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Your JustVisitUs.com Travel Videos

Just Visit Us.com makes sharing your travel videos easy. Below are some tips to help you capture your videos in the best possible way so that we can prepare your video for the "What A Trip!" section on the web site.

Tips On Capturing Your Travel Videos

If you already have a digital camcorder (one that captures in Digital8, MiniDV, HDV, or any of the DVD formats), then you're ready to start capturing your travel video. Your camcorder will need some kind of direct connection to your computer, either to the USB or FireWire ports or by inserting the DVD you've recorded. Once you've downloaded the video from the camera, you can upload it to JustVisitUs.com (using MediaFire) or open it in an editing program to play with it some more.

If you have an analog camcorder (one that uses VHS, VHS-C, SVHS-C, 8mm, or Hi8 tape), you can still get your videos onto JustVisitUs.com. It will require an extra step and some additional equipment, though, since these camcorders are not usually equipped with computer connections. You will need to digitize the video with a converter box, which will convert the analog signal from the camcorder to a digital signal that the computer can understand. After the video has been digitized, you can manipulate it further or upload it.

Tips On Editing & Improving Your Travel Videos

If you want to be a bit more hands-on with your video, most new computers come with basic video-editing software installed (like Apple's iMovie or Windows MovieMaker). Once you have copied the video from your phone, camera, or camcorder to your computer, you can bring the video into these programs. Most allow you to not only edit the video, but add effects, titles, and music to make your video look and sound more interesting.

Tips On Uploading Your Videos to JustVisitUs.com

Once you're happy with your final result, you'll need to save the video in a format that JustVisitUs.com can accept in order to upload. Unless you're a professional video producer, we recommend that you save your videos as either QuickTime .MOV, Windows .AVI, or .MPG files these are the most common formats and they work well within our system. We specifically recommend the MPEG4 (Divx, Xvid) format at 320x240 resolution with MP3 audio. Resizing your video to these specifications before uploading will help your clips look better on JustVisitUs.com.

(Tips based on YouTube.com's "Making and Optimizing Your Videos" help section.)