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Video Trailer for Crimson & Cream, with some DIY tips . . .

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Video Trailer for Crimson & Cream For all you DIY'ers out there, here's how I made this video for free (i.e., at no cost to me): I used Windows Live Movie Maker software (but any good movie editing software will do). I used CCFinder (free version) to locate online photographs that are free under the Creative Commons (CC) license.  Obviously, you can also use your own art, which I did as well. I used  Photo Pos Pro to edit enhance the images I used (this is an optional step). I selected a song from the excellent composer Kevin MacLeod, who has a large collection of royalty-free CC licensed Music available at Incompetech.com . It takes some trial-and-error to get the music to sync with the photos, but with a little tinkering, it's not too hard.  I spent an evening after work putting this together (roughly 3-4 hours, I would estimate). Basically, all you need is movie editing software and images and music that you can legally use.  I chose Kevin MacL

Fun with Animoto!

Make your own slideshow with music at Animoto.