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Found this great site for those tired of the simple slideshow. Create video from your pictures to music. You could just use a simple video editor and add a soundtrack but this makes it more interesting. By adding effects, transition and beat and image analysis it creates a unique audio video experience that looks professional. In fact the site was created by a bunch of techies and film producers who . Read More Below...

Animoto is a site that takes music and images and using their patent pending Cinmatic AI as the director/producer produces video. This is QUICK video I created from images from a very bad rainstorm that flooded the creek near my house and shutdown the bridge. I used creative commons music that they offered although I could use music from my computer. Check it out!

It takes about 15 minutes from start to finish to make a 30 second video. This includes fetching the images (in can bulk load images from Picasa, Flikr and a few other sites) and rendering the video. It costs nothing to make a 30 second teaser and $3 for a full length video (the length is based on the number of images and music). You can also opt for a All-Access pass for $30 a year.If you want to spice up the slide show you have for your images with something unique this is the way to go. I usually HATE the slideshows that people put up on video sites with the canned transitions but this is something I can really get into as it actually puts some intelligence behind the images, motion and music. Check it out at http://animoto.com