IMAGES

Images must be in JPEG, GIF, TIFF, or PNG format and no larger than 10MB in size.  Currently, we do not support transparent PNG or animated GIF images.

We recommend that you pre-crop your images to a 4:3 or 3:4 (landscape or portrait) aspect ratio, ideally at a resolution of 1280x960 pixels or higher.  You'll need to have images that are large enough to handle an upgrade in video quality. Try to get your photos to be at least 1MP, which is roughly 1280x960. 2MP is even better (roughly 1600x1200). Anything less in resolution won't look as good and might get cropped.

Lower resolution images will still work, however they may not look as good if you upgrade your video to a higher resolution or view it on DVD. Images not in a 4:3 aspect ratio are still usable, but they may be 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.

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 and ogv.

Video clip uploads are limited to 200 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 DVD quality, 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.