Add Annotations to a YouTube Video
Annotations are used for adding little pop-ups, or speech bubbles to your videos. You can even add links to them too. They come in handy every once in a while for pointing out things in your video for all viewers to see.
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Steps
- Create an account. You must have your own username, so make sure it's one that people will remember.
- Make a Video. It's not possible to add annotations without your own video.
- Upload it on to YouTube.
- Click on your username at the top of the page. Click on "Video Manager"
- Find a video that you would like to add an annotation to. Remember, an annotation is a little pop-up that occurs in your video.
- Click on the "Annotations" item from the drop-down menu that is displayed next to the video.
- Put your mouse over your choice of five boxes which are "Add Speech Bubble", "Add Spotlight","Label", "Title" or "Add Note". Click on any of the five.
- Watch your video at that same annotations screen. Whenever you're at the point where you would like to add a pop-up click on one of the boxes.
- Type in what you want it to say. You can have it point to something in your video, or just a little note about it. Click "Publish".
- Check it to make sure it's right.
Tips
- You can change or delete annotations.
- Move where your annotation is places by dragging it around.
- Set them to different times, add one. Look at the timer and set it.
Warnings
- Don't add annotations nonstop, as it makes it harder for people to concentrate on the video (especially if you're doing a scary one).
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