Exporting from FCP and uploading to YouTube

EXPORTING FROM FCP
1. From FCP, click on the sequence you want to export in the Browser. Go to File>Export>Using QuickTime Conversion. In the dialogue box:
Save As: give your movie a title like "commute_youtube.mov" so it is distinguishable from your other video exports.
Where: Save it to your FireWire hard drive.
Format: QuickTime Movie
Then click on Options, and a new dialogue box appears.
2. Under Video choose Settings
Compression Type: MPEG-4 Video
Leave the frame rate on Current and set the quality to Best.
Click OK, this takes you back to the earlier dialogue box.
3. Under Video choose Size. Change to 1280x720 HD (or adjust to whatever size you are editing).
4. Under Sound choose Settings.
Format: AAC
Rate: 48
Render Settings: Best
Click OK, this takes you back to the earlier dialogue box.
5. Click OK again, then Save. Your file will begin exporting. This takes time, be patient! Do not click on the file, even if it appears in the Finder, until FCP is finished.
6. Check your exported video -- open it in QuickTime, it should look good.

UPLOADING TO YOUTUBE
1. Login to YouTube, login info was sent to your email. Click on Upload in the upper right. Click on the yellow Upload button on the left, and choose your newly exported file from your hard drive. It should begin uploading.
2. While your file is uploading (this can also take a while), choose a Title, Description, and Tags if you want your video to be Public. Tags are one or two word identifiers that make it easy to find your videos in a search, i.e. your name or Parsons.**If you don't want your video public, choose Unlisted.**
3. Once your video is uploaded on YouTube, you can send the link anywhere; you can also upload it (via that same QuickTime file) to Vimeo or other online video sites.