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I made a little video for the promotion of my book ‘5 Pillars of the Gypsy’ through Animoto.com
Good news is … It was free. I was able to upload photos from Facebook that I had previously posted which saved me from opening another account for photos of my art.
Bad news is creative control is minimal and maximum length is 30 seconds and photos uploaded can’t be from your computer picture files.
Good news it was easy and I was able to export it to YouTube which I needed to do as the ’embed’ code didn’t work here on WordPress.
Very often these days, I have found the need for a quick video so I was pretty happy not to have had to spend any more money on this part of my book promotion!
Honest input is welcome – but be gentle 🙂 thanks, Lesley
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Excellent video – gets the message across in a colourful, simple and entrancing way – well done Lesley…
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Thanks for the vote of confidence, John. It was easy and quick enough to do that I am going to redo it to see if some of that purple disappears.
For your mention though, I will keep the same music and format.
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I look forward to seeing the next version, although I quite like purple…
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I am still at your blog, now I going to check your books at amazon 😉
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😀 thanks Doris. So happy our paths crossed today. We have many similarities. When will you do an Animoto of your art?
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will try it soon looks amazing!
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So where do I sign up? I am enamored with this Les. More more…
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Funny! Just head to the Animoto site (click ‘Make a video’ above) and sign up. It really is fun and has lots of uses. Enjoy enjoy …
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So impressive – thought the artwork was absolutely beautiful – what a talented girl you are…
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Creativity saved my life (no doubt) – thanks 🙂
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Well done, Lesley! Love the pictures you posted on the video!
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Thanks 🙂 The colours were not replicated – all had a purple tinge showing. (They are pieces of mine and can be found with about 25 other pieces in my book)
It is a bit off putting for me because I rarely use purple in my art!
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Wow! They were not replicated and 25 other pieces… That is awesome!
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🙂 merci – I have been trying to tell everyone 😀 but I am not the best at self promotion ! (really laughing out loud Amy)
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Hi, Les. Thank you for sharing about Animoto. I have viewed another by someone just recently but cannot remember just who it was. Too much to keep up with these day:>) Really looks good, especially the artwork. Did you have to furnish your own music or is that part of the package?
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Hi Sharla – you are able to pick your music and back ground from their selections. Thanks – but very simple to do. I try with MovieMaker and it was much more complex. This is limited though to 30 seconds. For $5.00 you can write your own ticket!
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I did one too and have to do some more. It is fun and a good way to promote your book free too. 🙂
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Oh, I was thinking about doing one for my other books too – particularly All I Want for Christmas is a Wishmas Tree – since Christmas is round the corner. I will get to it also but perhaps use some hand written pages with 1-4 words on them for the photos as well as some of the illustrations.
So much to do – so little time!!
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