The following is the first episode of a new weekly video series that we’re launching in conjunction with our friend and host, Stephen Schweikart of Vscreen.com.

The YouTube Blog announced that STR Skill School, a channel dedicated to showing soccer tips and tricks, is April’s winner for their On The Rise program.

Without light, there is no video. Or rather, with not enough light there is crappy, unprofessional video

The ability to upload a custom thumbnail image for your videos is a feature limited only to YouTube Partners. However, this little YouTube hack will show you how you can get your own custom thumbnail for your video even if you are not a partner. Be warned that this video is for informational purposes only.

There are several services that let you customize the YouTube player's embed code and the actual YouTube player itself.

This week we answer a viewer's question about how to make your videos interactive with pop-up videos, subscription links, clickable videos and such. First, create your video with whatever text, image, or video clip you want to be clickable in your video. Then, after it's uploaded to YouTube, go to add those annotations respectively.

Last week, I wrote, “It’s almost December and it’s fairly easy to predict what’s going to happen next month.

Adding subtitles and captions to your videos on YouTube can greatly influence their ranking in search engines. It's one of the best search engine optimizations you can do to increase viewership, gain an audience, and give your videos more exposure. Plus, when you have transcription files in multiple languages, it causes YouTube to feature and highlight your videos in even more spaces in other countries

This week we look at the recent news of the online video world and highlight a lot of statistics that have come up regarding online video usage, views, and consumptions.

Video is becoming such an important part of web content that we're seeing individuals and groups of all skill levels jumping into video creation and video marketing. So while Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premier may be dominant video editing software choices for professionals, there are millions and millions of new video producers who don't quite have the skill set for the high end tools. If you're a video creator looking for a great intermediate video editing solution that has a few more bells and whistles than the bare-bones offerings but not the overwhelming options of the professional suites, Camtasia Studio 7 offers a powerful yet simple option