TONY WALTHAM
If you can't wait for Kodak Express outlets here to offer the new services referred to in our front page story once they deploy the new APEX equipment - and if you want an animated video made of a collection of still photographs - then head on over to animoto.com.
"Welcome to the end of slideshows," the beta version of Animoto proclaims, and after you sign up for a free account you can begin to upload pictures. Clearly, it is a good idea to group together some photos with a common theme or mood, and it is a good idea to reduce the file size (you can do this easily with a .JPG file if you "save as" and reduce the "quality"). Saving at 30 per cent quality will give you a file size around 12 per cent of the original, but you'll hardly notice any difference (although you will when you start uploading).
The upload process is simple, press shift and select multiple images, and then sit back until the files are on Animoto's servers. The next step is choosing the music. Click "continue" and you get to "Animoto's collection" or "upload from your computer". Animoto's collection is broken down into seven categories: Indie, electronica, hip hop, singer/songwriter, Latin, jazz and classical. There are between 12 and 20 tracks to choose from in each, mostly little-known artists. Then click "create video" and sit back while Animoto does the work. Check it out: The right images, the right music and Animoto's "magic" can be a powerful combination.
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