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After completing this module, you will be able to do the following:

1) Demonstrate how create an account with Animoto.

2) Demonstrate how to create a video using Animoto.

3) Demonstrate how to upload pictures, video and music.

4) Demonstrate how to insert, rearrange clips, and add text.

5) Demonstrate how to export/download the video.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Over view

Animoto automatically produces beautifully orches-trated, completely unique video pieces from your photos, video clips, and music.

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

The technology takes into account every nuance of a song - the genre, song structure,

energy, rhythm, instrumentation, and vocals to individually customize a video. Even

videos generated with an identical set of images and music will each have a completely

distinct set of motion design. No two videos are the same. Watch a sample video:

Source: http://animoto.com/features#cinematic-ai (retrieved 9/16/2011)

C R E A T I N G A U T O M A T I C A L L Y O R C H E S T R A T E D

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What you need:

Pictures (JPG or GIF)

Optional: Music (MP3)

PC or Mac

Any web browser

Content

Sign up for Animoto 2

Create a Video 2

Add Photo & Video Clips 4

Add Text & Animation 5

Add Music 6

Finalize Your Video 7

Re-Edit Your Video 7

Download Your Video 8

Publish Your Video 9

Frequently Asked Ques-

tions (FAQ)

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Sign Up for an Animoto Account

Create a Video

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1. Go to

www.animoto.com

and click on Sign Up.

If you are an educator,

you can go to

www.animoto.com/

education to sign up

for Animoto PLUS to

get unlimited access

(usually $30/year).

2. Select the Free Try

Now option .

3. Fill in your personal

information. If you

have a promo/referral

code, click on “Do you

have a promo/referral

code?” & enter the

code. Then click on

Sign up.

4. Click the Create

Video button in the

top right corner.

If you already have an

account, go to

animoto.com and click

Create Video.

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Create a Video Cont.

Change Durat ion of Pictures

7. Click the button

Create Video if you

have the educator’s

Animoto Plus account

or click make a 30-

second video for free.

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5. Browse through the

templates & click

Create video or the

picture to select.

6. Play to view the

template in motion.

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Add Photo & Video Cl ips

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8. Make sure you in

the Photos & Videos

tab. Select Upload

from your

computer to choose

from the photos you

have on your

computer.

Tip: If you don’t have

photos on your

computer, you can

choose from the list to

Retrieve from your

Fcebook, Retrieve

from another

website, or Select

from our

collection.

Tip: The number of images you use, as well as the length and tempo of your sound-track, will determine the speed of your im-ages.

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Add Text & Animation

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9. Click add text and

type your text into the

text box to the right.

11. In the Photos &

Videos tab, select a

clip, then choose

spotlight to make it

the focus of your

animation.

10. Click-drag your

clips to move them

around.

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Add Music

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12. Go to the Music

tab & choose either

Select from our

collections to choose

from Animoto’s

collection of music or

Upload from your

computer if you

already have a piece of

music you want to use.

Tip: If you are

uncertain about

copyright, or don’t

have a good piece of

music, you can always

use choose from

Animoto’s huge

collection of music.

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Final ize Your Video

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13. Go to the Finalize

tab, fill in the Title

info, Description,

and put in your name

as the producer. Then

hit the Create Video

button.

Re-edit Your Video

14. Go to the My

Videos link on the top

of your window.

Select Edit/Create

New Video for the

video you want to edit.

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Download Your Video

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15. Click on My

Videos across the top

of your Animoto

window.

17. Click on the

resolution you prefer

(240p is free), select

Save File, then click

OK.

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16. Hover your mouse

over the video you

want to download, and

the Actions button

will appear. Click the

Actions button and

choose Download.

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Publ ish Your Video on YouTube, Facebook, etc.

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18. Hover your mouse

over a video you want

to publish, and click

the Actions pull down

menu.

21. Choose Embed &

Copy Code to embed

this video into your

blog or website.

NOTE: On

PowerPoint 2010 you

need to have installed a

32-bit PowerPoint to

embed code into

PowerPoint. To check

which version you

have, go to the File tab

and choose Help.

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publishing on

Facebook, MySpace,

Twitter, Blogger, & to

Share or Email the

link.

20. Choose Export to

publish on YouTube.

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Frequently Asked Quest ions

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Tip: Animoto has a

huge amount of

resources online

available at: http://

help.animoto.com

Highlights of these

resources are given on

this page.

The Basics

How do I get started?

What browser/settings are best for Animoto?

How long will it take me to make a video?

How do I change, cancel, or delete my account?

Creating Your Video

What size/resolution/format should my images

be?

How can I slow down my video? (My images go

by too quickly.)

How many images should I use in my video?

How can I convert my music to MP3?

Can my uploaded video clips include audio?

Technical Issues

Why aren't all my images appearing in my video?

Why isn't my entire song featured in my video?

Downloading, Watching, and Sharing Videos

Can anyone else watch my videos?

How do I burn a high-resolution video to DVD

on my Mac?

How do I burn a high-resolution video to DVD

on my PC?

How do I embed a video onto my website?

How do I post a video to my personal Facebook

or Facebook fan page?

Copyrights & Licenses

Do I retain copyrights and other legal rights to

my videos?

What is your policy on copyright?