- The Buzz Around Animoto -

What the press is saying...

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

- Jefferson Graham, USA Today

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

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

"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

"Animoto Rocks."

-Erick Schonfeld, TechCrunch

"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

"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

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

- Jennifer Woodard Madezao, PBS

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

- Eric Eldon, Venturebeat

"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

"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

"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

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

- Alana Taylor, Mashable

"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

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

- Stephanie Emma Pfeffer, Family Circle

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

- Lora Shinn, Pregnancy Magazine

"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

"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!

"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