Millions of people each day visit YouTube to watch music videos, movie trailers, television show clips, funny videos, and more! The Google community allows for any user, commercial or non-commercial, to upload any video that complies with their Terms of Services(TOS). This feasibility of access allows for a wide variety of videos and clips on the website, along with a ridiculous amount of traffic. Whether you are interested in just uploading a couple funny videos of your Aunt and Uncle singing along to Justin Bieber, or professional grade music videos of your best friend’s underground hip hop music, then it is in your best interest to understand how to create and upload videos. “How To Make YouTube Videos” is a question that should be answered.
    For anybody running Windows Software, Windows Movie Maker or Windows Live Movie Maker is most likely your best open source option. There are many video editing tools and softwares available for purchase, but for the purpose of this article, we are going to assume you will be using WLMM or WMM. For anybody running a Mac Computer, your computer usually comes pre-installed with a Apple’s “Movie Maker” Video Editing Application/ Tool. No matter what software you are running, creating a video or clip to upload to YouTube is very easy.
    A lot of novice photographers and recorders enjoy taking pictures and videos throughout the day. One of the greatest places to showcase your artwork just so happens to be YouTube. A quick slideshow by placing each image for a desired period of time one after the other can attract the attention of millions via the internet. Or, a funny video you recorded of your cat, might just go viral. To begin editing your video, first upload it from your recording device or camera to your computer. You may need to change the format of the video to be accepted by your specific editing software. After it is uploaded, certain effects may be added to your video. These may include black and white, extra sounds, and other “special” effects.
    If you are looking to make a music video, or just looking to upload a song, the first thing you are going to need is a quality song or recording. Although other file types are accepted by most video editing software, I would recommend using mp3 files only. They tend to be the standard, and usually are very easy to clean up if necessary. If you are looking to specifically edit your audio or music files, I suggest downloading Audacity, or another free audio editing software. Finally, you are going to need to choose between using a video clip, a static image, or combination of the two for your music video. When using a static picture or video, be sure to size your image/video to the audio, or else you will end up with an empty screen during the end of the music video. If you would like to insert a title or credits, all you have to do is insert an image with the title/credits at the appropriate time.
    With the wide popularity of YouTube and the internet these days, virtually anyone has can upload their own video or clip for profit, advertising, or pleasure! Internet Marketers, novice photographers, and amateur film artists have been uploading videos to the internet for years to market their products, artwork, and services. Whether your interested in making your next million, or just hope to make people laugh at your videos, you can’t afford NOT to have your video on YouTube.