Create a video on the subject of your love before Valentine’s day, then sync it to her(his) iPod in secret and play for your lover on Valentine’s day. Do you think this is an unique Valentines idea ? If yes, below is the detailed process:
Step1. Choose a Video
The first thing you want to do when making a Valentines video is to choose a good video. Doubtless, the best video material is the video clips of you and her(him) shot by DV, camcorder, digital camera, mobile phone etc. If you don’t have these material, you could get some romantic videos from Movie DVDs or internet like YouTube etc.
Step2. Decide the theme
Now you need to identify the theme of the video. You can start by getting an romantic title for the video. An example would be “The hardest thing to do is loving you forever”, “I love you, not for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you” …
Step3. Write An Outline
Like kind of a script, the outline will be the basis for the Valentines video, Use the outline to insert love quotes/poems, romantic situations and any other ideas you want to add.
Step4. Edit video
Edit it by some video editing software. Vegas Pro, Or Final Cut Pro are good programs but if you are on a budget, check out this article “Top 10 free video editing software programes“. Edited video will play an important part in make a video being romantic.
Step5. Sync video to iPod
iPod can play the following video formats: MP4(MPEG-4), H.264 video, M4V
So, before sync video to iPod, you need ensure your self-made video is compatible with iPod. If not, I recommend Daniusoft iPod pack ( 40% discount) which consists of three perfect tools iPod video converter, DVD to iPod converter and iTransfer. It can help you convert various video .MOD/.MKV/.AVI/.FLV/.WMV/.MPEG /HD video(.M2TS/.TP) even commercial DVD movies to iPod-friendly format. Additionally, it is already optimized for output setting for iPod touch/Nano/classic… Easy-to-use. For Valentine’s day, You can get this 40% discounted iPod pack on Daniusoft Valentine’s special offer.
Next, you need to launch iTunes, click File option on menu, and add your video files to iTunes library. Then，connect your iPod to computer via USB cable, iTunes will detect your iPod/. After that, click iTunes “File -> Sync iPod/”, and the files will be transferred to your iPod from iTunes library.
Tip: If you are satisfied with the self-made video enough, you may upload it to YouTube, Face book, My space etc for sharing…