Animoto vs. Loom

I created a video — LibGuides for All.

Tell me what you think of it! It is meant to be a little feel-good introductory video to a website I’m designing for my colleagues to launch a project to make our LibGuides more accessible.

I used Animoto. I’m not sure what I think of Animoto. I have been using Loom a lot for screencasting when creating instructional materials. So, I thought I had better try out a new tool. I am trying to think of why I’d want to use Animoto over Loom. Animoto seems good for stuff you want to try to market. Or perhaps it would be a good way to get someone’s attention at the beginning of  a class. Perhaps it would be best for introducing an idea. I just can’t seem to wrap my head around using it for anything in-depth. Loom seems a bit more personal and I have more control over the pacing and the layout of the slides I’m voicing over. I may just need to play with it a little more…

I think for the website I’ll end up using Loom after all.

Questions for y’all

Gentle reader, which do you like better — Loom or Animoto?

Have you used Animoto for anything more than an introductory material?

P.S. Also, I inserted the “add source” text box for the images I grabbed from unsplash. However, I don’t really see them. Do you? What’s up with that?

Here are the sources for the images — just so they’re acknowledged somewhere!

Photo by Mike Kiev on Unsplash

Photo by Florian Klauer on Unsplash

Photo by Daniel Ali on Unsplash

Photo by Liam Briese on Unsplash