Animoto, Create Cuztomized Videos for Free

Animoto is a free web application that lets you create animations online using your images and music. Even though, there are hundreds of software that allow you to create a video, Animoto stands out because it puts a “feel” in your video.

Here is what Animoto does:

• It analyzes your images
• It inspects your music and theme
• It adds customization to a video

Creating a video with Animoto is very simple. Here’s how you do it:

Step 1. Chose the type of video you want to create. You can create a short video (30 seconds) for free or a commercial video for $3 per video.

Step 2. Upload the images you want to use. You can upload them from your hard drive or get them from your account at flickr, facebook, picasa e.t.c.

Step 3. After you have all the images you want, drag and drop to set the order of their appearence. You can also choose to “spot light” certain images. This would make them more prominent in your video.

Step 4. Upload the music. You can also chose from their library (they have some pretty decent ones in there).

Step 5. Chose an image as your cover, and click on “create video”.

Your video is ready! You can now email it or share it on all the major social networks like Facebook and MySpace.

I think animoto has a very intelligent algorithm in place that figures out when and how to use the visual effects based on the images and the music, creating a customized and terrific video.