Every youth minister I have talked to has wanted to do more video then they had the capacity for. Good quality video production takes money, talent, resources and technology. Most of us don’t have the equipment that it takes to produce video in Hollywood quality, and even fewer of us have the eye for good editing. True, it is much easier to do today than it was ten years ago, but the video club is still pretty exculsive.


It is that fact that has opened the door for Internet applications like Animoto. It requires no video skills, or technical knowledge to create a high quality promotional or illustration video with Animoto. All you need is pictures, and music. I think we all have those two things. The greatest part is that this Internet Technology (like so many of them these days) is FREE. Just upload your pictures, upload your music and Animoto does the rest. Your Hollywood quality video sideshow will be ready to download in under ten minutes. A lot of the effects and transitions that Animoto uses are very difficult and complicated when working manually with an editor, but Animoto does it all for you.What really blew my mind is that this technology is designed to analyze the tone and rhythm of your music and the subject matter in your pictures so that the editing will match. It’s not just a randomized slideshow creator, this is serious technology.
You can use your video slideshow to promote an upcoming event, report about a missions trip, give announcements, motivate, or even, illustrate your message. It requires a simple registration (everything does these days) and you’ll be creating videos in minutes.