Animoto (Tutorial)
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This document provides a tutorial on how to create videos using Animoto in 3 steps or less: 1. Choose a style and theme for your video. Select photos, video clips, and text to add. 2. Edit your content and add music, logos, or other customizations like captions or pacing. 3. Preview and share your finished video by downloading, embedding, or sharing on social media.
Animoto (Tutorial)
- 1. A N I M OTO H O W T O M A K E V I D E O S I N 1 Tutorial B Y: G E M M A A B E L G A S
- 2. 2 A N I M O T O Makes your photos & video clips from your phones or tablets more fun and enjoyable to watch
- 3. 3 There are many ways to use Animoto • Video creation • Video distribution • Social video forecasting • Professional video production • slide show • Creating personalized online videos
- 4. 4 By doing simple and easy steps you can create your own video or slide show.
- 5. G U I D E T O V I D E O M A R K E T I N G U S I N G 5 A N I M O T O
- 6. 6 What kind of video do you want to create?
- 7. 7 Slideshow Video transforms your photos and videos into stylized videos Click
- 8. 8 Create unique, branded videos minutes with photos and video Click
- 9. 9 STYLE
- 10. To get started select your style 10
- 11. Click desired theme 11 If you need ideas you can choose from the available styles or create your own, that will determine the look and feel of the video
- 12. 12 Need inspiration? You can watch pre made videos and be inspired to create your OWN
- 13. 13 You can choose the of your video
- 14. 14 FEATURED: Video style that are recommended for business are also available.
- 15. More available style that you can browse by category 15
- 16. I F Y O U A R E C H O O S I N G 16 Accolades You can choose from the different and various style to choose from
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- 21. Y O U A R E D O N E C R E AT I N G V I D E O S U S I N G 21 Accolades
- 22. 22 Add PHOTOS, VIDEO and TEXT
- 23. Next STEP is UPLOADING your video clips and pictures 23
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- 25. Trim or edit your photos and videos to your desired length 25
- 26. 26 Crop pictures
- 27. 27 Lighten or darken pictures
- 28. 28 CREATE
- 29. You can add pictures and videos from any source from your file in your computer 29
- 30. 30 or from your social media album of photos
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- 32. 32 or from your collection
- 33. A D D T E X T T O Y O U R V I D E O 33
- 34. Add captions that can help you tell your story 34
- 35. Tips: create a few well placed title cards that can help you guide the viewer 35
- 36. 36 Type in the title or text, if you are showcasing a product it could be the name of the product and the subtitle will be for the serial or product number.
- 37. 37 Click SAVE
- 38. 38 A D D MU S I C T O Y O U R V I D E O
- 39. Add background music choose a right soundtrack to set the mood of your video use the sliders to adjust where you want to begin and end N E X T S T E P 39
- 40. Music enhances the emotion behind your photos. So when you are a photographer consider using a more upbeat tunes for engagement photos in your videos Tip for photographers 40
- 41. Instrumentals are safe bet when you are doing videos for business music with lyrics so it will distract the viewers if you are showcasing a product. Tips: for businesses 41
- 43. 43 Fine-Tuning Your Video by spotlighting important photos
- 44. 44 When you want to emphasize a particular photos use the SPOTLIGHT feature it allows this photos to linger in the screen.
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- 46. 46 Pacing your images - is a great way to match images to the song you have chosen.
- 47. 47 if you are using a past paced songs it would make sense if you speed up the pictures a bit to
- 48. YOU CAN CHANGE OR BROWSE from your FILES for more personalized songs 48
- 49. Y O U C A N E V E N 49 ADD another SONG
- 50. 50 Or simply choose "AUTO" option automatically animoto's video engine will make the adjustment
- 51. 51 Adding a LOGO
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- 53. YO U C A N 53 animate LOGO for a dynamic and animated logo
- 54. 54 If using a pro account you can remove the Animoto logo and choose your own instead
- 55. 55 To upload LOGO it should be in JPEG form Use an image that is 800px on the longest side make sure that the image fills up most of the space for LOGO
- 56. C H O O S E F I L E 56
- 57. 57 You can also add a call to action to direct the viewers to your website
- 58. 58 - Click the Settings button
- 59. 59 - Check the box for the option "Show Call-to-Action" - Determine the label for the button - Enter in the URL you want to link to.
- 60. 60 - Click SAVE
- 61. 61 Tip: Using LOGO and a CALL-TO-ACTION can strengthen your professional image. For the call-to-action be sure to send users to a page on your website. that's most relevant to the video, and one the features your LOGO prominently.
- 62. P R E V I E W Y O U R W O R K 62 CLICK PREVIEW VIDEO button at anytime finished video is in higher quality than the preview video
- 63. 63 SHARING
- 64. 64 - To show off your video you need to download it - To download your videos. You can choose from the range of resolutions
- 65. 65 - To download your videos. You can choose from the range of resolutions
- 66. 66 you can upgrade to HD
- 67. 67 Burn to DVD This can be a great gift, a party or a wedding favor or as a product to sell
- 68. 68 Using a Mac? READ: For instruction in how to burn DVD on your Mac
- 69. 69 Using PC? READ: How do I burn a video DVD on my PC?
- 71. 71 To embed your video Click tab </>
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- 73. 73 COPY HTML CODE and PASTE in your website/blog
- 76. 76 Yes! YOU made it.
- 77. Y O U C A N V I E W T H I S PA G E A L S O O N M O B I L E 77 if you are using the mobile app, the same guide in making the video
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