December 30, 2008
Sweeet! Our Life MTV-ized!
Barry made us a sweet video of the best moments of our life in 2008.
Wow, it sure brings up some amazing memories… and I end up with tears every time I watch it! Not just for the memories (good and bittersweet, like seeing our wedding, which is one of the happiest days of my life so far, and Mercury, my special cat who is no longer with us)… but also for the fact that I have a man who would make such a beautiful keepsake for us:
As for the tool he used — that you can also use yourself to create something that cool (yes, really, and just using pictures from your hard drive) — it’s called Animoto.
Now, we’ve mentioned a similar tool in the past called OneTrueMedia. Both have free and paid options, and we opted for paid with both because of the premium features.
But while OneTrueMedia lets you add video clips and do more editing (like fading the music in and out around the audio on your own video), only Animoto does these highly professional-looking fades, pans, wipes, zooms, and cool edits so that you can look like an MTV producer even if you know nothing about editing… and all with just your digital photographs.
In fact, Animoto was started by former producers from MTV and ABC.
For more on the technical aspects of using this tool, check out Barry’s comprehensive review on the LWL Worldwide blog (it’s our LWL Tool #8).
As for why you’d want to make this kind of video for yourself (the metaphysical, rather than the physical, side of the story)…
