Chapter 7. From Camcorder to YouTube
In This Chapter
Recording video
Capturing video
Optimizing video for YouTube
Understanding digital video
Creating movies
If you create your YouTube videos with a camcorder (or a digital camera that can capture video) this chapter's for you. In this chapter, we show you tips and techniques to capture clean video with your camcorder. We also cover the blatantly obvious, like pressing the record button when you're finished recording a scene. But that's only half the equation. After you create a video, you have to get it into your computer and then repurpose it into a format that you can upload to the Tube. We show you which video formats can be uploaded to the Tube and give you a smattering of information, such as frame rates, codecs, and other terms. Not to worry, we don't get overly technical.
We also show you how to capture video from your computer applications. If you're an instructor or have a YouTube Guru account, you capture video to show other Tubers how to use the application. Of course, this is the carrot you dangle to get Tubers to your Web site and then turn them into clients. Other topics of discussion include optimizing video for the Tube and then uploading it.
Recording the Perfect Video
If you've surfed the Tube for a while, you've seen your share of bad videos. Nothing is worse than trying to watch a movie that looks like it was shot by a cat wired on catnip. You know what we're talking about: zooming in too quickly, panning from side to ...
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