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Help & Info about ElfYourself for web-apps

  • What is ElfYourself for Web Apps?

    ElfYourself for Web Apps is a fun tool that allows you to transform yourself and your friends into dancing elves. With ElfYourself, you can place your face or someone else's into an onscreen elf, ready to ring in the festive season with song and dance.
  • How does ElfYourself integrate augmented reality?

    Yes, the current version of ElfYourself makes use of augmented reality. This means that, in addition to the pre-created backdrops, you will be able to place your elf characters into real-life video backdrops such as your neighbourhood.
  • Can the dances be customised?

    The dances themselves use pre-recorded footage and so the user cannot upload their own dances. However, the app does provide a range of different dances to choose from, meaning that the app has plenty of variety on this front.
  • Can the app be used for greetings cards?

    Yes, this is one of the main draws of ElfYourself for Web Apps: using it, you will be able to create digital greetings cards featuring your customised dance videos. It is also easy to print out still images of your elf creations for physical greetings cards.
  • Does ElfYourself cover celebrations besides Christmas?

    ElfYourself is not limited to Christmas and aims to represent a wide variety in terms of holiday cheer. The app has introduced a Hannukah dance, for one thing, and many of the songs and dances are generic and not pinned to any particular celebration.
  • Is the website active all year round?

    No. Because of its seasonal focus, the official website spends much of the year inactive. However, even when it is in an inactive state, the site features a timer counting down to its next launch along with an option for users to sign up to a newsletter and receive updates.
  • What is Elf Madness?

    Elf Madness is a very similar app provided by the animation website Jib Jab. As both Elf Madness and ElfYourself allow users to place photographic faces onto dancing elves, the two are sometimes confused, although they are not the same app.
  • Can ElfYourself be used with social media?

    Yes, ElfYourself owes a large portion of its widespread appeal to how easy it is to share your creations through social media. It is particularly suited to being used in conjunction with Facebook: as well as a means of sharing videos, Facebook allows you a quick and easy way of obtaining your friends' photos.
  • What awards have been won by ElfYourself?

    ElfYourself has won a number of awards. In 2007 it won the the RACie award (handed out by the Retail Advertising and Marketing Association) for Interactive Online Campaign. It won a further five awards in 2008 including another RACie, an SXSW Award for Web Amusement, and three Ad:Tech Awards.
  • Can photos from a camera be imported directly into ElfYourself?

    Yes, ElfYourself's image import function is designed so that it can use photos directly from your camera. It is also possible to import photos from your Facebook friends list.

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