How to make movies for YouTube with Mac YouTube Movie Maker


YouTube is the most popular site for viewing videos online. That’s because YouTube makes it easy to upload your video. Making a YouTube video is a way to share your photos, videos and thoughts with a worldwide audience. By following the steps in this tutorial, you can learn all you need to know about how to make & edit videos, upload, and share a YouTube video of your own online.

To make a movie for YouTube on Mac, what you need to do is downloading a YouTube Movie Maker for Mac. After installing YouTube Movie Maker for Mac, launch it.

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Step 1: Add/Edit your favourite photos & videos into YouTube Movie Maker for Mac

Simply drag as many photos and videos as you want and drop them into timeline. YouTube Movie Maker for Mac is very easy to use. You can add multiple media content at the same time. To edit videos for YouTube, just double click the video on the timeline and start trimming videos.
Add/Edit photos & videos in YouTube Video Editor for Mac

Step 2: Set the effects for making YouTube movies on Mac

There are three kinds of effects: transition, Ken burns and theme. Transition is the effect between two slides showing how the next slide replace the current one. Ken burns is a type of panning and zooming effect. Theme effect is made with a mixture of some transitions & ken-burns effect.
Set transitions in YouTube Movie Maker for Mac

Step 3: Add background music and subtitles for making movies for YouTube on Mac

Get your favourite songs and drag-n-drop to YouTube Movie Maker to match your movie as background music. If you would like to add some subtitles, you may choose from nearly 50 kinds of subtitles.
Add background music in YouTube Movie Maker on Mac

Step 4: Publish your movies to YouTube directly from YouTube Movie Maker on Mac

To see how your movie looks like, you may preview it before publishing. If you feel satisfied with your movie, you can upload to YouTube directly from YouTube Movie Maker for Mac.
Upload movies directly in Youtube Video Editor on Mac

Download YouTube Movie Maker for Mac for free trial! Or get it online now!

Version: 2.3.2 Only $29.99
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