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How to Create Online Video

A lot of people ask me how I create my cool slide-show style videos. Well.. today I am going to share with you exactly what I use to Create these online videos so that you can too!

I absolutely love a little killer web video service called Animoto. It’s my Video secret weapon. It allows me to load up as many photos as I want in a sort of slide show  fashion and then automatically turns them into a flashy, super cool video with the soundtrack of your choosing.

They have a few different service levels. To create videos that are only 30 seconds long It’s completely FREE! This is how i first started using Animoto. But after awhile I wanted to make them longer… so I upgraded for $30 for the year.(a More then Fair Price) This gives me the ability to create an unlimited number of videos that are longer than 30 seconds…

Once you create your video with the click of a button you can create an instant remix which will render a brand new video mixed completely diffferently. At anytime you can login to your account and change the way it looks, add or delete photos, change the soundtrack, reorder your photos, Add a little bit of text at the end and even One touch Upload to Youtube.

To appreciate the real power of this service though I download the MP4 file so that i can put it into my video editing program, that way I can add text through out the video and personalize it or add some sales copy or just my website.

If you simply download the web ready video file it can be a little bit unclear so what I will do is when I make a video that I really like I will pay Animoto $5 which then allows me the ability to download a high res copy that I can then download and edit for a much cleaner and sharper looking video. I don’t do this for all the videos just the odd one that I really like and want to use for my marketing.

Below I am going to show you the difference between the Low Res and the High Res versions of the same Video.

Animoto Low Res Video Example

Here is the same video after simply downloading and adding some text then re-uploading to Youtube.

and Here is the same Video After I Paid for the High Res. Version, downloaded it, edited and then re-uploaded to Youtube.

As you can see this last video is a MUCH BETTER QUALITY and has a bit of cool text added just for demonstration. Whatever way you decide to use Animoto i trust that it will be a lot of fun and even better enjoyed by your viewers. So head on over to Animoto Now and Create some Cool Videos of your own.