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Make Better Video for YouTube

Welcome to Videomaker! Below are our favorite tips and techniques selected from the past 20 years of the magazine. Use these articles and resources to help transform your creative idea into a professional looking, polished video that will get you noticed on YouTube.

Making Better Video for YouTube

Uploading, formats, compression and downloads

  • Step By Step. Everybody's jumping on the YouTube bandwagon, from cats and kids to vacation travelers and pros. It's fun and it's easy. Here are some quick tips to getting started.
  • Video Compression for Youtube. A Step-by-Step Guide

Camcorder Techniques

The Fundamentals of Cinematography

Video Editing

Putting it all Together

  • The Kindest Cut of All. In the beginning, there was the cut. The usual editing conventions dictate that most of your transitions should be cuts. Let's step away from the transitions palette for a while.
  • Aesthetics of Editing. Editing is an important part of making video. But the best edits are those that the audience doesn't even notice.

Pre-Production

Planning tools to save time, money and aggravation

Video Production Techniques

Tricks of the trade-Lighting/Audio

  • Do the Light Thing. An informational buyer's guide helping you choose and use the best type of lighting for your productions
  • Matchmaker. The audio world is full of connectors. Big, small, short and long, these essential items have vexed video producers for years.