YouTube For Dummies by Sahlin, Doug, Botello, Chris -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Contents Introduction

About This Book How to Use This Book Foolish Assumptions Conventions Used in This Book How This Book Is Organized Icons Used in This Book Where to Go from Here

Part I : Curtain Up on Streaming Video

Chapter 1: Everything You Wanted to Know about YouTube

Charting YouTube Touring the Tube Finding the Perfect Video Changing Your YouTube Preferences Getting to Know Other Tubers Creating the Perfect YouTube Video Creating Specialty Accounts YouTube for the Entrepreneur YouTube and the Copyright Police A YouTube Parental Guide Being a Model YouTube Citizen Seeking the YouTube Experience

Chapter 2: Registration, Please: Creating a YouTube Account

Signing Up with YouTube Jumping through Security Hoops Modifying Your YouTube Account Closing Your Account

Chapter 3: A Guided Tour through the Tube

Viewing Top Videos Browsing Videos by Category Checking Out the YouTube Channels Checking Out the YouTube Community Square Getting Info and Help

Part II : So Many Videos, So Little Time

Chapter 4: Searching the Tube for Your One-in-a-Million Video

Finding More Than One Way to Search YouTube Searching YouTube’s Video Vault Changing Channels Indulging Your Special Interests with Groups Searching through Playlists Sorting a Search Sifting through a Category Refining Your Search to Target Results Expediting Your Search with Chris and Doug’s Tips and Tricks

Chapter 5: Customizing Your YouTube Experience

Saving Your Favorite Videos Have It Your Way with Your Own Playlist Channel Surfing Get Me a Subscription Communing with a Group What’s Your Preference? Customizing Your Channel’s Look

Chapter 6: Joining the YouTube Community

Networking with Other Tubers Sharing Your YouTube Experiences Weeding Out the Bad Stuff

Part III : Broadcasting Your Video to the World

Chapter 7: From Camcorder to YouTube

Recording the Perfect Video From Source to Desktop Digital Video 101 For Dummies Freeware Applications for Optimizing Video Super for Windows Creating Instructional Videos One Giant Step: Uploading Your Video

Chapter 8: Look at Me! Tips for Getting Your Video Seen

Your Video on the Cutting Floor Adding Panache to Your Videos Creating Image Slideshows Getting Noticed on YouTube Creating a Vlog

Chapter 9: Getting Famous on YouTube

Creating Specialty Accounts Finding Performers on the Tube

Part IV : Famous Final Scene: YouTube for Fun and Profit

Chapter 10: Thinking outside the YouTube Box

Promoting Products and Services on YouTube Creating a Professional Presentation Adding a Video to an eBay Auction YouTube + MySpace = YouTopia YouTube and Other Online Communities Advertising on YouTube

Chapter 11: Playing It Smart, Playing It Safe

Understanding the YouTube Community Guidelines Avoiding Problems with Copyright Infringement

Chapter 12: Bam!! Kicking It up a Notch

Uploading a Video from Your Mobile Phone Higher Education: Joining Your College’s Private Tube Embedding YouTube Video in Your Web Site Auto-Starting a Web Site YouTube Video Creating a Video HTML E-Mail Embedding Video in a WordPress Blog Hacking YouTube

Part V : The Part of Tens

Chapter 13: Ten Tips for YouTube Videographers

Choosing a Camcorder Mastering Your Recording Equipment Steadying the Camcorder with a Tripod Creating a Makeshift Studio Recording Yourself Creating a Makeshift Dolly Recording Video from a Car Creating a Documentary-Style Video Capture Video with the Highest Quality Multi-Purposing Your Video

Chapter 14: Ten Things Not to Include in Your Videos

10. Copyrighted Music 9. Nudity 8. Your Personal Identification 7. Your Big Thumb 6. Copyrighted Video 5. Your Spleen 4. Your Worst Enemy 3. The Scene of Your Last Crime 2. Your Death-Defying Acts 1. Roadkill

: Further Reading