Add Links And Chapters To YouTube Videos - The Reel Web Creator Tip #22
There are several services that let you customize the YouTube player's embed code and the actual YouTube player itself. This week for our Creator's Tip we give you a look at five such services, all varying in levels of complexity and different options that they provide. One of the services we cover this week lets ...
How To Make Interactive Videos With YouTube Annotations - The Reel Web Creator Tip Number Whatever (21)
This week we answer a viewer's question about how to make your videos interactive with pop-up videos, subscription links, clickable videos and such. First, create your video with whatever text, image, or video clip you want to be clickable in your video. Then, after it's uploaded to YouTube, go to add those annotations respectively. I ...
YouTube Trends: Past Performance Is Not Indicative Of Future Results
Last week, I wrote, “It’s almost December and it’s fairly easy to predict what’s going to happen next month. Everyone from the Official YouTube Blog to the Meme Machine to Visible Measures will take a look at the top YouTube trends in 2011.” I added, “If what’s past is prologue, then ‘YouTube's New Year Countdown,’ ...
How To Easily Create Subtitles & Captions For YouTube SEO - Reel Video Producer Tips #15
Adding subtitles and captions to your videos on YouTube can greatly influence their ranking in search engines. It's one of the best search engine optimizations you can do to increase viewership, gain an audience, and give your videos more exposure. Plus, when you have transcription files in multiple languages, it causes YouTube to feature and ...
How To Make A Video Website From Your YouTube Channel - The Reel Web #13
This week we look at the recent news of the online video world and highlight a lot of statistics that have come up regarding online video usage, views, and consumptions. These statistics show that, if you're thinking about getting into online video, now is the time to do so before it completely takes off without ...
Camtasia Studio 7 Video Editing & Screencasting Software Review
Video is becoming such an important part of web content that we're seeing individuals and groups of all skill levels jumping into video creation and video marketing. So while Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere Pro may be dominant video editing software choices for professionals, there are millions and millions of new video producers who ...
Using YouTube Annotations To Create A Call To Action - The YouTube Creator Playbook
Annotations are an often overlooked aspect of YouTube videos. They can lead the viewer to a number of actions, whether it's directing them towards other videos you've created or brings attention to a call-to-action such as liking, favoriting, subscribing, or commenting. However the annotations are used, these messages that pop up in the video are ...
The Weekly Online Video News Round Up - Lollipop Edition
Allow me to apologize for the very tardy nature of this online video news round up article. I've been dealing with an unexpected illness, and couldn't get it completed until now. We'll be back on our normal schedule for the article next weekend. Well, last week was yet another big week for online video news, ...
How To Optimize YouTube Thumbnails To Attract Viewers - The YouTube Creator Playbook
Now it's time to get into the mind of a movie poster designer and create images for your video that are appealing to increase the chances of someone clicking on it. Usually, you're going to watch the video and find that compelling image that sums everything up and use that. This is the section of ...
How To Drive Traffic To Your Website From YouTube Marketing - Reel Video Producer Tips #9
If you're a small business, a large business, or just a guy with a blog, using online video can be an effective way to drive traffic to your website from YouTube. In this week's Producer Tip episode, I share 4 ways video producers can use online video to send new visitors to their websites.
How To Use Royalty Free Music Professionally On YouTube
Proper use of music and sound can make or break your video or film production. However, for those who use YouTube in a professional way, using the right type of music in your productions can make all the difference between a happy and a grumpy client.
How To Use YouTube Annotations To Increase Engagement - Reel Video Producer Tips #8
YouTube Annotations are an important tool for any online video producer on YouTube, but many people either don't know how to use them nor use them well. This is not a tutorial on how to create annotations on your videos -- there are plenty of those around on YouTube already. This is a look at ...
How To Change Your YouTube Channel URL - Reel Video Producer Tips #7
This week's Producer Tip shows you how to change your YouTube channel URL! Maybe you're stuck with a channel name you don't really like anymore, but all your videos, views and subscribers are on it already. How can you change your existing channel name to something else on YouTube?
Sound Effects, Freebies, And Film Terms - Film Riot Video Production Tutorials
One of the best aspects of Ryan Connolly's short film Losses is its sound, although when you hear the Film Riot host talk about it, you get the feeling he's not entirely happy with it. Well, that's what professionalism costs you sometimes. You can't be satisfied with passable. Losses was a quickie shoot and the ...
How To Shoot A Fight Scene & Practical Muzzle Flash Effects--Film Riot Video Production Tutorials
Fighting should be an easy thing to capture on film, right? You just get a couple of guys fake punch each other in the face and have them react like a real punch just connected, with heads flying in the opposite direction. Well, it shouldn't surprise you that it takes a whole lot more than ...
