Animoto
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For more than 15 years, Animoto's online video maker has empowered anyone to create stunning videos in minutes, regardless of experience level. Whether you want to preserve memories, promote your business, or engage your audience, Animoto's video maker has all the tools you need.
We've made it easy to get started with customizable templates for everything from saying happy birthday to selling your product. From there. it's as simple as dragging and dropping your photos and video clips, choosing from our millions of Getty stock images, or recording with our built-in screen and webcam recorder. Customize your videos with transitions, music, voiceovers, and more. Then, bring your videos on brand with a single click.
Make sure your story is heard. With Animoto, everything you need to create your own videos is right at your fingertips. Start creating for free!
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- Industry: Higher Education
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Animoto Use for Graduation and Promotion Videos in Graduate School
Reviewed on 16/05/2019
Pros
Animoto is EXTREMELY easy to use, I am not tech-savvy and was able to easily use this program to make videos. I have been using it for graduation videos where I put together pictures from graduating undergraduate students alongside their reflections on their program and area of study. Parents and students love watching these videos. I also made it to promote programs and classes.
Cons
I would like to see more variety of video templates.
- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Branding Made Easy!
Reviewed on 15/07/2022
It enables users to upgrade their branding with ease. Almost anyone can create contents with it. I...
It enables users to upgrade their branding with ease. Almost anyone can create contents with it. I loved the user friendly interface. Ideal for small businesses. One of the best options available. A powerful tool but it certainly needs to add more features.
Pros
It is very user friendly. Almost anyone can create amazing video content with it. The large template library makes it even easier for users. Creating videos takes a very little time and adding effects, transitions and text overlay is relatively very simple.
Cons
The templates can sometimes be very restrictive. If a user has a proper idea about how the video should be then it is not for him.
- Industry: Photography
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10
Slideshow Wizardry
Reviewed on 15/03/2019
Wanted to like, and I don't actually think this is a BAD app, it's just that I'm a creative...
Wanted to like, and I don't actually think this is a BAD app, it's just that I'm a creative control-freak and Animoto has JUST enough customisation that I was tricked by the illusion of choice. Another app, "M," has a mode with zero control except for the photos you choose. You can't even change the order. And knowing that, it's easier to accept the not-controllingness bit. But a few TINY choices make this a "Thanks but no thanks!" for me. :/
Pros
I can't lie: if one were motivated to produce a not-quite-narrative--an advert or "spring break memories!" type video, a tutorial, even--in a few minutes, it would be fine. Animoto lets you drop your media into a box that you then distribute across their templates (which are fine) or into a from-scratch video, and boom.
Cons
It's not very powerful and hasn't many options--which is fine in some cases. You can change fonts and the order of your media. Something about the way their fonts lay in the video is just UGLY, though. Their animations are... hmm. And their templates only seem to look decent if one's media is professionally-shot. If you have an idea in mind (ie narrative notions or original editing style), skip this one. If you like using animated gifs, keep on looking. (NOTE: You CAN import a gif, it's just that it won't be animated in your video.) Also, the layout of the web app is pretty but not very intuitive.
- Industry: Photography
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Stunning slideshows in minutes
Reviewed on 21/08/2018
I use Animoto on a daily basis to produce slideshows for wedding photography clients.
I use Animoto on a daily basis to produce slideshows for wedding photography clients.
Pros
Its ease of use is definitely the best thing about this software. I can easily create a slideshow in a couple of minutes with a template video (something that I wouldn't even know how to do outside of Animoto), add licensed music, and tweak it, including the speed at which the images are shown and the order. This whole process used to take me at least 40 minutes and involved different sofware tools. Plus, if I had to correct a small detail of it, I would need to create everything again from scratch, and though I could save my project as I was working on it, I would need to export new versions every single time. Animoto creates videos in different sizes AND uploads them to a custom link at the same time, saving me countless hours of work.
Cons
Well this is not actually Animoto's fault, but I wish I could use or upload different songs, particularly those that my clients are more familiar with. I understand this is not possible because of copyright issues, but in some countries outside of the US clients do ask for slideshows with different music choices, just for their personal use. However, this only happened a couple of times and the music options that Animotoo offers are plenty, so we were always able to give them something they would like instead. Sometimes, I felt that part of a clip could use some shortening or that I didn't want to add that particular bit, and this is not something that we can edit. Although I was able to choose a different one altogether since Animoto is designed to be quick and easy to use it lacks some customization capabilities that would be nice to have.
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Image Slideshow to Music Creation App
Reviewed on 31/10/2018
Overall, adds another element to the classroom. I have also used Animoto to put together slideshows...
Overall, adds another element to the classroom. I have also used Animoto to put together slideshows of my daughters that come out really well. Love the ability to share easily through a multitude of options including social media such as Twitter and Facebook.
Pros
I remember when Animoto first came out. I was using it in the classroom with students to curate their images for various assignments (book trailers, public service projects, social media campaigns) etc. This was something they enjoyed. There are workarounds to do similar things, like using Google Slides or PowerPoint, or iMovie, but this takes the guesswork out of it. A simple tool to be able to merge images and video into a slide presentations/slideshow and overlay music to it. Comes out very professional looking. Students enjoy sharing these as it requires minimal movie editing experience and is a lot easier than iMovie. If you are using a LMS, I love how you can embed this inside it! Another way for teachers to be creative in how they deliver the content to their students.
Cons
There aren't a lot of features or customization, but it is pretty straightforward in that you add images, add video, and ick a song. The rest is done by Animoto. There are templates to choose from as well, but would be nice to have a few more features/animations to make it more personal.
Animoto FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Animoto.Q. What type of pricing plans does Animoto offer?
Animoto offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: US$16.00/month
- Pricing model: Free Version, Subscription
- Free Trial: Available
Animoto is offered across three pricing plans, outlined below. • Free: Available for free • Professional: $65 per month and $33 per month billed annually • Team: $94 per month and $49 per month billed annually
Q. Who are the typical users of Animoto?
Animoto has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does Animoto support?
Animoto supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does Animoto support mobile devices?
Animoto supports the following devices:
iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does Animoto integrate with?
Animoto integrates with the following applications:
Adobe Creative Cloud
Q. What level of support does Animoto offer?
Animoto offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Chat
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