- The Buzz Around Animoto -

What the press is saying...

"In a word, they look nothing short of terrific."

- Jefferson Graham, USA Today

"As a video producer in a former life, I was honestly blown away at the quality of the video produced."

- Michelle Maltais, Los Angeles Times

"Supercharged videos more akin to music videos than slideshows."

- Jamin Brophy-Warren, Wallstreet Journal
"Buzzwatch: Chart Climbers"

"We are unabashed fans of this do-one-thing-very-right service."

"Animoto makes a perfect product perfecter. I have a crush on Animoto."

- Michael Arrington, TechCrunch

"Animoto Rocks."

- Erick Schonfeld, TechCrunch

"At this year's Interactive Conference [SXSW], exhibitors from Facebook to Animoto will vie for the kind of buzz that Twitter earned last year."

- Catherine Holahan & Spencer E. Ante,
Business Week

"A vivid example of cloud [computing] power."

- Michael Fitzgerald, The New York Times

"This site is a humdinger, a real winner."

- Kate Russell, Click

"It's not just any ol' video... [it's] digital photos presented as a very compelling movie with music."

- Chris Pirillo, Technology Tips, CNN.com

"Everyone from teachers trying to get their students attention to grandparents showing of their grandbabies use Animoto."

- Peter Barnes, Fox Business

"If you want to be ahead of the curve, the latest and greatest online photo technology is Animoto... You'll love Animoto."

- Jeanine Edwards, InStyle

"The final results are very impressive."

- Ken Denmead, Wired

"Sit back for a few minutes and let Animoto work its magic. You end up with a polished finished product."

- Kyle Monson, PC Magazine

"A superior slideshow."

- Norie Quintos, National Geographic

"It's the first online service that's brought a smile to my face in a long time."

- Jennifer Woodard Madezao, PBS

"Easy to use, and the result is well worth the small effort."

- Mark Sullivan, PC World

"Taking photo sharing into the 21st century ... promises to usher in a whole new age of video-making."

- Sara Wilson, Entrepreneur

"Try animoto.com, and you'll see what I mean about video creation being easy."

- Jon Rognerud, Entrepreneur

"You get an engaging experience – a more sophisticated offering."

- Eric Eldon, Venturebeat

"Turn photos into artsy music videos using artificial intelligence."

- Special Report, The Economist

"It's like tossing a bunch of steel, glass and leather into a box, shaking it up and then opening the box to find a brand new Ferrari."

- EMorton, G4TV, Attack of the Show

"Put your laptop out, hit play, and get ready for your close-up!"

- Seventeen Magazine

"Adios boring pics... Hola jamming music vid!"

- Maria Sansone, Yahoo! TV The 9

"Easily make a wedding video your friends and family will actually want to watch."

- Lauren DeCarlo, Modern Bride

"The site does the rest, synchronizing the photos and music into a sharable video."

- Denise Schipani, Woman's Day

"The result... a video that's movie-trailer quality."

- Gina Trapani, Women's Health Magazine

"Upload photos of you and your valentine then add a song. The site will send a video straight to your beloved's in-box."

- Oprah Magazine

"Animoto is definitely a slick, fun, easy way to compile your photos into energetic videos."

- Harrison Hoffman, CNET

"Animoto makes the grade for offering a service that turns people with zero artistic ability into animation rockstars."

- Dennis Howlettn, ZDNet

"The result is a more emotive experience."

- Eric Eldon, VentureBeat

"Pretty remarkable... Like snowflakes, no two videos are the same."

- Tam Vo, VentureBeat

"Animoto will make any Joe look like a Hollywood Producer."

- Alana Taylor, Mashable

"Animoto helps you create fun, personalize and professional-quality music videos showing off your most treasured memories. It's so easy!."

"Now kids can make videos using their latest digital photos."

- Stephanie Emma Pfeffer, Family Circle

"A site we love. At Animoto you can create a very cool music video."

- Ned Matura, Parenting Magazine

"You can create high-tech videos with zero tech skills."

- Lora Shinn, Pregnancy Magazine

"Now, even a Luddite can create a sappy, personalized slideshow for their loved one on Valentine's Day."

- Joan R. Magee, Conde Naste Portfolio

"Upload your pictures... and choose a song! You press a button, and voila -- a high quality video!"

"A couple years ago, it seemed cool to be able to put your photos online and invite your friends to see a little slideshow. Animoto is about to make that scene positively old school."

- Antonio Neves, hotnews.tv

"Animoto belongs in its own category, maybe labeled as 'Wow' or 'Just too cool'."

- Allan Hoffman, Star-Ledger

"The coolest thing I've seen all month... a pretty kick-ass website."

- Jenny Lawson, Good Mom / Bad Mom

"Wickedly slick... MTV-worthy."

- Steve Tilley, The Toronto Sun

"Visually stimulating and emotionally impacting."

- Carly Felton, The Sunday Paper

"It seriously looks as good as some music videos you might see on MTV."

- John Sanders, KMBC 9 News

- Randy Salas, McClatchy-Tribune

"What's extra-clever about [the Facebook app] is that it integrates with Facebook's photo tagging features, and when you include a photo of a Facebook friend in a video you make, they get an alert."

- Rafe Needleman, Webware

"You may have seen websites that allow you to upload your photos and create moving, musical video slideshows. I've never see a site doing it as well as this one, however."

- John, WBAL Web Trends

"If you've seen a lot of these photo slideshows... no one does it better than Animoto. It's really hot and stylish."

- Brian Tong, CNET

"Hit 'go'... and it churns out your synchronized, edited, special-effects-laden music video... All automatic, all painless."

- Scott McGrew, NBC11 Tech Now!

"If you're not going to get a gift this year, you can still give a card with a personal touch."

- Kevin Durawa, KXTV/News10

"There are dozens of sites around the web that allow you to turn those digital memories into cool slideshows. But Animoto.com makes those sites into the online equivalent of a Polaroid."

- Justin Piehowski, KSTP ABC