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How I Learned to 'Vlog Like a Boss'

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Getting my learning on. Learning to "Vlog Like a Boss" with Amy Schmittauer. **This post contains affiliate links. What does this mean? If you click a link on this page, then you create a profile or buy a product/service, I get a commission for that. You don’t pay more for the service, but you help me make a little money to support my blogging addiction. I started vlogging last month, and I even wrote a blog post about what I learned from vlogging on my own , but the biggest lesson I learned about vlogging on my own is how little I actually knew about vlogging . So when I found “Vlog Like a Boss,” I was excited to learn how a professional YouTuber makes her videos, so that I can try and do the same. You can read about how I found the class here. Here’s an outline of the things I learned about in Amy Schmittauer ’s class, “Vlog Like a Boss” on CreativeLive : Screen cap of "Vlog Like a Boss" on CreativeLive. Tips on how to get comfortab...

Things I Learned About Vlogging on YouTube

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Look at that baby YouTuber. I just started a YouTube channel, and I've posted a welcome video and my first official vlog. I want to share with you everything I've learned so far. Here's all of it in lovely list form: 1. You can create a YouTube channel for free. You just need to have an e-mail address. Boom! Easy! 2. You can create a thumbnail image for your video with a free app. My friend, JayMunee (an expert YouTuber) , introduced me to a beautiful app called PicsArt ( get it for Android from Google Play here ; get it for iPad/iPhone here ), and I am in love with it so much that I may need to marry it. (Sorry, Looey Q! ) This app allows you to place text on a photo, cut out an item in an image and paste it onto another image, and so much more! It's like Photoshop, but more user-friendly, and - Did I mention? - it’s FREE! 3. You can choose a thumbnail for your video, but the resolution of the image must be 1280x720 or lower. I don’t know how ...