Comments on: Animoto: A compelling way to tell your story http://www.nevillehobson.com/2008/05/26/animoto-a-compelling-way-to-tell-your-story/ Business, Communication, Technology Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:27:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: DVD video from Animoto : NevilleHobson.com http://www.nevillehobson.com/2008/05/26/animoto-a-compelling-way-to-tell-your-story/#comment-73531 DVD video from Animoto : NevilleHobson.com Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:54:43 +0000 http://www.nevillehobson.com/2008/05/26/animoto-a-compelling-way-to-tell-your-story/#comment-73531 [...] May, I discovered Animoto and learned how easy it can be to create compelling videos from static images and a [...] [...] May, I discovered Animoto and learned how easy it can be to create compelling videos from static images and a [...]

]]> By: Clarence Jones http://www.nevillehobson.com/2008/05/26/animoto-a-compelling-way-to-tell-your-story/#comment-73447 Clarence Jones Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:50:11 +0000 http://www.nevillehobson.com/2008/05/26/animoto-a-compelling-way-to-tell-your-story/#comment-73447 Yes, I've joined in the fun: http://youtube.com/watch?v=QE8KfOv_eNw. Considering the horrible quality of most of my scans (& a few were webcam shots of old photographs!), this video of members of my family tree is great! 80 images = over an hour rendering time, but I just surfed away & checked back for the "we're done" email. There's a technique (4:3 aspect ratio is best, over-long or-wide shots get cut off some). But even a cheap...er, poor fellow like myself sees the $30/year value of this tool. Love & Peace, Clarence Yes, I’ve joined in the fun:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QE8KfOv_eNw.
Considering the horrible quality of most of my scans (& a few were webcam shots of old photographs!), this video of members of my family tree is great! 80 images = over an hour rendering time, but I just surfed away & checked back for the “we’re done” email. There’s a technique (4:3 aspect ratio is best, over-long or-wide shots get cut off some). But even a cheap…er, poor fellow like myself sees the $30/year value of this tool.
Love & Peace, Clarence

]]> By: Animoto An Amazing Web-based Video Creator | Hi Tech Edge http://www.nevillehobson.com/2008/05/26/animoto-a-compelling-way-to-tell-your-story/#comment-73431 Animoto An Amazing Web-based Video Creator | Hi Tech Edge Wed, 28 May 2008 21:49:26 +0000 http://www.nevillehobson.com/2008/05/26/animoto-a-compelling-way-to-tell-your-story/#comment-73431 [...] Comments [...] [...] Comments [...]

]]> By: neville http://www.nevillehobson.com/2008/05/26/animoto-a-compelling-way-to-tell-your-story/#comment-73426 neville Wed, 28 May 2008 20:48:13 +0000 http://www.nevillehobson.com/2008/05/26/animoto-a-compelling-way-to-tell-your-story/#comment-73426 The time factor depends on so many things, even time of day, eg, how many other people are connected to Animoto at any one time and what's going on at the back end. Looking out for your video, Doug! The time factor depends on so many things, even time of day, eg, how many other people are connected to Animoto at any one time and what’s going on at the back end.

Looking out for your video, Doug!

]]> By: Doug Haslam http://www.nevillehobson.com/2008/05/26/animoto-a-compelling-way-to-tell-your-story/#comment-73424 Doug Haslam Wed, 28 May 2008 18:50:08 +0000 http://www.nevillehobson.com/2008/05/26/animoto-a-compelling-way-to-tell-your-story/#comment-73424 I had them mix my vacation photos. 140 photos, def. did not take two hours, but did have to wait a bit. Definitely worth the $3 USD to do an "full-length" video. I'll be fooling with this a bit more I suspect, I had heard of this show (prob thru Leo Laporte or someone) but your post got me clicking through. Thanks, Neville! I had them mix my vacation photos. 140 photos, def. did not take two hours, but did have to wait a bit.

Definitely worth the $3 USD to do an “full-length” video. I’ll be fooling with this a bit more I suspect,

I had heard of this show (prob thru Leo Laporte or someone) but your post got me clicking through. Thanks, Neville!

]]> By: neville http://www.nevillehobson.com/2008/05/26/animoto-a-compelling-way-to-tell-your-story/#comment-73419 neville Tue, 27 May 2008 23:25:24 +0000 http://www.nevillehobson.com/2008/05/26/animoto-a-compelling-way-to-tell-your-story/#comment-73419 Matt, my experience is exactly how I described it in the post. I do notice on the website that there are clear advisories with almost every action that things may take a while depending on how many images you have, resolution, compression, what music, rendering, etc, etc. I'm not surprised that it might take some time to render a video from 120 images. (Reminds me of really time-consuming video rendering I've done lately on my PC with Sony's Vegas Movie Studio product as well as with Camtasia.) Worth also noting that the site and service is beta: when I created my 2nd video, for instance, the progress indicator when importing images from Flickr got stuck as I discovered when I clicked on 'continue.' As for not supporting iTunes, you're right and the Help page says that clearly. Only MP3: the universal audio file format. There are ways to convert Apple's proprietary file format to MP3, as you probably know, including burning protected files to CD and then importing them back in to iTunes as MP3s. I understand your frustrations, though! Matt, my experience is exactly how I described it in the post.

I do notice on the website that there are clear advisories with almost every action that things may take a while depending on how many images you have, resolution, compression, what music, rendering, etc, etc.

I’m not surprised that it might take some time to render a video from 120 images. (Reminds me of really time-consuming video rendering I’ve done lately on my PC with Sony’s Vegas Movie Studio product as well as with Camtasia.)

Worth also noting that the site and service is beta: when I created my 2nd video, for instance, the progress indicator when importing images from Flickr got stuck as I discovered when I clicked on ‘continue.’

As for not supporting iTunes, you’re right and the Help page says that clearly. Only MP3: the universal audio file format. There are ways to convert Apple’s proprietary file format to MP3, as you probably know, including burning protected files to CD and then importing them back in to iTunes as MP3s.

I understand your frustrations, though!

]]> By: Matt http://www.nevillehobson.com/2008/05/26/animoto-a-compelling-way-to-tell-your-story/#comment-73418 Matt Tue, 27 May 2008 22:58:54 +0000 http://www.nevillehobson.com/2008/05/26/animoto-a-compelling-way-to-tell-your-story/#comment-73418 i meant to say 120 images, for four minutes, not 12 images. i meant to say 120 images, for four minutes, not 12 images.

]]> By: Matt http://www.nevillehobson.com/2008/05/26/animoto-a-compelling-way-to-tell-your-story/#comment-73417 Matt Tue, 27 May 2008 22:57:51 +0000 http://www.nevillehobson.com/2008/05/26/animoto-a-compelling-way-to-tell-your-story/#comment-73417 Ten minutes, my arse! What you didn't say (or perhaps didn't try), was that a four minute video takes two hours to render. What a freaking pain. Also, the add your own music feature does not support iTunes format music. So, I had to go search for the song I want, go through a bunch of b.s. that comes with all mp3 sites, and finally buy the mp3 version (which I already had in iTunes). Also, uploaded images to fill four minutes, or 12 images, on a broadband connection with images compressed to 600x450 took quite awhile. Yeah, it's a cool idea, and I can't wait to see my video whenever it gets done in the next few hours, but this is not quick, or easy, if you are doing anything more than 30 seconds, or if your music library is in iTunes format. Ten minutes, my arse! What you didn’t say (or perhaps didn’t try), was that a four minute video takes two hours to render. What a freaking pain. Also, the add your own music feature does not support iTunes format music. So, I had to go search for the song I want, go through a bunch of b.s. that comes with all mp3 sites, and finally buy the mp3 version (which I already had in iTunes). Also, uploaded images to fill four minutes, or 12 images, on a broadband connection with images compressed to 600×450 took quite awhile.

Yeah, it’s a cool idea, and I can’t wait to see my video whenever it gets done in the next few hours, but this is not quick, or easy, if you are doing anything more than 30 seconds, or if your music library is in iTunes format.

]]> By: neville http://www.nevillehobson.com/2008/05/26/animoto-a-compelling-way-to-tell-your-story/#comment-73413 neville Tue, 27 May 2008 09:07:37 +0000 http://www.nevillehobson.com/2008/05/26/animoto-a-compelling-way-to-tell-your-story/#comment-73413 It's pretty compelling, Dennis, no question. I could spend a lot of time with this! It’s pretty compelling, Dennis, no question. I could spend a lot of time with this!

]]> By: Dennis Howlett http://www.nevillehobson.com/2008/05/26/animoto-a-compelling-way-to-tell-your-story/#comment-73412 Dennis Howlett Tue, 27 May 2008 00:26:43 +0000 http://www.nevillehobson.com/2008/05/26/animoto-a-compelling-way-to-tell-your-story/#comment-73412 Just a bunch of taxis I saw in Copenhagen a while back. Amazing what can be achieved right? Just a bunch of taxis I saw in Copenhagen a while back. Amazing what can be achieved right?

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