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This workflow will walk through preparing your video for upload to Vimeo.

    We will create a Thumnail in step 1.

    In step 2, compress your video.

    In step 3, upload it to Vimeo.

    Optional: step 4, include the Vimeo video in a blog.

1) Create


a thumbnail.

Navigate to the movie you are going to upload on your local hard drive.  Right-click and select 'Open With > Final Cut Pro'

With the video open in Final Cut Pro, find a single frame where both anchor are on screen and look their best.  This will be our 'Thumbnail'

 

Select 'File > Export > Using Quicktime conversion ...'

Select 'Format > Still Image'

Name it the date of the program with 'thumbnail' at the end.  Make sure to save it to the tempstorage drive.

Click 'Save'

You are now done with Final Cut Pro.  Select 'Final Cut Pro > Quit Final Cut Pro'

2) Compress your video.

 

Right click your video file and select 'Open with > Compressor'

Find the Vimeo Compression droplet located on the desktop or in 'Macintosh HD > Users > Shared'

Drag the Vimeo Compression icon into Compressor and drop it on the clip that you just opened in the upper-left corner of the screen.  'Vimeo Settings' will appear next to your clip like so:

The optimal settings for uploading a video to Vimeo are programmed .  These settings were obtained from:  http://vimeo.com/help/compression

To trim your clip, double click the screen icon under the name of your clip.  It will open in the 'Preview' window on the right.

With the Preview window selected, press the space bar to play your movie, or move the playhead on the timeline below the clip to find an appropriate beginning point for your clip. 

Mark this point an 'In point' by pressing the 'I' button on your keyboard or pressing the button below the timeline.

Find the point that you would like your program to end and mark it with an out point by pressing the 'O' button on your keyboard or the 
symbol.

Back in the upper-left window, rename the file to something standard that makes sense such as  '[Name of your program] [Date]'. 
Make sure to not use any special characters like " & / or periods.

Select 'Submit ...'

You will be prompted for a name for the process you are running.  This is irrelevant.  Press the new 'Submit' button.

The progress of your conversion can be viewed in the 'History' window on the bottom right. 

If you do not see it here, click the 'Batch Monitor' icon.

Wait until your video is compressed. This will take a long time.  A typical 30 minute video will take 2 hours to compress.
Now is a good time to go on a walk, get a sandwich, cup of coffee, and re-acquaint yourself with the outdoors.

3) Your video is done compressing.  The next step is uploading it to Vimeo.

Open a web browser such as Firefox or Safari.

Type in the address 'vimeo.com'

Select 'Login'  Type in the account name & password.

Select 'Upload a Video'

Select 'Choose file to Upload.'

Navigate to the output from Compressor in the previous step, and select 'Open'.

Vimeo will display the progress of the video upload.


While the video is uploading, fill out the Title, Description, and Tags information.

Once your video is uploaded, select 'Add to'.

If your Vimeo account has channels, this is the time to add your recently uploaded video to a channel.  Press the check box next to the appropriate channel.

Select 'Go to Video' to review your video.

Select the 'Settings' icon in the upper right.

Select Thumbnail
  and 'Choose file to Upload.'

Select the still image you saved earlier in Final Cut Pro to be your thumbnail. And click 'Open'.

Optional: 4) Include the Vimeo video in a blog.

This walkthrough will use the TexasNewswatch blog as the example, however this workflow applies to posting any Vimeo-hosted video to a blog.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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