Youtube/Google Upload Settings
OK, this is NO iMovie trick, this is just a question from the Top10 List of FAQ in the iM support forum. Therefore, in shiny colors...
Screenshots are from iM v6/QT7... owners of older iM versions or users of QT≤6 follow the same advice, except h264, which is supported by QT7 only, they have to choose "mpeg4"... see below....
Step one: choose share/export in iM ...
Step two: choose Quicktime (1), Expert Settings (2)...
In case, you want to publish just a part of your project, simply select the clip(s) in iMovie and check that little box lower left "Selected Clips Only" (3) ... finally, hit "share"/"export (4) ....
Step three, select in the drop-down "Quicktime" again, hit "Options" ...
Step four, but 3rd window (almost done! promised!!), here, in the inner guts of the output options of iM, you can select from a wide range of codecs... and other settings...
Compression (1) offers all kind of codecs, which the Quicktime Engine supports; for QT7 users, choose h264, for QT≤6 users, choose here mpeg4 (you do not have h264...). NEW!: YouTube now allows higher res than the 'standard' 320x240, to get better results, we now choose 640x480 as Size (2) ... another hint: apply the Filter 'sharpen' (3), and finally set your audio to AAC/mono ..
NEW!: For playback in the Internet, it is also recommended to Deinterlace your video, you find this in the 'Settings..' dialog:
Another option to reduce file-size is to set the framerate under Compression to 15fps (=half of NTSC)...- as you guess, that reduces file sizes almost half.. but could add some "jumpyness" to video.-
Last, often forgotton techniqué to reduce file size: reduce audio quality (3).. I prefer aac, half bitrate, mono only... if your video's "message" is the music, for sure use higher=better settings ...
When you hit "OK", you're ask for a name and a location... keep that in mind, because...
When youtube asks you for the file in this dialog...
.. you select your just created mymovie.mov file ...
Or, you go to video.google.com, which accepts the same compressed iM .movs ...
As said, video.google supports videos of higher res...- e.g. when you like to share slideshow-movies, that is a better option.-
Hope, that helps...
Keep in mind: youtube/video.google converts that upload again into some .flv file (flashvideo); I made a few dozends tests, wether other codecs & settings get better results - in MY humble opinion, the mentioned settings give the best results.
Last word: PLEASE RESPECT COPY RIGHTS!
you want to get paid for your work, so do musicians, photographers, etc ...-