Friday, 2 August 2013

Oops! - Youtube Troubles

This isn't beauty related but is a big part of ZedshaZed so thought I would do a blog about my troubles with Youtube.  

The day before last I put my first Youtube video up for a competition. I recorded it three times before I did it in a way that was close to perfect. With editing to be done and a deadline to be met I stayed up until 2:00AM editing and uploading. Although I’m not completely hopeless on a computer I’m certainly no wiz.

 Making my Youtube account I wanted to add my channel art right away. There is a size requirement and depending on the size of the screen you are viewing on you may only see part of the picture. I had to make sure the important bit was set to the middle. This took me about four tries of playing around with the image to get it sitting right. I am not overly happy with the outcome so I will put some time aside to create a new one over the next week or so.


 The first problem I came across was the video was saved in the wrong format and I couldn't upload the file to Youtube. I was able to sort this out in under an hour so thought I was going strong. Once I thought everything was right I started the upload. With only 125 minutes to wait my first video would be up in the world of Youtube. At this point it was 2:00AM, needing sleep I set my laptop to stay awake all night then went off to bed in excitement my video would be up when I woke. 

  After a few hours’ sleep I got up and checked the upload, it had worked! I was so happy and also extremely nervous that a handful of stranger's would be watching me … but that turned into the least of my worries. Turns out the video had a black border and goes for about thirteen minutes when I only speak for about four. So for ten minutes it’s just a frozen frame of my face. I used windows live movie maker which I have never used before. Think I will have to Youtube a few tutorials of how to use it. 


 After searching for help I didn't find much I had a little play round trying to fix it myself and I did! There is now no black border and it now stops when I stop talking. Working at something till you get a good end result is worth it no matter how long it takes or how frustrating it is!

If you would like to see my creation here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQSr0fXCjag
If you came here from Youtube Welcome!


 Thanks for dropping by, Have a wonderful day!

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