Animoto is turning into a cult favorite web app – upload a few pictures to the service, pick some music, add some text and get a really cool video slide show back. They made my annual “can’t live without” list last year based on their obsessive desire to perfect a single product. Many, many users agree.
Last month they announced a new round of financing and turned cash flow positive. Users are flocking to their iPhone application that lets you create slide shows from events even before you get back to your computer. And soon, CEO Brad Jefferson tells me, they will let users upload video clips as well as photos to make their slide shows.
They actually showed the feature last month in a promotional video for the Webbies, which shows photos as well as short video clips.
The feature is near-ready to launch to users, Jefferson told me last week. I was on a Southwest flight with him and Wired editor Fred Vogelstein (see his recent Facebook article and a 2007 article on TechCrunch) on the way back from an event in Seattle. Jefferson showed me some of the Animoto clips with video, and even showed off a 3D product they are working on. I took the video above when we landed at Oakland airport, much to the amusement of a few late night passengers hanging out near us. Make sure you watch to the end – Vogelstein is hilarious with the 3D glasses on.
Here’s what’s great about Animoto – these clips take just a few seconds to create. Animoto does all the hard work for you. And the demo videos show clips with mixed images and short video clips put together into a seamless product. You will actually be able to create these right from an iPhone using the app, the camera and the new video functionality, and then share them with your friends and family.
I’m really loving the stuff Animoto is doing. I have an Animoto for Business account which I used to make the promotional video for my product ( http://www.w3roi.com ).
You’ve go to love it .. It’s now in 3D! I like the idea alot but they have to start making 3d glasses more sexy.. right now it’s just too geeky. But i really like the fresh concept though. Keep it up Animoto!
- Darren at AdExcel dot Com
That’s pretty cool.
“Like it’s feeling me all over.” Haha.
Keep up the good work!
“If you can’t rock me, Animoto will.”
It is to be noticed that Stupeflix introduced quietly the same feature a few weeks ago : you can even add youtube video urls if you want.
Enjoy it at http://www.stup...flix.com/editor !
François
Just checked out Stupeflix..wow! Definately superior to Animoto but they seem to be aiming at the B2B market
superior… are you kidding me? are we looking at the same videos? François you must be a stupeflix investor.
Speaking of B2B – do you happen to know SundaySky? I’ve bumped into their video, apparently created dynamically on a daily basis, in the MLB website: http://mlb.mlb....lb/fantasy/bts/
That’s my friend is superior!
YouTube clips? can’t wait to read about the lawsuits there! ps I hate when people use comments to solicit their copycat companies. please stop.
We never said we were superior to Animoto, that’s not the point.
Have a look at our API, and you will see that Stupeflix may not be even a direct competitor to Animoto.
So before saying copycat, just check !
Looks a lot like muvee
Absolutely not. Muvee is probably one of the buggiest and useless pieces of video creation software I have ever used. Also, their customer service is next to non-existent.
Did anyone else see the people in the background near the end who were not impressed by the loud demo going on while they were trying to, apparently, sleep?
Clipgenerator.com does video incorporating things for almost 2 years now. That’s nothing new. And they’ve now started with client based rendering in their facebookapp. http://apps.fac...ipgenerator_two . That’s impressive.
Animoto is awesome. I’m a big fan . I have used them several times. Easy to use.
Animoto is a great service…. been using them since they debuted and it’s made video creation a whole lot easier….
go A.I.!!!
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