How to Make a YouTube Video

Making a video for YouTube teaches you many great computer skills - how to edit and manipulate video files, how to work with audio files, how to create a MPG video file which can easily be shared with family and friends, and stored for future generations. These are great for saving family footage in a way which won't deteriorate or fall apart!

Here are step by step instructions on how to create your own MPG files, how to back them up for long term safety and how to load them onto YouTube to share them with family, friends, and the world if you wish.

Recording the Initial Footage
Video Track in Adobe Elements
Audio Track in Adobe Elements
Creating Titles in Adobe Elements
Making a MPG File
Loading a MPG File onto YouTube

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RiverPast Video Cleaner - Converting Video File Types

To see how YouTube videos look, feel free to browse some of the the YouTube videos I have made:

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