How to Film Videos with a Video Camera and Put Them on YouTube

Think about what you want to record., Video the material you want to share., Remember, videos uploaded through YouTube's Single File Uploader have to be under 2GB., Optimise the video for YouTube., Consider converting if you have a source .wmv in...

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Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Step 1: Think about what you want to record.

    Make a plan if it's a creative piece or have your camera ready for current events or reality video taping.

    Before you want to tape yourself/something else, you will want to have a good idea.

    Something that people will actually look at.

    Think about what the consumer wants; maybe making fun of something that happened the other day, or maybe you caught something truly amazing on tape, like an earthquake or something, or you can just inform people about a disease.

    The possibilities list is endless.
  2. Step 2: Video the material you want to share.

    Make sure your voice isn't drowning out the subject's if you aren't self-video recording.

    If you didn't shoot the footage yet, buy a video camera and work your concept you thought of before, out.

    If you already have the footage, Go to step 4, if not, get your camera.

    Read the manual, or if you already understand it, go and video tape your idea.

    When you are shooting the footage, make sure you are not shooting against light etc.

    Make sure you have enough lighting to capture clear images.

    As soon as you have your footage, connect your camera with a computer, and open the tape in a program for movie editing; Windows Movie Maker is a good example for that, it's free and its on any Windows PC (if it's a legal copy), if you have Mac, there's plenty of other fish (free software) in the sea.

    Again, read the readme, implemented with your software package.

    If you want/need to adjust anything.

    Do it now. , There is a 15-minute length limit for all videos. , YouTube accepts a wide range of video file formats such as .WMV, .AVI, .MOV, and .MPG transferred from most digital cameras, camcorders, and cell phones. ,, YouTube recommend the following settings:
    MPEG4 (Divx, Xvid) format x480 resolution (* most updated recommendation) MP3 audio frames per second ,, If you do not have an account there yet, register one.

    The accounts are free. , Watch as the view counter rolls up.

    Have fun.
  3. Step 3: Remember

  4. Step 4: videos uploaded through YouTube's Single File Uploader have to be under 2GB.

  5. Step 5: Optimise the video for YouTube.

  6. Step 6: Consider converting if you have a source .wmv in high bitrate and larger resolution you may want to convert to MPEG4 at full resolution and then resizing to 320x240 using a high quality resizing algorithm - this can help reduce the number of artifacts you end up with.

  7. Step 7: Verify your settings for easier YouTube uploading.

  8. Step 8: Resize your video to these specifications before uploading will help your videos look better on YouTube.

  9. Step 9: Go to Youtube.

  10. Step 10: Upload your video

  11. Step 11: select the right keywords

  12. Step 12: so the people will find your video.

Detailed Guide

Make a plan if it's a creative piece or have your camera ready for current events or reality video taping.

Before you want to tape yourself/something else, you will want to have a good idea.

Something that people will actually look at.

Think about what the consumer wants; maybe making fun of something that happened the other day, or maybe you caught something truly amazing on tape, like an earthquake or something, or you can just inform people about a disease.

The possibilities list is endless.

Make sure your voice isn't drowning out the subject's if you aren't self-video recording.

If you didn't shoot the footage yet, buy a video camera and work your concept you thought of before, out.

If you already have the footage, Go to step 4, if not, get your camera.

Read the manual, or if you already understand it, go and video tape your idea.

When you are shooting the footage, make sure you are not shooting against light etc.

Make sure you have enough lighting to capture clear images.

As soon as you have your footage, connect your camera with a computer, and open the tape in a program for movie editing; Windows Movie Maker is a good example for that, it's free and its on any Windows PC (if it's a legal copy), if you have Mac, there's plenty of other fish (free software) in the sea.

Again, read the readme, implemented with your software package.

If you want/need to adjust anything.

Do it now. , There is a 15-minute length limit for all videos. , YouTube accepts a wide range of video file formats such as .WMV, .AVI, .MOV, and .MPG transferred from most digital cameras, camcorders, and cell phones. ,, YouTube recommend the following settings:
MPEG4 (Divx, Xvid) format x480 resolution (* most updated recommendation) MP3 audio frames per second ,, If you do not have an account there yet, register one.

The accounts are free. , Watch as the view counter rolls up.

Have fun.

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