Add Special effects to your YouTube videos

Special effects to your YouTube videos

Creating and uploading videos on YouTube is one of the most effective methods of online marketing. Fortunately, almost all the steps of video-marketing such as: Writing the video script, Setting up the shooting area of the video, Recording the video using Windows Movie Maker, Editing the video to remove extraneous bits and defects, Adding transitions, titles, and captions, Adding background music, and, Uploading the video to YouTube are quick, easy and extremely cost-effective. Thousands of videos are uploaded onto YouTube and other video-sharing websites

 So it is crucial to create high-quality videos that will have the desired impact.The best way to make one's videos memorable and more effective is by adding titles, captions and video transitions. (Video transitions are special effects that are inserted between two pictures, video clips or titles.) All of these can be added easily in Windows Movie Maker as part of the editing process of the video. Steps Before Adding Titles, Captions, and Video Transitions Save the video file as a Movie Maker Project File. Click on "File", and then click on "Save Project As" in Windows Movie Maker and save the recorded video file. For example, if you save the video file in "My Videos" as "Video1", Windows saves it as"Video1.mswmm".Import the Video File Into Windows Movie Maker Click "Import video" under "Capture Video" and double-click on the video file already recorded. For example, double-clicking on "Myvideo.wmm" in "My Videos" will import it into the "Collections" area of Windows Movie Maker. Drag the Imported Video File Into the Editing Section Select and drag the video file from the "Collections" area into the video track in the "Editing" section. The video file can now be seen in the "Video" track (in the Timeline view) ready to be edited.Edit the video in the "Timeline" view because it is easier to find the parts that have to be removed inthis view. Here, click on "Add a title at the beginning of the movie", which opens the "Enter Text for Title" box .Enter the title of the video in the upper box. For example, "How to Lose Weight Naturally”. In the box below it, add a subtitle, for example, "Without Starving Yourself!" Two more options are displayed below:

"Change the title animation" "Change the text font and color "Click on "Change the title animation" and choose one of the options such as "Fade", "Ellipse Wipe", "Mirror", "Scroll", "Banner", etc. Next, click on "Change the text font and color", and choose one among the following options: "Font" (for example, Verdana),"Bold, italic or underline", "Color of font", "Background color"," Transparency", "Size of font", and "Left, center or right text alignment" After selecting the above options, click on "Done, add title to movie", which will add the title to the video. Finally, view the title and subtitle of the video in the "Preview" and make any changes, if desired. Adding Credits at the End of the Video Click on "Edit Movie" and then "Make titles or credits". Click on "Add Credits at the end of the movie", which opens the "Enter Text for Title" box. Here, enter the text of the credits within the boxes in this window