How to Add Music to YouTube Videos

Saturday, December 17, 2011

How to Add Music to YouTube Videos

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Author Resource: Dan O'Connor produces royalty free music you can use in videos at http://www.danosongs.comArticle provided by - Published-Articles.com



YouTube and Google Video are two of the popular websites for video sharing, but there are also a slew of other sites where users can upload videos they create or videos they want to share, such as Metacafe and DailyMotion. Now, how do you go about adding music to the videos you upload to these sites? Read on to learn how you can do this in just several simple steps.

There is a plethora of software out there that can be used to add music to videos, such as Adobe Premiere and Final Cut Pro. But of course, not all users can afford to purchase programs like these, especially as they are geared more toward the professional user. But the regular or casual user need not despair! The good news is that there is a very useful tool that comes free with Windows, with no additional software purchases needed. Windows Movie Maker is a simple video editing application that is installed by default on Windows machines. This tool makes adding music and editing videos a breeze. Just run it and you're good to go!

So how exactly do you add music to a video clip? It's actually pretty simple. Here's a guide to help you get started with adding music to your videos.

Run Windows Movie Maker, and open a new project.
Click File, and then Import into Collections (alternatively, just press "Ctrl+I") to import the media files (videos, music, images).
Once the files are imported, you simply drag them onto the timeline utilized by Movie Maker (at the bottom part of the window).


Using the timeline, users can conveniently add visual effects (such as fade-in effects) to the video, which is located on the "Video" bar.
To add music to the current video, simple drag the appropriate music file to the "Audio/Music" bar. Using the timeline allows the user to adjust when the music will start, or synchronize it with video. You can also set the music fade in or fade out, in addition to setting volume levels (in case you want it to play more in the background)
Users also have the option to add narration to the video, if they have a microphone connected to their system.
Once the music has been added, you simply save the project (usually as a new video file) in the format of your choosing.


YouTube works with a lot of video formats, and some of the most common are .AVI files (which might be the same file type as your source video), although YouTube allows users to upload other popular video file types, such as .WMV, .MOV, MPEG, .MP4, DivX, .FLV, and .OGG files.

Once you have saved the project, you are now ready to upload your new video, with your own choice of music, to the video sharing site of your choice!

Adding music to your YouTube videos and videos for other sites is actually a whole lot simpler than you used to think. With a simple and easy-to-use tool, any Windows user can easily add music to their videos.

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Wedding Videography: How to Make Homemade Wedding Videos

Monday, December 12, 2011

Wedding Videography: How to Make Homemade Wedding Videos

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Have you ever joined a wedding celebration? If you have, then definitely you will agree that this occasion has many wonderful memories. The venue is spectacular, almost dreamy. The food is great. The ceremony is solemn. The reception is a blast. The messages for the newly weds are very warm and touching. The kiss, the dance, the exchanging of vows and the act of marriage itself is very romantic. All these things are worth keeping for, worth remembering and worth documenting.

People nowadays have various ways to keep these memories alive. One is through photos. Second is by remembering. Third is through videos. Among all three, the magic of video has given a different level of making wedding celebration alive, may it be years from now. If you have not hired a professional to do this for you on your wedding day, then you can have someone from the family do it for you with a simple use of camcorder.

A camcorder will do if you do not intend to hire a service to cover your wedding. Although it is a fact that videographers have high tech devices nowadays, but if you cannot afford it, you have your wedding videography done in a traditional way. Any member of the family can do it for you just as long as your equipment can capture a minimum of 30 frames per second.

Once everything is finished, you can actually edit it and add background music or captions to the videos. However, first things first: you have to have a port on your computer to allow you to transfer these files. These ports will allow cable connectors for your camcorders to be attached to the PC so that your computer can recognize the device. If it is a USB connector, then that should not be a problem. However, certain camcorders might require a special video card to be recognized.

The next thing to do is to ensure that you have the installer for your camcorder. This will allow your PC to communicate with your device. They are usually called drivers. If it is not installed in your PC, your PC will automatically request it once it has been recognized by the system. After being installed, you are ready for transferring files.

However, your video outputs may not be as wonderful as professionals do it. Most of them are equipped with software built for editing videos. If you want to have this edge then make sure you have a software that allows you to add music, effects and texts to your home made wedding videography. You can edit it on your own if you think you are well versed when it comes to computer software. Just one more thing, make sure that this software is workable with the type of format your videos have.

Once you have finished doing the editing, you can save it on your hard drive for future viewing. You can do this if you have a lot of space in your computer. You can also save it in CDs or DVDs but just remember it becomes playable in the kind of players that you have at home.

Summary

Do not fret if you have not hired a professional videographer to do the job for you. If you have a personal camcorder and someone who knows how to operate it, you are good to go. However, if you want more for your videos get software and edit them to make them more exciting.

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How to Download YouTube Videos Made Easy

Sunday, December 4, 2011

How to Download YouTube Videos Made Easy

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Author Resource: Jason Bacot. We want you to Download YouTube Videos whenever you want from anywhere in the world, effortlessly. Article provided by - Published-Articles.com



YouTube has become popular with almost anyone who has a computer and access to the internet. Whenever somebody spots a video that makes them laugh, or makes them cry, they usually email the link to friends and family. Some people are so keen on viewing what other people have uploaded to the site that they spend most of their free time downloading and watching videos.

You always know when something has gained mass approval because journalists, presenters and panelists alike will talk about the most popular downloads. The site is very easy to navigate and use, that most primary school children have no trouble in explaining to their parents how to download YouTube videos.

You can access and download YouTube videos in less than a couple of minutes. If you want to watch what the latest celebrity has been up to, just login and see what they have put on their site. If you prefer to laugh at the antics of someone's dog or cat, there are plenty of clips to choose from. No matter what your particular interest, there is bound to be something you think is worth downloading from YouTube.

YouTube has been around for a while now and it seems to become more popular every day. From princes of the realm to out of work teenagers, there are very few people who have not heard of, or used, You Tube. The popularity of a particular clip can be judged by the number of times it has been downloaded and viewed.

Some people prefer to download You Tube videos to watching television or going out with their friends. Even games consoles don't seem to have taken over the minds of people from all over the world in the same way as You Tube has done.

Some people, even famous ones like the singer Lily Allen use You Tube as a sort of video diary. Anyone can tune into these videos and follow the lives and loves of their favorite celebrity.

You could spend all day downloading and watching You Tube videos on not even make the slightest dent in the amount of media content on the site. Kids in school talk about the latest You Tube videos and laugh at class mates who don't know how to download video clips.

You can be sure that if someone sends you a link to a movie or some other video clip that it will be downloaded from YouTube. Whether you live in Europe, Asia or America, the accessibility of the world wide web means that each and everyone who wants to, can download and watch You Tube video clips and movies.

We shouldn't be too surprised at the popularity of YouTube, considering the global interest in the minutiae of other people's lives. Some people will sit there, downloading clip after clip, no matter how mundane some of the contributions are.

The popularity of You Tube is paralleled by the number of viewers who tune into reality television shows such as Celebrity Big Brother, Britain's Got Talent and the innumerable fly on the wall documentaries that seem to dominate some television channels.

The rise of You Tube has only been enabled because of the millions of people in almost every country in the world who have access to a computer and to the world wide web.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: A freelance writer who meticulously structured and maintained blogs just for you:A LIFE SO FAR AWAYand my other blog:OFW: THIS IS MY LIFE AND STORY Thank you for your valuable time. Follow my business & writings and you'll find what life's meant to be.