Monday, May 19, 2008

Animoto

Here's what Animoto made of my Art Car photos. Pretty cool



Still not sure it's worth $3 to make a full length movie of my photos. I suspect people prefer watching slide shows at their own pace, but maybe that's just me?

9 comments:

shanksi said...

In this case, your suspicions are well founded. I can see some occasions where the movie would be fun/interesting but in most cases, I'd rather just see the photos. That's possibly just me, though.

Bruce Lenorf said...

thank god it is on a small screen, I almost got sick with all these animations.
Occasions where it would be interesting? A proposal for marriage? an ad for a lost dog? I don't know. I won't try it...although i am running out of things to do here sometimes, so maybe i'll try it anyway.

Ian said...

Yeah, wanted to see what all the hype is about and, well, I don't see it. It's cool technology, but I think it'll annoy the casual viewer of my photos.

I suppose you could compose a song called "Please find my doggie" and upload it and let the cool technology link the images and cuts to your tune. But I'm struggling for casual applications.

Chouch said...

No, it's cool. You should have said it was 2 full week ends of editing and everyone would have said WOW

Ian said...

Hmm, now that's a good idea.

Jen said...

I thought it was cool. I mean, I thought you did all the work - the editing and time lengths for this and that. And, maybe in the end I am misinterpreting that you didn't do all this work when actually you did. But you know, I'm pretty easy to please.

Either way, I liked it. I think you could put together some interesting albums.

Ian said...

No, Animoto does the cuts and edits in time to the music you choose. It's very clever and, if you like presenting your photos as movies, a real time saver.

Alex said...

No link, at least I couldn't see one!

Ian said...

Hmm, it seems to have disappeared. I wonder if Animoto videos expire. That would be even crapper.