If you are an active user of YouTube and not only watch someone else’s, but also upload your content, then you probably already thought about the recognizable and unique style of your channel. The "chip" required by each channel owner is an intro for the Youtube channel. How to do it with minimal time - read on.
What is an intro and why is it needed?
Intro, in other words, the introduction is a short branded splash screen in front of your video itself. Like the logo, the intro is another step towards developing the channel’s corporate identity . Remember how many emotions the Disney magic castle before the movies, or "Twentieth Century Fox Represents ...". Ideally, your video’s splash screen should make the user's heart beat faster with anticipation of the wonderful minutes spent watching your videos.
If the quality of the video content itself is “lame”, then, of course, no screen saver will help. But if you have great videos, then why not make the channel a little more interesting and recognizable?
For some time on Youtube there was a function of adding an intro using a special button in the interface of the video hosting itself. You could download a three-second video, and it was automatically added to the beginning of all your videos - both already downloaded, and those that you would download in the future. However, this function was removed for some reason. Since the spring of 2015, you have to manually create not only the videos themselves in the video editor, but also the intro for the Youtube channel.
How to make a splash screen if you are too lazy to mess around in the editor yourself, lack skills or ask for someone? On freelance exchanges you can find craftsmen who will do everything for you. They can order and buy a ready-made intro for the Youtube channel. They will create a video material for you and provide it with the necessary text according to your wishes.
Create a screensaver yourself
If you do not want to spend money and are confident in your skills of working with popular video editors, then perhaps you should try to create an intro for Youtube yourself. Of course, you can start the creation process right from the video screensaver and thereby personalize your channel even more. To do this, you will need to choose from your stocks (or even specifically shoot a new one) some video with beautiful frames, from where you can cut out just three seconds of the intro for the Youtube channel. How to make and put on the video the desired caption (the name of your channel, number and series name) - depends on the particular video editor.
Download blank for intro
This method is suitable if you do not care what kind of picture you will have as an intro for the Youtube channel. How to make the process of creating a screensaver a little easier? Very simple. You need to search the Internet for blanks for intro. Look for a blank made in the same video editor that you have, so that later you can easily modify it. Also note that not all blanks that come across in the networks are free, so search immediately with the specification free.
Most of your finds will look like a spectacular screensaver with the words "text" or "your name", instead of which you should insert the desired phrase in the editor.