*uploading videos to YouTube & embedding them in your blog posts

just a heads-up about  uploading your video creations to YouTube and then putting them on the blog by embedding them in posts.  you won’t be doing this until after you’ve finished the editing process, but here is some info. about the process you will encounter when you get to that point:

[getting the video up on YouTube]

to upload video content to YouTube, you will have to sign in with either a YouTube or Google account.  there is an “upload” button at the top right of the YouTube homepage (you can sign in from there too, or create an account).  if you sign in with a Google account, you will then be instructed to created a YouTube account (or link your existing YouTube account – if you already have one – to your Google account).  then, once signed in, you can upload video by clicking “upload” and searching for files on you computer.

[getting the YouTube video onto the blog]

once the video is uploaded to YouTube, you will need to simply copy/paste the URL into the post.  it’s as simple as that!  the video will then play directly in the post and will hardly take up any server space on the blog.

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