I should have started out by saying you'll either love or hate Animoto. I'm having a lot of fun with it.
This is definitely not about fine photography. It's about using your pictures to generate something for fun. Eye-candy to satisfy the short-attention-span set. My 80 year old mother would hate it. She wants to stare at every photo for a long time. My 24 year old daughter thinks it's the newest hotness. She grew up on fast paced stuff like this. I created another short video from about 75 images taken at neighborhood holiday get-togethers and other parties over the last several years. The video is just under two minutes. They loved it. It generated lots of conversation about "old times" and how everyone's looks and hair styles had changed. A similar video from about 50 shots taken at work during a new employee reception has also been very popular. (These are not publicly posted to respect the privacy of the folks in the photos.) These videos are more on the animated scrap book, music video end of the scale and are about as far from fine art as you can get. See you later, gs <http://georgesphotos.net> On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 10:23 AM, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do I put this gently. I can't. That is by far the most annoying > way to view good images that I have ever seen. For me it would make bad > images even worse as I would be spending all of my time looking at the > effects and ignoring the content. If you're a good photographer you > don't need it, if you do, you should sell all your expensive gear and > buy a P&S, the simpler the better. Only take pictures of the kids and > your pets to show the family, because they're the only ones who'll > bother to look at your work. > > > George Sinos wrote: > > Video every so often.... > > > > I heard about the Animoto service on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] podcast. It's a > > simple way to make highly animated videos from your images. > > > > Here are a couple of short samples on my blog > > <http://georgesweblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/animoto-end-of-slide-show.html>. > > > > It's interesting to see the slides and special effects change with the > > rhythm of the music. > > > > You can generate 30 second samples for free. Longer videos are $2 > > each. If you get hooked, the all-you-can-eat plan is $30/year. > > > > It's really easy to get hooked. DAMHIKT > > > > Oh yeah, they make it very easy to share the videos hosted on their > > site. You can also download them, view them on your computer, load > > them on your video iPod, or upload them to your Smugmug site. They > > also have connections to automatically import from Smugmug, Flickr and > > many other photo hosting sites. > > > > GS > > <http://georgesphotos.net> > > > > > > > -- > Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... > -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
