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Is there a way to actually to make a video on your computer? That’s a simple question to answer, and it’s a yes! If you’re planning to create a YouTube video using your webcam, you might want to hear this out. Nate Woodbury will talk about the pros and cons in today’s episode. Stay tuned!
Inquiring minds want to know. “How to make a YouTube video on your computer?” -hmm. -So, we’re going to dive in. We’re going to answer that question for you today and show you. Okay, so my first reaction actually when I when I saw this question is, “You don’t make a video on your computer.” But I guess they’re probably talking about the editing. -That would be my initial… Yeah. Like they’re getting the footage somewhere else. I mean because I actually do make videos on my computer all the time. Not that I put on YouTube or not that I you know, that I… So for example, on my MacBook right here. You know, when I’m making a video on my computer it’s when I’m communicating with my team. So, I open it up and I use the webcam. Maybe they’re seeing my face or I’m recording the screen. But that’s not a video for YouTube. So, that’s that’s kind of what came to my mind is like, if you’re going to make a video for YouTube… -I think maybe they’re saying you know, yeah, make a video for YouTube and yeah, the editing process, putting it all together, uploading it to YouTube as opposed to hiring out and having someone do that. You know, you’re just doing it yourself by the same token. You know most laptops like this do have their own little camera, right? And so, if they’re asking should we make video, YouTube videos with that camera, can it be done? Of course it can be done. -So let’s talk about both sides. The both the sides are the reason why it’s probably a bad idea. At least just to start to use your webcam is one, the angle is bad. Typically you want the camera to be level or slightly above just for you know, lighting and whatnot. But if you’ve got the webcam, typically, you’re looking down. Maybe it’s going up your nostrils or looking at your your double chin. -I must say in its defense. I have had to make videos using the webcam video for things that I have to send people right away and I had no other way of doing it. And so, I can… I put it up on the thing but… -Oh, .yeah. -Yeah, whatever. And you know, make sure the lighting is okay and… -So, by default, the angle this is naturally bad. You’ve got a prop it up. -And the camera itself isn’t great. I mean the resolution is shooting and… I don’t know what it is but it’s not… It won’t natively come in as this bright, crisp, clear… -Another default that you could easily fix. Especially with with a laptop. Because it’s portable. But usually the background is bad. You know, usually your computer’s at a desk. And so, just your office behind you or your bedroom behind you, that’s usually a bad background. So, if you’re filming on your webcam… If you have a MacBook, you could obviously choose what your background is. But the other thing is that by default, the lighting is usually bad. You know, sometimes your… The the dark area, if you’re sitting your desk against a wall, then it’s darkness. And all the light is around you. And so the lighting is bad by default. -Yeah. So, if you’ve got your MacBook and you can come and put it in front of a window… -Which I had to yesterday, literally. -And prop it up. -It was the best I could do. -Yes. So, if you prop up your MacBook in front of a window you get a better angle, you get better lighting. -Your face, your… Yeah, you look good. I had to do this for a self taping audition for a Hallmark Christmas movie. And I was in a hotel. And they said, “You got to get it to us right now.” And I set it up in the window and got the… The Sun was like it was in Louisiana. And it came in and I said, “I apologize that this is a webcam. But you can see me and I’m framed nicely.” And I had it upright right here. It was just we just literally just yesterday. So, it’s good timing to ask the question. -And the you know, you’re not going to be able to get you know, how like this cool background here is blurred. You know, you can’t do that with a webcam. You can’t give… -It’s not the ideal camera. I mean in a pinch, if you have nothing else, you know, you know you could open it up and you could walk around with it. I mean, you know, I’ve seen goofier. But I think, yeah. I think probably the primary question is how do I make it once it’s filmed. -So one more point and then we’ll get into that. The other point is the audio. The MacBooks audio is okay. It’s okay. But it’s obviously not as good the audio we’re using here is a zoom h2n mic. -You have to go in later with some editing. Anyway, the default is it’s not… It’s not the best. So ideally, I mean, even filming with the phone, the camera on your phone is going to be better… -That’s true. -…than a webcam. And there’s just a lot more energy put into this little teeny. I think it’s amazing. -It is. -I mean this thing films in 4k. But you’ll have… You’ll have better video and audio that you will then put on your computer that you edit. I mean, it’s more… It’s more portable or you’ll have it on a tripod, you’ll be able to do panning or whatever type of video you’re doing. You can’t really put a Macbook webcam on a glidecam. Imagine same Devinsupertramp around with… -Ya but the fact is is that if someone is asking, “How do I make a YouTube video on my computer?”
-So, now let’s talk about the editing. -The answer is… Oh and which is it’s kind of a funny question. Because everything is made out of computer now. -It is. So now, we’ll really answer that side of the question if that’s what you’re asking. And the first recommendation for somebody who’s asking that question I’m going to recommend the basics. Start with iMovie. If you’ve got a Mac, it’s free. -Yeah. -And iMovie is actually a really good software. You can upgrade later to the Final Cut Pro which just has more features. -Or if you have a PC, laptop, you have… -What would you recommend because I don’t have a go-to? Well… -Premiere’s my go to. -Its premiere on most Pc’s. And they do have a trial version. I can’t remember. A premiere light or premiere… -Well, because they… Everything now is the Adobe Creative Cloud. -That’s all part of their suite. -But you… And you can get it for 20 bucks a month and maybe they have a trial for a couple weeks or something like that. Or maybe they have a student edition. -It’s been a while since I’ve used the PC. And I remember there was a premiere something. They had it had a light name to it. And it was really quite restrictive. Oh yeah, I find that iMovie… it gives you more stuff. -The other… The other thing is iMovie comes free on an iPhone. And so, imagine this. You’re going to have to put it on your computer just use this computer. Use the camera that’s here and then use… -I have not gotten good at that. I definitely prefer this… -My kids under my supervision, they have a comedy YouTube channel. Comedy skits. That look like kind of like studio C or a clean Saturday Night Live type. They’ll make their own skits and then they’ll edit either on my phone on my wife’s phone. And they actually do pretty… -To be able to edit on a phone with your fingers, it takes a Millenial skill. You know what I mean? It’s like, that’s kid stuff. It’s crazy. -And then if you want another free editing software for a PC, then what you do is open up google and type in free editing software for PC. And you’ll get some options that will come up and you use those at your own risk. So now, here’s the step by steps of how to get started. In fact, I want to demonstrate this. Where’s my monopod? Something that will make your videos better. I think it’s out in the garage. Let me just grab it real quick.
-He’s asking me where his monopod is. -Okay. So, if you’re going to be filming with your phone then you need a tripod which I’m using my tripod over there. So, this is a monopod which will will stand up. And then I’ve gotten a little adapter that I can put my phone in and then… -So, it’s really a monopod/tripod. Because it actually still uses the tripod… Tripod three feet. -Yeah. -If I put my DSLR camera on… Oh, that’s kind of dangerous because the weight will make it want to tip. -That’s awesome. -Anyway, this is great. So, you know put your camera on a tripod. I guess you’re not… I’m fully seeing it with on our frame here. But that’s going to really help. You know, and allow you to do a lot more things. Now, when you’re using a phone, you can put it in selfie mode. And it’s not… Unless you have the iPhone 10 or whatnot, it’s not going to be the full HD. -Right. -But it’s really nice to be able to see yourself. Now, right now we’re filming on a DSLR camera. In fact, it’s the twin of this camera. And it’s got a flip screen that when I turn it on… It doesn’t have a lens on it. But you see, you can we would see ourselves, right? We see ourselves right there. I’m waving it myself .That’s a big help. You know, if you’re filming, you don’t have somebody else filming you, you just have to know if you’re in the frame. And so, if we were using this lens right there, we wouldn’t know… -We’ll just kind of have a basically Center at the best we could. Been turning it around… -Selfie mode. -Yeah. Like you say, you do get less resolution to some degree but it’s still a great picture and you’re framed and you look right, you know? So then, I recommend on YouTube, going into the search bar and typing in things like this, “iMovie orientation for beginners.” That’s going to orient you kind of around how to use iMovie. Type in how to increase the volume in iMovie. What I mean here is ask specific things. If you’re trying to figure out the volume, then you can just ask that real specific thing. And you’ll find ten different tutorials on that. -I’ve done that so many times. -So, another example how to shorten a video clip in iMovie or how to edit a mistake and iMovie. Or why won’t… How come I can’t overlay this on that in iMovie? I think there’s… -And you’ll find an answer. Things that are frustrating and someone has gone through it and they’ll show you a video how to do it. -So, you could you could film right now. And you could start open up iMovie. And you could have a an edited an amazing movie just by like figuring, “I don’t know how to do that.” Well then, YouTube it and 10 minutes later, you’ll know how to do that thing. Now, we filmed a video yesterday called “How to shoot a video that doesn’t suck?” Now, I want you to go back and watch that video because what that will talk about is the filming part of it. How to film video in a way that will make for an awesome video that people want to watch. So, in this one, we’ve kind of talked about how to get it on your computer, how to edit it. But how do you film it to make a great video. Definitely right up there. Check out that video. Hopefully enjoyed this one. If you did, subscribe, thumbs up, give it that like. There’s another feature that I always forget to recommend. But there’s a bell that you can put click right next to the subscribe button. If you click that then you’ll get notifications in your email every time a new video is uploaded. So, if you’re a superfan, so obviously you’re going to want to get those. -Ring the bell. Ring that bell. -We’ll see you tomorrow.