Using the Apple I-Phone for easy Video’s “On the Fly”

Apple IphoneWe’ve talked about how the Flip Video is the video recorder of choice for many REALTORS(R).  However, there are those times when you may not have ready access to your computer but yet want to get a video uploaded to You Tube or emailed to a client and that’s when the new I-Phone 3GS comes in handy!

Below is an example of a use of the I-Phone to shoot video “on the fly”.  For this example, let’s say you are driving along and happen to see a for sale sign on a property that you were not aware of but realize it is exactly what a client may be looking for.  Your client is out of town but you want them to be able to experience the property so you stop and shoot a quick video of the property, it’s surrounding and setting with a narration by you describing how perfect it is for the client, then you immediately either upload it to YouTube or email it to them.  Then you go on your merry way.

Now that you have shot your video using your I-Phone, you are just a couple of easy steps away from uploading it to YouTube or Emailing it to a client:

First, you select the video you just recorded from the camera roll.  Then when you see it on the screen you will tap the little arrow shooting out of a box in the bottom left hand corner of the screen – I have circled this in Red below:

After you tap the arrow coming out of the box you will see the screen below where you will be offered three ways to easily share your video: Email, SMS (test) or YouTube. 

To send the video via email click on the button “Email Video”.  At this time if your video is too large to email you will receive a notice to that effect in a window and will be offered the option to send a clip of your video instead of the entire video.

Simply fill in the email address enter a subject and press send and your video is on it’s way.

I would not recommend sending video via SMS (text) as many peoples phone’s do not have the capability of displaying video’s in text. 

The best method for sharing the video is via YouTube.  This way you can share a video that is much larger than can be emailed (YouTube will accept videos up to 10 minutes in length).  To upload to YouTube simply select the “Send to YouTube” button, then enter in your log-in ID and password for YouTube (you must have a YouTube account) and then it will be compressed and uploaded within a few minutes.  Once you have entered your login information for YouTube in once you shouldn’t have to do it for future videos.

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