how to edit a video so your link is written at the bottom?

[racso316]

hi guys.
i have a couple of videos ready to use for traffic. however i need to put the link of my landing page in the videos so i get traffic.
any idea how to do that?
any newbie related tutorials?
and free software for that matter?

thanks in advance

[mscherrah]

Are you trying to make the link in your video "clickable"?

[racso316]

not really. just show it up there.
that does sound good though

[mscherrah]

There is no way that I know of to make something in a video "clickable", but if you just want people to see your address, add a lower third (it doesn't have to be fancy), even just a black bar, and place some type over it. You can even add nice effects like fade in and fade out. As simple as it sounds, it is really effective. Hope this helps.

Matt

[digileaf]

Hi Rasco

There may be many ways to do this, but the one that leaps in to my mind is to create an overlay image over the whole video. But it depends on how you created the videos as to how easy this will be.

With a reasonably decent editing package (e.g. Pinnacle Studio, Adobe Premier Elements etc), and if you have the source video file you can see a number of channels for editing. What I mean is, when you open up the file for editing, you can view it so that you can see the video track, audio track etc. And you can place an image on one of the tracks - that image would be a blank background with your URL in text at the bottom.

I think all this can be done in Camtasia 6 too as it has quite advanced editing tools.

Without knowing more about how you created your video in the first place and what formats you have available, I'm in danger in rambling on with a load of techno speak that won't mean much.

How did you create your video and what formats do you have it in? Also, have you got any editing package?

Kate

[Scott Lundergan]

That is what I do for clients like below when I shoot and edit their projects. Nothing fancy, just a universal font/background that appeals to everyone.

YouTube - 14:"Make Money in Commercial" Real...

Like mentioned above, it all depends on the factors mentioned above, but you can also EASILY outsource this to someone on getafreelancer.com and go over the details/specs with them.

Scott

[RayAndLisaJ]

I use Adobe Premier editing software. It has a good text tool that has a few pretty cool effects also.

[John Sullivan]

If you take a look at bubbleply.com that might be what you are looking for. You can add some text and link that to a domain of you choice.

John

[racso316]

i really didnt make the video.
i bought a package with a wso and we have those videos we can put as our own.
so i have the video made already.
i was just wondering how to write my landing page link at the bottom.
just like scott lundergan video 3 posts above.

[Kurt]

Originally Posted by racso316

hi guys.
i have a couple of videos ready to use for traffic. however i need to put the link of my landing page in the videos so i get traffic.
any idea how to do that?
any newbie related tutorials?
and free software for that matter?

thanks in advance

You can use Windows Movie Maker to add text and credits and it should already be on your PC. It has primitive text capabilities, but should do what you need to do.

[Scott Lundergan]

Originally Posted by Kurt

You can use Windows Movie Maker to add text and credits and it should already be on your PC. It has primitive text capabilities, but should do what you need to do.

This is true. Here is a simple screen capture training video I created for my customers on how to do it for my video templates. The difference would be to select "add text on top of movie" rather than before/after movie.

http://www.streamingmediaconcepts.co...ing/index.html

[gharold]

The only other thing that comes to mind for me regarding your videos are what format are they in...flv, avi, mp4, mov, wmv?

FLV videos are generally un-editable. You will need to convert them into a format that your NLE video editor can work with.

Most video editors have limited video format editing capacities. AVI is fairly universal.

If you do not own a video editor you can use a site like JayCut – Online video editing or other online video editor sites to add captions or text to your video.

[Shannon Herod]

If you are using Camtasia here is a great tutorial by the Camtasia master Lon Naylor...

Using Lower Thirds in Camtasia


This is the exact tutorial I used in order to create lower thirds in my videos. It is a fantastic tutorial.

Regards,

Shannon Herod

[racso316]

thanks guys, appreciate the help

[Bakai]

I like to use Aimersoft to "raise" the bottom of the video so there is a sharp looking pure black strip for displaying a white URL. I have noticed more type in traffic from doing this at YouTube. Then at the end of the video I put in a white "sign" (just a picture I colored pure white in paintshop) that I stretch out for an additional 30 seconds or so, with black letters. In my tests these white and black lettered URL's get the most visitors to my site.

[JoeCool]

Hi Racso,

John Sullivan had the coolest, easiest AND Free answer... BubblyPly.com

Check out this possible solution for clickable links in your videos...

http://www.bubbleply.com/default.aspx


Here's a video showing how this cool tool works.

BubblePLY Example

Check it out and I hope it helps you!


Best Regards,
JoeCool

P.S. Did I mention the Free price?

[laurelwachtel]

I think with a good video editing package such as Premiere or Imovie you can open up your existing video file for editing, and you can insert an overlay of your web url at the bottom fairly easily. If you've got Camtasia 6 as well you can do it fairly easily as it has quite advanced editing tools. Joe's suggestion is a great solution as well! Check them out!

[Michael Mayhew]

Turbine Video Encoder is great for doing this also. Very inexpensive.