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Publishing Your ScreenFlow Project : Publishing to YouTube

Publishing to YouTube
Note: For Recommended Upload Encoding Settings on YouTube, visit YouTube website at: http://www.telestream.net/screenflow/youtube-settings.htm
If you have a YouTube account, ScreenFlow enables you to encode and publish your projects directly to YouTube. Select File > Publish to > YouTube, select Video Encoding and Options.
If you check Save Copy to Disk the Location button is enabled, enabling you to select the location for the file to be written to disk. If you do not choose a location, the file will be saved to your Movies folder. If you do not specify a file extension, .mp4 will be used.
Click Next when finished.
Figure 70. YouTube Account Login Window
In the Google Sign In window, enter your email and password, then click Sign In.
Figure 71. YouTube Account Login Window
When you sign in, Google displays the ScreenFlow Verification dialog. Click Accept to complete log in.
Figure 72. ScreenFlow Verification Dialog
When the Publish To YouTube window displays, select a Category, and enter a Title and Description. The Title is a required field and will manifest itself as the primary filename. Enter your tags. The Tags are required to activate the Publish button. Select a Privacy level to restrict who can view the content. Click Publish when finished. The URL for uploads will be returned when the upload has completed.
When exporting a ScreenFlow project, the application icon will display an export progress overlay. This will allow you to minimize the application while exporting and still have an idea of the amount of time before the export completes.
 
Enter keywords to describe your project. When YouTube users search for these words, your video is included in the search results.
Click Publish to export and upload your project. ScreenFlow displays a progress bar to indicate encoding progress. Click Cancel at any time to abort the encode/upload process.