To get a movie from YouTube into iMovie you will need to convert it into an iMovie friendly format. There are various ways and software tools to do this - the Perian plug-in and VLC may prove useful if you do not have Quicktime Pro (See links below) 1 Open the YouTube page, with the video you want, in Safari. 2 Open Safari's Activity window from the Window menu 3 Find details of the movie page, find the largest file there and double click on it. This will be the movie itself which should now download and is usually called get_video. 4 Once it is downloaded you need to rename it and add .flv onto the end - moviename.flv 5 Open this movie in Quicktime player (if you have upgraded to Pro version) or in VLC. 6 Export the movie in an iMovie friendly format such as mpeg. 7 Import the movie into iMovie.
From iMovie's Share menu select the YouTube option and use a Large or HD setting to export your movie.
Purchase the iMovie app and upload the movie to YouTube.
Open iMovie and then open the movie that you want to upload to Youtube. Now, open the iMovie to youtube export screen by clicking File>Export>iMovie to Youtube. In the iMovie to Youtube export screen, set the video clip to upload, the video quality, the title and description to upload, the category and tags to upload, the youtube channel to upload to(optional), the advanced settings and then press the upload button.
From iMovie's Share menu you can select to send the movie to iDVD, export a movie directly to popular sites such as YouTube or FaceBook or to Export the movie in a variety of formats for sharing with others.
iMovie's Share menu provides a direct link to your YouTube or MobileMe account and an assortment of options to Export a movie. You will need a hosted web site to upload a movie to if you do not want to use YouTube or MobileMe.
You can record movies in iMovie and edit them, or do whatever you'd like. When finished, save it on your computer and upload it to Youtube like you would any other movie. The latest versions of iMovie (from '08 onwards) have a link to YouTube in the Share menu and will automatically prepare and upload the movie for you.
Sony Vegas, Windows Movie Maker, Apple Imovie (MACS)
Honestly, the direct upload from iMovie is not the best thing to do. It is better to export the video file and upload it directly.
For the most part, you will need to have an idea and a video editor. Basic movie editing software include iMovie and Windows Movie Maker.
Open finder, applications , imovie drag to your dock! If you have to many already there move some!
You can use imovie
To set your YouTube background, go to your channel, then settings, then advanced options, then background image. Choose your image from a file on your computer.