IMAGES

• Supported image formats are JPG, GIF, PNG and TIFF.
• Currently we do not support animated GIFs or transparency.
• The maximum supported filesize is 20Mb.
• Images can be uploaded from your computer or imported from Facebook, Flickr, SmugMug, Photobucket, Picasa or Instagram.
• For the best quality videos, we recommend that images are sized to 1024x768 pixels or greater.
• Lower resolution images may look blurry if you upgrade your video to a higher resolution or view it in full-screen mode.
• 4:3 or 3:4 landscape and portrait aspect ratios produce the best results.
• Images in other aspect ratio's are perfectly usable, however they may appear zoomed out or cropped in the final video.
• If you're wondering what DPI you should use, keep in mind that DPI is only for print, so 1280x720 pixels is enough information. (For instance, a 1024x768 pixel image at 300 dpi will print at roughly 3.5x2.5 inches, and at 100dpi, it will print at roughly 10x7.5 inches. However, the screen ignores all that and just cares about the pixel resolution, the 1024x768 number.)

VIDEO CLIPS

We support quite a few video formats and codecs. However, there are many different video file types that use proprietary encoding formats, so you won't know if we support your particular clip or not until you try uploading. Video captured by some digital cameras and camcorders may require conversion prior to upload.

Here are the file extensions we currently support: MP4, AVI, MOV, QT, 3GP, M4V, MPG, MPEG, MP4V, H264, WMV, MPG4, MOVIE, M4U, FLV, DV, MKV, MJPEG, OGV, MTS, MVI, M2TS.

Video clip uploads are limited to 400 megabytes. This means that we'll be able to accept either longer videos of lower resolution, or shorter videos of higher resolution.

If you're planning on upgrading your Animoto video to HD, we recommend that you size your video clips to at least 1280x720 pixels at 24fps.

Please note: There is a limit of 10 seconds per video clip at a time to ensure that the videos retain a professional feel.

AUDIO CLIPS

• We support upload of your own MP3 files (16 to 360kbps). In addition a selection of licensed music is provided in our music library.
• Maximum filesize is 50Mb.
• Maximum song duration is 20 minutes.
• For uploaded MP3s, we recommend a minimum bitrate of 128kbps and a sampling rate of 44.1kHz.
• DRM protected music such as that purchased from iTunes or Amazon Music Store may not be supported.