Animoto, a good start.

Animoto was fun to experiment with. It seemed more like an intro to something more. I can see it being a useful tool for businesses that want a quick intro video for a website or maybe some kind of convention they host. But I am not sure I would pay for something with limited options. As a business, if I needed short videos that often I would most likely look somewhere else to make it more customized. I think though that there is allot more potential with it. I noticed they have added new content.

I found it really easy to move through the video creation process, all the required buttons and options were really easy to see. It didn't take me long to upload sixteen pictures, but the free version only used eight of them. You can add text to the video but there is no options for changing the text type and style. Maybe there is that option in the payed version but I am not sure. I thought it was creative how they show the advertising off to the side while you wait for your video to create instead of having them visible while your going through the creation process. I like the "big" buttons; makes it easier to click, sometimes I wonder why websites make tiny links making it harder to click the right one. I will have to keep my eye on Animoto to see if they progress into something more. Maybe have the option for overlaying text throughout the video.