2. ANIMOTO: HISTORY
“It really doesn’t take someone from the entertainment industry
to notice the disparity. If we’re to be totally honest here on this
blog thing, we’d have to confess that we just think there’s just
so much random crap out there and much of it looks like a
third-grader did it, right? (No offense to all our third-grader fans.
Seriously. We still totally love your camcorder work, star-wipe
transitions, and floaty heart icons.) So part of the inspiration
behind Animoto is to bridge this gap and build something that
helps people easily share create content that feels more like
something you’d actually see on TV or, say, in a movie trailer.”
- Jason Hsiao
Animoto President & Co-founder
As stated on Animoto’s blog, August 16, 2007

3. ANIMOTO: HISTORY
“At its heart, Animoto is a video slideshow creation service that
allows photographers, businesses, and consumers to make
professional quality videos from their photos and video clips. At
the base, is the Cinematic Artificial Intelligence technology that
is programmed to think and act like a director and editor using
many of the same skills that are used in television and film
production.”
- T Michael Testi
BlogCritics.com
Read more from Testi at http://blogcritics.org/scitech/article/website-review-
animoto/#ixzz1dEeJdyoU as posted September 19, 2011

4. ANIMOTO: HISTORY
• Founded June 2006 by Jason Hsiao & Brad Jefferson
• Went live August 2007
• December 2007: Introduced groundbreaking MP4 download
capability
• May 2008: Won first prize in the Film/TV category at the SXSW
Interactive Web Awards
• August 2008: Ranked #1 on Facebook Applications
• November 2010: Grows to more then two-million users
• February 2011: Adds HD & boosts speed
Information taken from Animoto blog
2007-2011
& from Mashable article by Jennifer
Van Grove

5. ANIMOTO’S TWITTER
• Animoto has multiple Twitter accounts., which they use to
inform the public of new features of Animoto, connect to the
public & promote Animoto.
• Animoto’s CEO & Co-founder, Brad Jefferson (@brad_animoto)
• Animoto & Education (AnimotoEDU)
• Animoto (@Animoto)
• Animoto Pro (#AnimotoPro)

6. CREATING A VIDEO
• Choose which account you want. Lite (free), Plus, Pro, Reseller
• Create your account by creating a user name, password and
entering your email.
• Animoto will send a confirmation email & you are ready to
create!

7. CREATING A VIDEO: CLICK CREATE VIDEO

8. CREATING A VIDEO
• Pick the style you want
your video to be.
• If you only have the
free account, your
videos can only be 30
seconds long.

9. CREATING A VIDEO
• Choose pictures or
video from your
computer, Facebook,
a different social
media platform or
Animoto’s collection.
• Free account has
limited time for
pictures.
• Once chosen, images
are lined on screen.

10. CREATING A VIDEO
• Choose music from your
computer or Animoto’s
collection.
• With free version you are unable
to cut and slice songs. Must play
full song for entire slide show.

11. CREATING A VIDEO
• Text can added to your
video, but both header
and text boxes are
limited by number of
characters.
• If text is added, it is
treated just like a picture
or video that can be drug
and moved.

12. CREATING A VIDEO
• Once your
pictures, videos, text and
music are in order, click
produce.
• Animoto will email you
once your video is
complete & you are ready
to share!