Uploading Short Movie to YouTube

[RandysMedia]

I made a 1-1/2 min. video to upload to YouTube. We filmed the short movie twice, one closeup and one a little further from the person. I used portions of each filming and then used a cross dissolve transition. The showing on YouTube is blurry where the transitions were inserted. Does anyone have any recommendations how to get a smoother transition for purposes of YouTube? - Randy

[momoffduty]

This thread on YouTube export settings may help, read all 4 pages. On page 2 are my screen shots for Vimeo settings.

viewtopic.php?f=89&t=9246

[RandysMedia]

Thanks for the quick response Cheryl,
I'm not as familiar with all the settings that will improve my uploaded presentation. The clip was filmed in standard definition. I do know that the format for the uploaded file was FLV / F4V, 320 x 240 fps, with a frame rate of 30, and a bitrate of 256kbps. Sorry for the ignorance!

[momoffduty]

The 320x240 is a very small file. Read thru the thread. Basically you want your output for YouTube to be the same dimensions as your project dimensions, 2 pass encoding, and play with the bitrate. Vimeo uses different file sizes for optimal viewing as per my screen shots and I think that Vimeo is better than YouTube when it comes to converting your files. There is a lot of info on that Muvipix thread I linked that should help walk you thru the export for either YouTube or Vimeo. If you get stuck just post a screen shot of your export panel and one of us will help you from there.

[seanpual]

This is really good info for uploading youtube videos.

[Steve Grisetti]

That's what makes Muvipix such a great community, Sean! Lots of talented and knowledgeable people.

Welcome to Muvipix!

[Ron]

He's a spammer, Steve.

[Steve Grisetti]

Oops! Looks like he got naive old me.