Today I'm going to show you guys how to use a custom lower third
in your Google+ Hangouts on air on your YouTube channel.
That's coming up.
Hey guys, my name is Tim Schmoyer,
and today is Thursday, which means it's time
to do some YouTube Q&A with you guys.
Last week I did a live Google+ Hangout on air with you guys
here on Video Creators about 3 days to making YouTube work
for you.
If you missed it, you can click right here.
There's a link in the description text below.
Basically I give you guys the top the 3 things
you need to do on your channel to really achieve
your roles in YouTube.
Whatever you're trying to accomplish here, like.
These are the general principles that
apply to really start making YouTube work for you.
So I'd love for you to check it out.
I think it's really valuable.
There will be a lot of creators on who are not just talking
about these principles, but actually
talking about how it has worked on their channel.
So it's not just me talking about like "Here's
what you should be doing guys."
It's actually a lot of the other people saying,
"This is how it worked on my channel.
Does that work in my channel?
I did this," so a lot of different perspectives
and angles on those things.
So if you're trying to accomplish goals on YouTube,
definitely check that out in the link below.
It'll really help you.
So during that Hangout, Chris Morton
wrote and asked this question.
I thought I'd answer it for you guys.
"How did you get the overlays in this video?
Your logo and name and channel URL
sitting above the other people?"
Good question, Chris.
First thing you do is actually create
your lower third with an image editor.
I use Photoshop.
You can use any image editor that works for you.
And you're going to make a transparent image at the same
resolution as the web camera, the camera that you're using
on your Google+ Hangout on there.
So for example I am using an Apple Cinema Display,
and so that camera in there is a 720p camera,
so I make my image a 720p resolution,
which is 1280 x 720.
And then on my transparent image I
just add the text I want, the logo I want.
I can really do anything at all on this image,
and this is what's going to be overlaid on top of my video.
So for me, I just put the very bottom
Tim Schmoyer, my channel, my logo, and things
like that at the very bottom.
It's kind of like a nice lower third, which you've
created that image and you export and save it
as a transparent PNG file somewhere on your computer.
And then when you are in your Hangout, in the left sidebar
there's an app called Hangout Toolbox.
You click it, and then once that is loaded onto your screen,
on the right side there you will see
that there's a couple different options
under the first tab for lower thirds.
That second option is called Custom Overlay,
and that is the option where you are going to upload your image.
Then just hit that Off switch to On and then your image
will appear as an overlay on top of your actual video.
Now it looks backwards to you on the screen
because your webcam is actually flipped
for everyone else was watching on the other side
on their computers.
So if it looks backwards to you on yours
it actually means it is set up exactly
the way it's supposed to be.
Alternatively, if you can't get the work or you just want
a really simple, basic built-in lower third in your Google+
Hangout on air the option right there will help you do that.
Just simply type in what your title, the name is,
and then you can upload a custom logo if you want,
but otherwise it'll just use your default Google+ icon.
Again, switch it to On and then you'll
have it to show up there.
And that's basically how it works.
Hope that was helpful.
If any of you guys have a question
you'd like me to address in an upcoming Thursday's Video
Comment, write it below.
Or if you want to send a video of yourself asking
the question, I'd love to put you right here.
There's a link in the description
text below this video here and YouTube
where you can upload your video to me
and I'd be happy to watch your question,
and then feature your channel here and do a little more
collaborative type of Q&A. That would be awesome.
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Bye.