Q&A for How to Create Good Videos on YouTube

Natural lighting is the best! Just make sure that you (or whoever/whatever the subject of your video is) faces the light rather than stands behind it. If it's dark outside, use artificial lights with your phone or computer—some of them have adjustable settings (like making the light a warmer or cooler hue).

Make exciting thumbnails that go with your topic. Go for bright colors and vivid images, and avoid using sexual or copyrighted thumbnails, as this may get you reported.

If you have a low quality camera, you can take two paths. Use the camera anyway -- if everything else is really good, it shouldn't matter. You could even use it to your advantage as a piece of "old camera footage." Or, you could borrow a better one from a friend or parents.

You can use your bedroom as long as there is good lighting, you could by some cheap fairy lights and put them in your background. You could also make a creative DIY backdrop that's related to whatever kinds of videos you're making.

They take out parts of the video that they don't want people to see, add text or captions to the screen, make adjustments to the audio levels, or change the brightness/color.

Don't go in front of a camera until you've researched your topic thoroughly. Make notes, and refer to them whenever you need to. Once it's clear you know what you're talking about, people will keep watching and listening.

If your phone has a micro SD card slot, buy an a micro SD card and use with an adapter (often included with the micro card) in your camera. Film your video, then insert your micro SD card into your mobile device and edit using an app such as Video Shop for Android, or iMovie for iPhones.

Start recording on the mic and the camera, then clap. Later in editing, you need to cut the audio and video tracks so they both start at the clap. It would also help to mute the video cameras audio as well after doing this, so there aren't any echoes. Once done, you now have aligned video and audio.

It doesn't matter if you don't have an actual camera, your devices have video recording functions. You can still make good videos as long as your ideas are good and you want to do it. Once you have made a few videos you may want to invest in a better camera or a relatively good HD camcorder. You could maybe look at Canon Leigara camcorders or try the Panasonic HC v770 or something related to that. Or if you have the money a Panasonic Lumix g7 or Canon t5i both have good video quality. Hope this helps

Make a video based on something that interests you. For example, if you are interested in makeup, you can do a makeup tutorial. You can also make a video based off of something that you are good at. For example, if you are good at singing, you can make a video of yourself singing.

Use an iPhone camera if you do not want to spend money on an expensive camera. Buy cheap fairy lights for the background (white is the best option) and use them as an extra bit of light. In front of you, put some more fairy lights into a mason jar (this gives off a ring-light effect). If you can, look on Amazon or eBay for a small microphone to clip onto your phone. Use iMovie to edit.

You need a capture card to record footage from a DS. But you can animate on Adobe After Effects or Photoshop. Both of these, however, cost money.

You can start at any age.

You can upload good videos that interest a variety of viewers. You can promote your YouTube channel on other social media platforms, and encourage friends and family to spread your channel as well.

It depends on your editing software. You may want to use any internet search engine to find the right kind.

Yes, these tips are helpful regardless of the type of video you are creating.

Wear a mask, film from a different angle or blur your face out using editing software.

For making thumbnails you can use some online tools such as Canva or Fotoget. If you have a mobile device then simply use Phonto or Textgram.

It depends what kind of equipment you want. If you're just starting out I'd recommend the Snowball or Snowball Ice microphone. Canon or Sony cameras are good, but it depends on what kind of videos you're making. All of this can be purchased on Amazon, and possibly also at your local electronics/appliance store, like Best Buy.

It could be that you have a bad microphone, so you may want to spend the money on a good quality one. However, it could also be that you're just not used to hearing your own voice on camera; this can often sound strange to people even if it sounds normal to everyone else.

If you have recorded a video file onto an SD card, transferring the file onto your computer so you can edit the video, burn DVDs, or upload the video files to the web is fairly easy to do. Plug the card into your computer, click on the "My Computer" icon on your computer's desktop, and find your card's icon. Then, just move the file to your computer.

You can find better programs on computers that can produce higher video quality. However, there are some decent apps for phones or tablets, like Kinemaster. Note that most apps for phones and tablets have a watermark that is hard to remove.

You should use Kinemaster and Powerdirector if you have an Android mobile device. If you want to use the computer instead, select Adobe After Effects, Photoshop or Sony Vegas.

Some people will use very complicated titles and titles in all capital letters, this is because longer titles have more keywords and will be picked up by the search system better. A title is usually put in all caps so it won’t go unnoticed in a long row of ordinary titles, however, it looks unprofessional.

Just upload your best videos. There is no secret to gaining too many subscribers. Be careful about making being "like other YouTubers" your goal, though. Find your unique niche by focusing on what you love and are good at.

iMovie is mostly for the basic things, like putting videos together with smooth transitions. If you just want to put clips together, feel free to use iMovie.