you to remix or edit your existing video. You can also start a new video or delete the video you just watched. These tools allow you to share your video via email, embed on sites like BlogEd, Edmodo or Wordpressand you can also export to YouTube.
18. How Will You Use Animoto? In your classroom In your faculty In your school In your community Go ahead and create!
19. Megan Townes Richmond High School http://digitalhallways.wordpress.com http://www.twitter.com/townesy77
