iMovieHD to youtube?

victory rose

Hey guys, I wanna thank you guys for always helping me with my random problems in the past and say I'm impressed with how helpful the lot of you are (when some of the other forums here are made up of stinker butts).

anyfart...

I made a 4 minute movie in iMovieHD taking video from my sony handycam (miniDV) and I added one song to it from itunes (my movie).

how can I get this on youtube or anywhere for the masses to see?

Telemachus

So what format is it saved in now? Silly question, but you're on a Mac, yes?

Everywhereasign

http://crunchgear.com/2007/07/16/help-key-how-to-optimize-your-video-for-youtube/

When you export your movie in imovie HD, use the advance options to select something along the lines of,

MOV or AVI file, NTSC 720x480. Personally I prefer to make a big ass file and then let YouTube downsize it. Otherwise it looks like crap. Less compression is better.

I prefer Google myself, I like their uploader.

EggyToast

Yeah, export to .mov and make a big ol' file. Youtube will take most any modern format. Even weird old ones.

victory rose

Telemachus wrote: »

So what format is it saved in now? Silly question, but you're on a Mac, yes?

it just says iMovie project, cant find the format. yea, on a mac

I'll try the export thing today.
thanks for the tips!

victory rose

the only choices I see for export are to quicktime or to iWeb, iPod, email.

Under preferences or advanced I see nothing about .mov (is quicktime .mov?)

Everywhereasign

Yes, Quicktime is .mov

Goto - Export, Quicktime, Select Full Quality or Expert Settings, Click Share

If you selected Expert Settings (what I would do) After you click share you can decide where to put the file. You can also select your options button and open another window.

Here you can select all your compression settings. Goto the link in my first post, they outline exactly what to choose (their pics are even from imovie).

Once you're happy, click okay and wait for a long time. Depending on the length of the movie, it can be pretty big, and take a while to encode.

victory rose

awesome! I think I got it to .mov so I just gotta wait till I get home to but it on google or youtube. I'll link it when I'm done.

thanks guys!

Horus

Apple Announce their iLife update which automatically formats your personal video for your website or youtube. Check it out.

victory rose

wow iLife? i didnt even know i had that...ill check it out

here it is in google vid

comments appreciated

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8062781430411562943

and it will be obvious but keep in mind I have no video editing training whatsoever

Organichu

R&G! I saw them in NYC. Awesome.

victory rose

I was gonna see them here in Dallas but they cancelled the show, lame!