I'm curious what everyone thinks of ANIMOTO for creating videos?
Just signed up for a free account and ran through photos of a conversion van I shot yesterday. Impressions:
-The file upload is amazing. I pointed Safari to the files, they uploaded quickly and without any fuss. Nearly instantly, I'm on to rearranging. eBizAutos, if you're reading, take a look at this!
-On the free version, I can't really reach the last row of images (their upgrade button is blocking them). Irritating, but not a problem if we ponied up and went pro (which, in my mind, would be a logical choice.)
-Might be my file sizes (but I only exported Large!), but the rendering process seems this side of glacial. If I were doing this on a production basis, I'd start this process up before uploading stills to eBiz and upload the videos either right at the end of the day (after all my stills uploading) or first thing the next morning.
-Branding opportunities with the text are highly limited. I'm glad our domain name fits, because Jim Hudson Buick/Pontiac/GMC/Saab sure doesn't! (We'll be under the limit once we're done with Pontiac, though. Anyone want a G6?)
-On a remix, the process seems to move faster. Great for those of us who now know what we're doing.
-At least some video is mandatory if it's going to be awesome, otherwise it's just another slideshow with no robo-voice. That said, I like the ability to get a little more mileage out of our stills.
You can see my second attempt here. I'm not ready to toss our current plan and efforts yet, but this is something to watch. Good find!