Things you need
- Media for your video - This could be anything from a video recording, webcam recording, stock video, just some video that you shot on your phone or camcorder, photos, slides, collages, animation clips, or a mix of any of the stated options.
- A Video Editor - An intuitive, easy to use video editing software (Download VideoPad, an award-winning video editor, which now has an exciting new feature - 360 editing)
Now let's get started
Step 1
Import your media into Video Editing Software. If the media is already a video, you can upload it to YouTube as is, but it's always a good practice to clean up the video to make it sharp, crisp, and web-friendly before upload. Also, to make it more visually appealing by adding stunning video transitions and effects.
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| VideoPad - Add Media |
Step 2
Once you import your footage, the next step is to make it more exciting by editing the various media pieces together so it plays like a movie.
You may want to do one or more of the following
- Adjust the resolution - For an HD video, 1280*720 is a good resolution to work with whereas for places where you want to load the video quickly you may want to opt for a lower resolution.
- Edit Clip Speed - Get rid of unnecessary frames, play the video slower where more detail and emphasis is required.
- Add Transitions and Effects - Apply transitions when switching from frame to frame, add effects for a professional touch.
- Content Frames - If you plan to divide your video into different sections then adding content frames is a good idea, it lets the viewer know what the next part of the video is all about.
- Add background score, audio recording, music, commentary, or narration to your video.
- Overlay text for captions and movie credits
You can find tutorials for adding media, effects, changing clip speeds, adding a logo or watermark, and adding text to your video here: https://www.nchsoftware.com/videopad/tutorial.html?ref=blog
Step 3
Take a final look at the To-be YouTube video and enhance it - fine-tune colors and visual effects, slow down, speed up or reverse video clip playback, reduce camera shakes. Make sure you get the same experience as you get while watching a movie.
Step 4
Export your video to YouTube, some video editors let you export the video directly to YouTube if you have connected the account already.
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| VideoPad - Export Video |
Otherwise, you can just save the video in the best-suited format - a format that is accepted by Youtube and one which is lossless.
Step 5
Log into your YouTube account and upload the video. Optimize the video for YouTube and the web by adding notations, annotations, and captions. You can also add a transcript that appears below the YouTube video as well.
Now you are all set to show the world your movie-making skills - Go ahead and share it with the world using FB, Instagram or share the YouTube link on other sites.
Wasn't that EASY ... :)
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