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By R. Slade Walters sladewalters.com youtube.com/sladewalters Page 1

How to shoot videos and send them to YouTubewith an iPhone

Introduction

The guide is designed to help users understand the basics of shooting simple, unedited

videos and sending those videos to YouTube, the popular Internet-based video sharing

web site. This guide assumes the user has a basic functional understanding of how to

operate an iPhone and a basic functional understanding of YouTube. This guide assumes

the user is operating an iPhone with iOS 4 or later, a built-in camera and the Camera

iPhone app. An active WiFi (802.11 wireless) Internet connection and current YouTube

account is also assumed.

Trademark and copyright:

This guide follows trademark and copyright guidelines from Apple, Inc.1

and Google Inc.2

This guide is not

endorsed by Apple or Google. iPhone is a registered trademark of Apple, Inc. YouTube is a trademark

of Google Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs

3.0 Unported License3.

Step-by-step instructions

Step 1: Run the Camera appIf your iPhone is asleep or turned off, turn on and unlock

your iPhone so that you can see your iPhone apps. Locate

the app called Camera. In fig. 1, the Camera app is the

second icon from the left in the top row of icons. When

you have located the Camera app, touch the app to startit. After a few seconds, the Camera app will launch and

the app will automatically switch into live camera mode.

1http://www.apple.com/legal/trademark/guidelinesfor3rdparties.html

2http://www.google.com/permissions/guidelines.html3http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Figure 1 - The iPhone iOS Interface


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Step 2: Set motion video modeAfter a few seconds, the Camera app will launch and on

your iPhones screen you should see a real-time video

display of whatever your iPhones camera is seeing.

There are two camera modes still image mode and

motion video mode. To select motion video mode, move

the slider selector at the bottom right of the screen to the

motion camera icon. Fig. 2 shows the app set to motion

video mode.

Step 3: Choose the camera sourceIf you have an iPhone 4, you have two built-in cameras.

One camera is located on the back of the iPhone 4,

generally facing what the user is looking at, the other is

located on the front of the iPhone 4, generally facing the

user. You can easily switch cameras by touching the

camera selector icon. The icon is located on the top right

side of the display. The icon looks like a stylized camerawith two curved arrows on both sides. As you can see in

fig. 3, I have selected the user-facing camera, which is

why you are now staring at my ugly mug. My apologies.

Step 4: Select a screen orientation

You should also select a screen orientation. If you would

like your videos to be tall and skinny, you can hold the iPhone in portrait mode. The

example screen shot above is an example of portrait mode. Shooting in portrait mode for

YouTube isnt recommended, because YouTube displays videos in landscape/widescreen

mode. To shoot in landscape mode, physically rotate the iPhone 90 degrees. The iPhone

will adjust the on-screen controls as it is rotated and the camera will automatically record

video in landscape mode while the phone is in a landscape orientation.

Figure 2 Camera App

Figure 3 Camera app interface

Figure 4 User-facing camera,

portrait mode


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Note: the user-facing camera shoots 4:3 aspect ratio video in standard definition (640 x

480 resolution) and the outward-facing camera shoots 16:9 aspect ratio video in high-

definition (1280 x 720 resolution).

Step 5: Record video

To record video, simply touch the record button. The record button is the fairly large

oval-shaped button with a red dot in the center of the gray control bar. It could be on the

bottom, left or right of the screen,

depending on the orientation of the iPhone

(see fig. 6). The record button has a red

indicator in the center of the button that

will blink during recording. A time code

indicator will appear in the upper right of

the screen and will display elapsed

recording time (see fig. 6). To stop

recording, push the record button again.

Step 6: Review video

To review the video you just shot, select the camera roll icon. The Camera Roll icon will

display a small sample frame of the last video shot. The Camera Roll stores all of the still

photos and motion videos captured with the built-in cameras. The Camera Roll icon is

located in the gray interface bar on the bottom left in portrait mode (see figs. 2-3) or in

Figure 5 User-facing camera, landscape mode Figure 6 Outward-facing camera,

landscape/widescreen mode

Figure 7 Record button (middle left), time code

indicator (upper right) and camera roll icon

(upper left)


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the upper left in landscape mode (see figs. 4-6). Once

youve selected the camera roll icon, the iPhone will

display the contents of the camera roll, starting with the

most recently recorded photo or video. To review the

video, push the play button in the center of the still video

screen (see fig. 7).

Step 7: Start the sending process

When you have reviewed your video and you are ready to

post the video to YouTube, touch the send icon on the

bottom left corner of the screen. The send icon looks like

a box with a curved arrow pointing out to the right (see

fig. 7). When you touch the send icon, send options will

appear (see fig. 8). To begin sending to YouTube, select Send to YouTube. If you are

not already logged in to your YouTube account, you will be asked to supply your

YouTube username and password. After selecting Send to YouTube, when you are

logged into YouTube, the Publish Video screen will

appear.

Step 8: Publish video

The Publish Video screen contains data fields for title,

description, video resolution, tags, category and viewing

permissions. A memorable title and thorough description

are good choices for the title and description fields. The

video resolution selector allows you to choose the quality

and resolution you upload to YouTube. High definition

video will look better on YouTube, but will take

significantly longer to upload. The tag fields allow you to

input key words that will assist other users in finding your video content with a text

search. The category field allows you to select the broad category under which YouTube

should file your video. Finally, the viewing permissions selector allows you to choose

Figure 8 The Camera Roll

Figure 9 Send Menu


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who can see your video file. Public videos can be seen

by anyone, unlisted videos can be seen by anyone you

provide a link, and private videos are visible to YouTube

users you specify on the YouTube web site. Fig. 9 shows

a composite view of the entire scrolling YouTube

Publish Video screen. When you select a text field,

like the title, description and tag fields, an on-screen

keyboard will appear to allow field input. Selectable

fields like the video resolution and view permissions

fields can be selected with a simple touch. The category

field, when selected, will display a scrolling list of

category choices. When you are finished entering all of

the required video data, select Publish at the top of the

screen. The publishing/upload process will start.

Step 9: Wait for the upload process to complete

Before the video will upload, the iPhone must prepare

the video by converting it into a YouTube-friendly

format. This could take a few seconds or several minutes,depending on the length of your video. When the

preparation is complete, the video will begin to upload.

The upload process could also take a few seconds or

several minutes depending on the length of the video and

the speed of your Internet connection (see fig. 10). When

your video is finished uploading, the iPhone will

announce that the upload is complete and give you the

option of viewing your video on YouTube using the built-

in iPhone YouTube app.

Step 10: Enjoy your newfound YouTube fame

Your video will be forever immortalized on YouTube.

Figure 10 Publish Video Screen

Figure 11 Upload Progress Bar

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