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The Easiest Way to Do Slide Shows

Russell Martin — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 17:26:42 +0000

Slide shows have come a long way in the past few years.

I remember having slides developed, arranging them in a projector, and pressing play on the tape player.

I remember having photos developed, videoing each one for 5 seconds and pressing play on the cd player.

I remember taking digital photos, putting them in power point, and inserting a music link

I remember using windows movie maker, adding photos, adding a music track and rendering it together.

Now I just use Animoto

With animoto you upload your photos, or short video clips, and select one of their many themes. Next add your text where needed, and arrange the photos in order. Then you can choose a provided music track or upload your own. Finally click finish and they will send you an email when your video is ready.

From their it is very easy to share your video on youtube, facebook, twitter, email or embed in your blog. There is even an option to download a high resolution video to burn to DVD or show in your church service. Animoto even has an app for your iphone, and you can create a complete video from the photos and clips you have stored there, without ever using a computer.

Right now animoto is running a referral program. Sign up for an All-Access pass, $30 per year, and get one month free (or $5 off). Sign up for an Animoto Pro account $249 per year, and get one extra month free.

Click here to sign up

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How to Make a Slide Show Without a Computer?

Russell Martin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:07:38 +0000

This past year I was introduced to Animoto, a service that takes your photos and turns them into a slide show. I really hadn’t done more than a few attempts at videos. However earlier Animoto released an app for the iphone. I began wondering if it would be possible use this app to create a slideshow of an event without ever using a computer. This last weekend I led a group of adults and Jr. High youth at a BIG HOUSE camp and I used the opportunity to try it out.
Each day I began by taking about 90-95 photos from morning till night. After that I selected the ones I wanted to use and uploaded them to the animoto app. After choosing my music I set it to render. It took between 5-15 minutes depending on my connection. I never had Wi-Fi but generally had the 3G network. Once the photos were uploaded and it began rendering I could close it out. Animoto sent me an email when my video was ready.

I ended up making one video per day including one the last day of camp. Usually we show our overall camp slide show on Saturday night, and then pack up on Sunday morning. Doing this completely using the iphone I was able to even take photos on Sunday morning, and on the drive home, (my wife was driving) I was able to upload and render the video.

Click here to see Saturday’s video.

One setback. Right now the videos created on the iphone do not show up on the web version. They say they are working on this and will have it fixed soon.