How to Annotate YouTube Videos
After you shoot a video with your cellphone or digital camera and upload it to YouTube, you may realize that you need to provide your viewers with additional information, and want to annotate the video. For example, perhaps you don't have anyone explaining where the scene takes place, and you'd like to put some text on the video that gives the location, or you want to put a disclaimer such as "Don't Try This At Home!" You can easily annotate your YouTube video.
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Instructions
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Start your Web browser, navigate to the YouTube website (youtube.com) and sign in to your YouTube account.
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Click the name of your account at the top of the page. Click "Videos." The page containing your uploaded videos opens.
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Click the triangle below the thumbnail of the video that you want to annotate, and then click "Annotations." The annotation editor opens.
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Click the "Add Annotation" drop-down menu, and then click "Note." A text box appears, superimposed above the video. Type the text of your annotation in the text box.
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Drag the slider in the timeline located below the window to a point in your video where you want to add another annotation. Click "Note" once more, and type text in the box. Continue this procedure until you have finished annotating your video.
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Click "Publish" to save the annotations with your YouTube video.
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