System information
1. From the File menu, choose Upload to YouTube. The Upload to YouTube dialog is displayed.
2. Type your YouTube username and password in the YouTube username and YouTube password
boxes.
If you have a Gmail address linked with your YouTube account, you can use your Gmail
username and password to log in.
3. Type a title to identify your video in the Title box.
The information from the Title box of on the Summary tab of the Project Properties dialog is used
by default. For more information, see "Setting Project Properties" on page 53.
4. Type a description of your movie in the Description box.
The information from the Comments box on the Summary tab of the Project Properties dialog is
used by default.
5. Choose a setting from the Video category drop-down list. The category you choose is used to
classify videos on the YouTube site.
6. Type keywords you want to associate with your movie in the Tags box. Use words that relate to your
movie and describe its content. These tags will be used when searching YouTube. Use commas to
separate multiple keywords.
If you are uploading a stereoscopic 3D project, Vegas Pro automatically adds the tags needed
to enable 3D viewing on YouTube. For more information, see "Stereoscopic 3D editing" on
page 201.
7. Select the Public or Private radio button to set broadcast options for your movie. Public videos can
be seen by any YouTube user; private videos can be seen only by members you specify.
8. Select the Normal or Higher radio button to set the video quality for your movie. The Higher setting
creates better-looking video for broadband connections but will take longer to render.
The estimated file size is displayed at the bottom of the dialog.
9. Select the Render and upload loop region only check box if you want to save only the portion of the
project that is contained within the loop region. Loop Playback does not need to be selected for this
option to work.
10. Click the Upload button to start uploading your movie to YouTube.
After your movie has been uploaded, you can click the Edit Video Info button to display the My
Account page in a browser window, where you can edit the information about your video, or click
Close to return to the Vegas Pro timeline.
Videos you upload to YouTube are transcoded after uploading and are not immediately
available. You can visit the My Videos page on the YouTube Web site to check the status of
your uploaded videos.
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