New York, NY, March 12, 2008 - Animoto (
animoto.com), the web application that
lets users easily create personalized, professional-quality music videos
from their own photos and music, today announced that users can now export
their full-length Animoto videos directly to YouTube, the leading online
video community that allows people to discover, watch and share originally
created videos. Animoto uses high-end motion design and music-analyzing
technology to make it easy for users to automatically produce dynamic
videos, which can now be uploaded to YouTube with a click of a button.
"Animoto's relationship with YouTube is particularly exciting since the
integration will finally make uploading video content to YouTube accessible
to people who only have digital photos but still want to contribute
professional-looking video content to the YouTube community," said Brad
Jefferson, CEO and Co-founder of Animoto. "And there's no bigger stage to
showoff your prized Animoto videos to the world than YouTube."
To export a full-length Animoto video to YouTube, an Animoto user
clicks the 'Export to YouTube' button below their selected video. After
entering YouTube-specific descriptions and tags and clicking 'Export,' the
video appears on YouTube a few minutes later under the user's profile.
The integration is made possible by the new upload and write
functionality released in the YouTube API today. It is one of the growing
number of video sharing features found on the Animoto.com site, including
the ability to email to friends, embed on social networking sites and
synchronize to mobile devices like the iPhone.
The heart of Animoto is its Cinematic Artificial Intelligence
technology that thinks like an actual director and editor using the same
sophisticated post-production skills & techniques that are used in
television and film. The technology takes into account every nuance of a
song -- the genre, song structure, energy, rhythm, instrumentation, and
vocals. No two videos are the same. Even videos generated with an identical
set of images and music will each have a completely distinct set of motion
design.
About Animoto
The founders of Animoto Productions include veterans of the
entertainment industry who share a passion for helping people better share
their stories and express themselves through online media by innovating
technologies in the field of video production. Animoto Productions won the
2008 SXSW Web Award in the "Film/TV" category. Founded in August 2006,
Animoto Productions is based in New York City with an office in San
Francisco.
Additional Information
Press Kit:
http://biz.animoto.com/presskit.html
Animoto explained in 60 seconds:
http://animoto.com/learn_more
The Buzz around Animoto:
http://biz.animoto.com/thebuzz.html
The Blog from the guys:
http://blog.animoto.com
