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Animoto Reaches the 1 Year mark


Animoto launched out of beta and Celebrated it’s first anniversary on Tuesday, August 26th 2008. Over the last year, Animoto has come a long way developing it’s MTV style slideshow technology. Animoto has developed many new features since I last wrote about their MP4 download feature back in December of last year:

  • 3/08 - Animoto Videos for Facebook application
  • 3/08 - Export directly to YouTube
  • 6/08 - DVD Quality Videos via Download or a mailed Disc
  • 6/08 - Animoto for Business (commercial use)
  • 8/08 - Animoto for Education (learning)

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Animoto Downloads


Animoto has finally come out with their download feature! You can now download your Animoto videos to your own computer in the .MP4 (H.264 QuickTime) format and you are free to use them wherever you want. I have been waiting for Animoto to announce this feature ever since I started playing around with their new-age slideshow technology back in September. It really is amazing, you simply upload any number of photos and pick a song… Animoto will then start developing your custom video slideshow for you and then send you an email when the video is done processing. The video effects and transitions are top-notch and you never get the same results twice! Also, with this new download feature, you are able to take your video and upload it to other various video sharing websites like YouTube. Or, you can just watch it on your computer, iPhone, etc… to show off to family and friends.

Nice work Animoto. Keep the new features coming!

Get Quality Video on YouTube


To follow up on my previous article on how to make a video slideshow using Movie Maker, this short article will provide help to those who are uploading their videos to YouTube and wanting better quality in the final web version.. (more…)

Animoto Killed the Slideshow


Animoto ScreenshotFounded by former MTV, Comedy Central and ABC studio producers… New York start-up, Animoto was launched a few weeks ago. The service it provides puts PowerPoint to shame and could potentially end the way you look at video slide-shows forever!

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Live Traffic Info & Cams


Alkemis LogoWow, I was really impressed when I came across this website. Although a little slow to load at first, it is a wonderfull mashup of API’s that are available for anyone to use. It includes Google’s Traffic reporting, Yahoo!’s Traffic info, and much more… (more…)