YouTube For Dummies

YouTube For Dummies takes the classic Dummies tact in helping tech novices get a handle on a popular technology that more tech-savvy audiences consider "e;simple."e; With so much content on YouTube getting media attention, more first-timers are jumping on the site and they need help. The book also helps the next step audience of users looking to add content to YouTube. Content includes: Watching the Tube - includes getting your PC ready for YouTube viewing, finding video, signing up for an account, and creating favorites. Loading Video to YouTube covers the nuts and bolts of shooting video, transferring it to a PC, editing it, and sending it up to YouTube. Bringing Along YouTube covers the various ways you can use YouTube video in places other than on the site. Includes mobile YouTube and adding videos to your MySpace page or another Web site. I Always Wanted To Direct explores how to use YouTube's directors program to upload longer video, use the site for marketing, or launch your own videoblog.

YouTube For Dummies takes the classic Dummies tact inhelping tech novices get a handle on a popular technology that moretech-savvy audiences consider "simple." With so much content onYouTube getting media attention, more first-timers are jumping onthe site and they need help. The book also helps the next stepaudience of users looking to add content to YouTube. Contentincludes:* Watching the Tube - includes getting your PC ready for YouTubeviewing, finding video, signing up for an account, and creatingfavorites.* Loading Video to YouTube--covers the nuts and bolts ofshooting video, transferring it to a PC, editing it, and sending itup to YouTube.* Bringing Along YouTube--covers the various ways you canuse YouTube video in places other than on the site. Includes mobileYouTube and adding videos to your MySpace page or another Website.* I Always Wanted To Direct--explores how to use YouTube'sdirectors program to upload longer video, use the site formarketing, or launch your own videoblog.

Introduction 1Part I: Curtain Up on Streaming Video 7Chapter 1: Everything You Wanted to Know about YouTube 9Chapter 2: Registration, Please: Creating a YouTube Account 25Chapter 3: A Guided Tour through the Tube 37Part II: So Many Videos, So Little Time 69Chapter 4: Searching the Tube for Your One-in-a-Million Video 71Chapter 5: Customizing Your YouTube Experience 93Chapter 6: Joining the YouTube Community 127Part III: Broadcasting Your Video to the World 155Chapter 7: From Camcorder to YouTube 157Chapter 8: Look at Me! Tips for Getting Your Video Seen 193Chapter 9: Getting Famous on YouTube 247Part IV: Famous Final Scene: YouTube for Fun and Profit 275Chapter 10: Thinking outside the YouTube Box 277Chapter 11: Playing It Smart, Playing It Safe 305Chapter 12: Bam!! Kicking It up a Notch 327Part V: The Part of Tens 351Chapter 13: Ten Tips for YouTube Videographers 353Chapter 14: Ten Things Not to Include in Your Videos 363Index 369