Occasionally I visit Mr. Jeff’s site and find something techie and interesting. Sometimes the content is over my head, but more than a few times, there is an item I understand and is quite fun.

Animoto I found, was right up my alley and easy to use! You grab a few sized photos, upload it to Animoto, set it to music and it creates a slide show with a lot of professional transitions.

In their own words:

Animoto is a web application that automatically generates professionally produced videos using their own patent-pending technology and high-end motion design. Each video is a fully customized orchestration of user-selected images and music. Produced on a widescreen format, Animoto videos have the visual energy of a music video and the emotional impact of a movie trailer.

Since I had a few baby pictures sized and ready in a folder, I uploaded a few of them for a test run:

Have a look: Barb (Early Years)

What I learned is if you plan to use it, make sure you have the very latest version of Flash.
A 30 second video is free, anything longer will be $3 per video or you can opt for a year membership.