How to Upload Videos to YouTube Using IMovie

These instructions are designed to teach you how to upload high quality videos from iMovie HD 7 to YouTube. Go to this link for complete video instructions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoDsUeqk2bc

Step 1: Prerequisites

• You have transferred the video files from your camera to the computer

• You have created a YouTube account

• iMovie HD 7 is installed on your Mac OSX 10.6 computer

Step 2: Importing Raw Video Into IMovie HD 7

1. Open iMovie

2. Click on Create New Project

3. Title your project

• Under video format select DV Widescreen

4. Click create

5. Open the folder containing the raw video using a Finder window

• Drag the file(s) into one of the gray tiles on the right side of the iMovie interface

Step 3: Creating Your .MOV Output File

Titling your movie

1. Click on the editing option on the bottom right of the iMovie window

2. Click on the Titles box on the top right of the iMovie window

3. Choose a title appearance from the dialog box

4. Type your title into the text box

5. Click add located below the text box

Step 4: Sequencing the Raw Videos

1. Click on the clips button

2. Drag clips into the time line box in the desired order

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Step 5: Selecting the Video Output Options

1. Click on the share option at the very top of the screen

2. Select quicktime from the drop down menu

3. Select Expert Setting from the Compress Movie drop-down menu

4. Click Share

5. Click on options in the Save exported file as. .. box

6. Click settings under the video menu

    • Set compression type to H.264

    • Set frame rate to 30

    • Set key frames to every 30 frames

    • Set data rate to Restrict to 5000kbits /sec

    • Set optimization for streaming

    • Click ok

7. Click Size under the video menu

    • Select 1280x720 HD

    • Check the deinterlace source video box

    • Click ok

8. Click settings under the sound menu

    • Set format to AAC

    • Set channels to stereo

    • Set rate to 44.100 kHZ

    • Click on Show advanced settings

    • Set quality to normal

    • Set encoding strategy to average bit rate

    • Set target bit rate to320 kbps

    • Click ok

9. Click ok under the movie settings menu

10. Click on save under the save exported file box to start exporting raw video

Step 6: Importing Video to YouTube

1. Log into your YouTube account

2. Select upload at the top right corner

3. Click on upload video

4. Open a Finder window containing the newly created .MOV video

5. Drag .MOV video to the dashed rectangle on Youtube upload screen

6. Click ok

7. Select desired settings under the video information and privacy setting boxes

8. Click save changes below the license selection boxes

9. Copy the URL listed under sharing options

10. Open a new browser window and paste the URL into it