How to make an intro for the YouTube channel?

How to make an intro for the YouTube channel?

If you want to beautifully issue your channel on YouTube, then the best solution will be your own intro. You can insert this little animation to any video that will declare your rights to it, create a memorable image and simply a pleasant look from viewing. For example, Intro will be created in the Adobe Premiere Pro program, since this editor is one of the most popular and convenient.



1
Creating a project for intro and loading material into it

You can get a trial version of this program on the official website Adobe.. Also, you can use the software to which you are used to more, for example, Sony Vegas or Final Cut. Mount the beautiful intro in primitive programs is unlikely to be able, because you will need many functions for its animation.

To create a project in Premiere Pro, you need to open the program and select the "New Project" section.

After that, in the Settings window, set the name of your project and be sure to set the HDV value in the Capture Format string. It will provide high quality. Click "OK".

This is how your working window will look like. All media files need to be moved to the bottom left area, simply dragging them from the folders with the mouse. It can be your logos that you want to use in intro, beautiful background and music.

In this case, the intro von will be gray, so we need the usual picture with gray fill and the size of your video. A red logo will be placed on top of it, the inscription is made, the music is substituted.

As a rule, these attributes are enough to create a simple intro.

To start working with these files, you need to drag them to the tracks. They will be located on the right below. Just pull files one of the left domain in the right.



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Animation of the logo for intro

The logo in Intro should move and pay attention to. You can move it, moving to any sides, do transparent or visible, twist. First, plan your idea well. For example, this article will consider creating such an animation for the logo: the image will be smoothly and quickly rotated in a circle, changing its size to smaller, along with this changing transparency with zero to fully visible.

First pon your logo in size. To do this, select the track with it, and then double-click on the window to the right above. You will immediately see the boundaries of the image that can be changed.

Moving these boundaries, set this size of the logo that you need approximately.

After that you can proceed to the creation of movement. On the left open the effects panel from the list of tabs in the header. You will see the main parameters:

  • Movement or motion;
  • Transparency or OPACITY.

In the movement tab, there are some more parameters:

  • Position;
  • The size;
  • Rotation or rotation.

To create rotation, go to the "Rotation" or "Rotation" tab.

Please note that before each parameter there is a small round icon. With it, you will fix changes. Put the slider on the track at the very beginning of the intro and click on this icon.

You may notice that another tracks with marks appeared in the window next to the window. This is done for your convenience, if so far, you do not understand their purpose, just do not look at them.

Now move the slider on the tracks at the place where the rotation of your logo must stop. In the Rotation tab, neatly rotate the circle into several revolutions - it is so much turns to make a logo in a circle. Click on the Round icon near the parameter.

That's all. You asked two main points: the moment of calm the logo and its endpoint with the number of rotations.

Similarly change its size in the "Scale" tab. Set the initial logo.

Now move the slider to the place on the video where you want to see the small logo, again change its size in "Scale" and set the circle icon.

Similar instructions apply to transparency.

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Animation of text for intro

In addition to the logo in Intro, you need the text: Your name, company name, video theme.

In the Multimedia list, on the left, right-click and select the "title" or "header" string.

Put the size of your video in the upper lines.

In the window that appears, simply click anywhere and write your text.

Now you can edit it and its position. Using the TRANSFORM tab, set the location and transparency.

In "Properties" you can choose the font and change it under your taste.

In "Fill" Select the color of the text. Below are available some effects, like shadow. After editing, just close the window.

Now drag the created layer with the text on the track.

Specify the animation in the same way as you did with the logo.

That's all. You have a simple, but beautiful intro with music, logo movement and soft text appearance.

Save the video through the "File" tab - "Export" - "Media".

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