New Youtuber Questions

[Dan Lynn]

Hi

I'm a new youtuber on the scene, I wanted to ask a couple of questions and thought what better place to come than the Youtube Forums.

1: Whats better for editing and memory storage a laptop or a PC?

2: Does it matter what kind of camera you use? Or is it just okay to use anyone that records videos

3: Is it a good idea to use Facecam straight away or leave it for a while and build a following?

All answers appreciated

 

[CoolMoo5]

1. Usually a Pc but the reason why people like laptops is because of how portable they are.
2. It is 2015 so we are are the age where it needs be at least decent quality. You can get cheap cameras/webcams under $100 that shoot hd. It doesn't have to be super fancy but don't use a five year old webcam or anything.
3. I don't know, I am not a gamer, but I guess it would depend on what types of games you do, some are better with facecams.

 

[Chance C]

1: Whats better for editing and memory storage a laptop or a PC?

2: Does it matter what kind of camera you use? Or is it just okay to use anyone that records videos

3: Is it a good idea to use Facecam straight away or leave it for a while and build a following?

1) Sony Vegas Pro, or even Movie Maker, Adobe After Effects (havn't used it, heard its good)

2) Depends, but people look for good quality in a video - some even use Iphones / Samsung / any phone cameras which have good quality on, so you would not need to go out spending the extra for a top of the range acmera.

3) I'm waiting till i have a following before I do that, it depends on your prefernce and if you want your face to be shown

 

[Stike96]

1. If possible it would be great to get the entire Adobe CC suite, After Effects and Premiere Pro are great for video creation/editing and they work together really well (especially in their newer versions) and Photoshop and Illustrator are great for making thumbnails and basically anything else related to images. They do have a learning curve though so look up some of their tutorials on YT. If you don't want to get those just yet Movie Maker should be fine depending on what types of videos you want to do. For the memory bit if you meant RAM I would say get 8GB if you can't don't go below 4GB, for hard drive space I would say pick up an at least 1TB Hard Disk Drive, they are very cheap and widely available, if you can though I would recommend also having an SSD to store your operating system and main apps on (the Hard Disk Drive will store all of your other files).

Edit: just reread your post, yeah I read your first question wrong :/. I'll leave this reply up anyway in case you wanted to know any of the info I put up. Yeah laptops should be fine if you get the enough storage and a good processor (most modern processors should be able to handle video editing) although with a desktop PC you get a lot more customization options and if there isn't enough storage in it already you can always throw in another hard drive with ease (there are probably many guides on YT for how to do it) and everything else in it can be upgraded too.

2. Basically what was said above

3. Depends on what videos you will be doing but if you are gaming, I personally don't think it really matters whether you jump straight in with a facecam. I would just recommend that you trial and error and see whether it works for you or not.

Also good luck with YouTube .

 

[ermayzing]

1. Generally a PC is better for storing, but I just use a laptop for all of my stuff. It's portable and small and in my opinion it's easier to use (but then again it's the only thing I've been using for a few years now), and laptops still have a lot of space. Plus you could use other storage devices if you don't want to store too much on your laptop (i.e. online storage like Dropbox).

2. It depends on how high quality of videos you want. I have two cameras because the first camera I got isn't the quality I want, and it doesn't have the features needed like an external mic, which I was looking into getting (and a fisheye lens, but the new camera I got doesn't support it either apparently ;-. I think, figure out what you want for elements in your videos and base what camera you get off of that.

3. If you mean for games, then I think it depends on what game it is, as well as if you want to have a facecam. If you don't have a facecam, you'll have to talk to make up for it, because otherwise it's just a game on a screen. When you have a facecam, viewers get to see your facial expressions and your body language while you're playing the game, which is a lot more interesting than if it's just a voice. But if you're good with dialogue, a facecam might not be necessary at first. It really depends on whether or not you want to c: