Animoto will make you cool.

Animoto is a new-to-me online instant video generation social thingee where you:

1. Add pics, either by uploading from your computer or grabbing from your (for example) Flickr feed.

2. Add music, either commercial MP3s you choose to break all the laws of fair use for, or from their own craptastic selection of Hip Hop, Indie and Shit Rock.

3. Hit ‘Puree’ and let Animoto crank out a video for you based on your choices.

Here’s the result of 5 minutes of picking random images polluting my laptop + a track from the Yeah, Yeah, um, Yeahs:

Apparently, I’m some sort of genius existential pop art film producer. Who knew.

The also offer some kind of premium subscription make full-length features as well as this sort of thirty second masterpiece. Check ‘em out here.