creating a book trailer [for dummies]

editing your video + saving and publishing video

Before you save and publish the video I think it would be a good idea to first watch the video one time through and make sure everything is in order. Common mistakes could be; misspelling your captions, all videos and pictures are in the correct order (if they are not just hold down the photo/video you want to move and drag it to the correct location on the timeline), and most importantly that you have the music correctly put on. I certainly wouldn’t watch a trailer without any music!

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If everything is done on your video and you are sure it is perfect then click on the blue ribbon at the top. In laymen’s terms it is the button to the left of ‘Home’. Once you click that a list of options will come up, go to ‘Save Movie’, but instead of clicking, simply hover over it with your mouse. Choose which ever you think would be the best option for you to save your movie as. For book trailers I highly recommend ‘High Definition (720p)’. It may take quite a few minutes for the video to save but once it does click either ‘Open Folder’ or ‘Watch Movie’. (If you choose the first one you can open the place where your video has been saved and just watch it there).

            To publish a video just open your YouTube account and upload the video. If you don’t have a YouTube account then I highly recommend creating one, or else no one will be able to see your trailer other than you!