How To Make A Video With Animoto – Part 2

Welcome back to part 2 of our easy guide to making a video with Animoto.

See Part 1: How To Make A Video With Animoto

The second option for adding text to your video is to use Animoto’s built-in text feature. You are limited in the number of characters you can use for each line — 20 for the title text and 30 for the sub text, but this option may be easier for you to use than editing the images directly.

You will see an example of this method in the completed video below.

Now let’s put all of this together.

Step 5: Upload the images for your video.

Once you have signed up and signed in, click the “Get Started” button. You will be taken to a page where you can upload your images. If they are stored on your computer as suggested in Part 1, just navigate to that folder, hold down your shift key and select all of the images to be uploaded. I have uploaded 21 images for my example video.

If you have already added text to your images you can proceed to step 7.

Step 6: Add text between your images

At this point, you can use Animoto’s text feature to add text between your images. Just click on the “add text” button at the bottom of the screen, drag the “T” where you want the text to go and fill in your text to the right of the images. You can add as much text as you want.

When you are finished adding your text, click “Continue”.

Step 7: Add some tunes to your video.

Adding a soundtrack to your video is really simple. You can select a soundtrack from Animoto or upload one of your own. I generally prefer a soundtrack that is instrumental only, but choose what ever you like that fits your marketing message. You can hear a sample of each soundtrack and go back and edit it at any time. Try to choose something that compliments the images and message you are trying to create.

Step 8: Finalize your video.

Finally, add a title and description to your video and hit “Create”. This will take a few minutes to render depending on how many images you uploaded and how much text you added.

There You have it. You now know how to make a video with Animoto.

Here is a video I created using Animoto’s text feature.

If you don’t like how the first project turned out or you just want to see a different version you can remix it. You can change the order of the images and text or change the soundtrack until you get a version you like.

What will you do with this video now?

You can upload it directly to YouTube from Animoto. This is a convenient feature and really helps you get up and running fast. I also recommend that you download your video so that you can upload it to other video sharing sites.

If you want to get a great looking marketing video online fast and easy Animoto is the way to go.