YouTube for Dummies

Sections

Introduction
About This Book
How to Use This Book
Foolish Assumptions
Conventions Used in This Book
How This Book Is Organized
Part I: Curtain Up on Streaming Video
Part II: So Many Videos, So Little Time
Part III: Broadcasting Your Video to the World
Part IV: Famous Final Scene: YouTube for Fun and Profit
Part V: The Part of Tens
Icons Used in This Book
Where to Go from Here
Charting YouTube
Touring the Tube
Finding the Perfect Video
Changing Your YouTube Preferences
Getting to Know Other Tubers
Creating the Perfect YouTube Video
Creating Specialty Accounts
YouTube for the Entrepreneur
YouTube and the Copyright Police
A YouTube Parental Guide
Being a Model YouTube Citizen
Seeking the YouTube Experience
Registration, Please: Creating a YouTube Account
Signing Up with YouTube
Choosing your username
Opening your account
Confirming your e-mail address
Jumping through Security Hoops
Logging in
Getting help if you forget your username or password
Getting help if you can’t log in
Modifying Your YouTube Account
Changing your e-mail address or password
Changing your username
Closing Your Account
Viewing Top Videos
Finding newest videos: The Most Recent page
Browsing most-viewed videos: The Most Viewed page
Browsing top-rated videos: The Top Rated page
Browsing most-discussed videos: The Most Discussed page
Browsing top favorites: The Top Favorites page
Browsing most-linked videos: The Most Linked page
Browsing most-responded videos: The Most Responded page
Browsing Videos by Category
Browsing videos on the Categories page
Power searching categories
Browsing the Autos & Vehicles category
Browsing the Comedy category
Browsing the Entertainment category
Browsing the Film & Animation category
Browsing the Music category
Browsing the News & Politics category
Browsing the People & Blogs category
Browsing the Pets & Animals category
Browsing the Science & Technology category
Browsing the Sports category
Browsing the Travel & Places category
Checking Out the YouTube Channels
Browsing the Channels page
Browsing a channel
Checking Out the YouTube Community Square
Browsing groups
Browsing contests
Getting Info and Help
Viewing your My Account page
Viewing your Viewing History page
Getting answers to general help questions
Getting the 4-1-1 on YouTube
Finding More Than One Way to Search YouTube
Searching YouTube’s Video Vault
Changing Channels
Searching for channels with keywords
Searching for a fellow Tuber’s channel
Indulging Your Special Interests with Groups
Searching through Playlists
Sorting a Search
Sorting by relevance
Sorting by Date Added
Sorting by View Count
Sorting by Rating
Sifting through a Category
Refining Your Search to Target Results
Mixing and matching to find the perfect video
Doing a tag-specific search
Expediting Your Search with Chris and Doug’s Tips and Tricks
Performing a “faux” Boolean search
Using the Podzinger search engine
Saving Your Favorite Videos
Have It Your Way with Your Own Playlist
Creating a QuickList
Creating a playlist
Customizing a playlist
Adding videos to an existing playlist
Channel Surfing
Get Me a Subscription
Subscribing to a channel from the Video page
Subscribing to a channel from a channel
Subscribing to a tag
Communing with a Group
Joining a Group
Creating a Group
What’s Your Preference?
Changing your channel info
Changing your personal info
Changing your location info
Changing your channel URL
Customizing Your Channel’s Look
Networking with Other Tubers
Posting a text comment on a video
Posting a video response
Rating a video
Messaging another Tuber
Joining a group
Starting a group
Sharing Your YouTube Experiences
Creating a list of contacts
Creating a Friends list and a Family list
Creating a customized contact list
Removing a contact from a contact list
Forwarding a link to a video
Sharing a playlist
Weeding Out the Bad Stuff
Flagging a video as inappropriate
Blocking another user from contacting you
Filtering user comments
Recording the Perfect Video
Recording video with a camcorder
Recording video with your digital camera
White balance and other delights
From Source to Desktop
Starting a new project in Movie Maker
Starting a new project in iMovie
Capturing video with Windows Movie Maker
Capturing video with iMovie
Creating your first movie in Movie Maker
Creating a movie in iMovie
Optimizing video for the Tube with Movie Maker
Optimizing video for the Tube with iMovie
Digital Video 101 For Dummies
Understanding frame and pixel aspect ratio
Choosing the right codec
Freeware Applications for Optimizing Video
Super for Windows
Creating Instructional Videos
Choosing capture software
Choosing the right hardware
One Giant Step: Uploading Your Video
Uploading video from your computer
Using Quick Capture
Your Video on the Cutting Floor
Trimming a video clip in Movie Maker
Trimming a video clip in iMovie
Cropping a video clip in iMovie
Adding Panache to Your Videos
Adding pizzazz with transitions
Creating Image Slideshows
Optimizing images for slide shows
Creating a slide show in Movie Maker
Creating a slide show in iMovie
Getting Noticed on YouTube
Tag, my video’s It
A tale of two categories
Promoting your YouTube videos
Creating a Vlog
Creating a specialty account when you first register
Switching your account to a specialty account
Finding Performers on the Tube
YouTube for singers and musicians
Becoming an online music star
YouTube for comedians
YouTube for directors and filmmakers
YouTube for gurus
Promoting Products and Services on YouTube
Infomercials on YouTube
Selling products on YouTube
Creating a Professional Presentation
Adding a Video to an eBay Auction
YouTube + MySpace = YouTopia
What’s acceptable on MySpace
Adding video to our MySpace page
Adding a video to your MySpace blog
YouTube and Other Online Communities
Adding a YouTube video to Friendster
Using YouTube video on a Blogger page
Advertising on YouTube
Understanding the YouTube Community Guidelines
Illegal content: What’s not allowed in your video
Is YouTube really PG-13?
What to do if your video is removed
What to do if YouTube cancels your account
Protecting yourself and your family
Keeping your identity secret
Communicating YouTube safety to teens
Making your video private
Avoiding Problems with Copyright Infringement
Copyright tips part 1: The hard line
Copyright tips part 2: The real deal
Uploading a Video from Your Mobile Phone
Higher Education: Joining Your College’s Private Tube
Embedding YouTube Video in Your Web Site
Auto-Starting a Web Site YouTube Video
Creating a Video HTML E-Mail
Changing Outlook security settings
Sending a YouTube video page via e-mail
Embedding Video in a WordPress Blog
Hacking YouTube
Downloading YouTube videos to your computer
Converting YouTube videos for iPod viewing
The Part of Tens
Choosing a Camcorder
Mastering Your Recording Equipment
Steadying the Camcorder with a Tripod
Creating a Makeshift Studio
Recording Yourself
Creating a Makeshift Dolly
Recording Video from a Car
Creating a Documentary-Style Video
Capture Video with the Highest Quality
Multi-Purposing Your Video
10. Copyrighted Music
9. Nudity
8. Your Personal Identification
7. Your Big Thumb
6. Copyrighted Video
5. Your Spleen
4. Your Worst Enemy
3. The Scene of Your Last Crime
2. Your Death-Defying Acts
1. Roadkill
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