Camcorder Tips: Uploading Your Video To The Web In 4 Steps
Hey, remember 30 years ago when your dad took home movies on his old 8 mm camera? The whole family would sit together in a darkened room while dad loaded the film on those giant spools, and that choppy old projecter would show summer vacation highlights. Ah, memories.
While those days are long gone, families still share home movies. In fact, home movies are arguably bigger than ever, except now it's filmed with camcorders and shared via the web. If you're struggling with loading your camcorder video to the internet to share with family and friends, here's a step by step guide to simplify the process.
Step One: Upload Your Film To A Video Editing System
When uploading your video into a video editor, you may have to edit or compact it. Keep your end user in mind, as long videos require additional loading time. If you're planning to load your video to YouTube, you're limited to 10 minutes per clip. If you have a lengthy video, another alternative is loading your video as a sequence, or in parts. Bottom line, shorter video loads faster.
Step Two: Determine Your Format
The major video format options for internet video are Quicktime, Windows Media, and Real. Our favorite choice for emailing video to family is Quicktime, because Quicktime is flexible for almost any PC. As for the type of video file, YouTube for example is also quite flexible. File formats like .mpg or .wmv are perfectly acceptable.
Step Three: Compress Your Video And Export
Compressing video is important because you want your video to load quickly and not cause the end user any viewing problems. Be aware, though, that the more you compress your video the worse it becomes in terms of picture quality. It's a good idea to experiment with different sizes, considering the end user as you experiment. YouTube makes things easier on you as it will automatically convert the video according to their specifications.
The best course of action here is to export your video to your PC desktop. You can also set up a folder on your desktop and place all your videos within the folder. Either way, storing video on your desktop makes them easier to find and easier to send.
Step Four: Upload And Email
Uploading video to YouTube is extremely easy. After you set up an account, set your video preference to public or private. Then, add a little information about your video for reference purposes, then select the file from your desktop and choose upload. As for emailing, you can email a video as an attachment if the file is small enough. If it's too large, just send a link to the YouTube page.
That's all there is to it. After filming a few videos on your camcorder and going through these four steps, you'll find it'll only take 3-4 minutes to go through the entire process. You'll be able to share your video creations with anyone, anywhere!
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