Hey everyone!
In this video, you'll learn how to sign up for Amara Community,
so that your friends and followers
can help you subtitle and translate your videos.
Let's get started.
First, you'll need to create an Amara account.
If you already have an account, you can click "Go to Login".
Otherwise, fill out the form and create a new account.
A confirmation email will be sent to you.
You'll need to verify your email
before you can use some of the features of your Amara Community team.
Pick a name for your team.
It can match your YouTube channel, or be something else entirely.
Here, you'll choose the number of seats and languages for your team.
Each seat is an available space for a team member.
"Team languages" refers to the number of languages
your team members can translate your videos into.
If you're not sure about what you'll need, start with a small number.
You can always upgrade your plan later.
Next, you'll be taken to the payment page.
Enter your payment details here.
You'll be able to review your plan
before finalizing your purchase on the next page.
Make sure everything looks good before you buy.
Keep in mind that your plan will automatically renew
after three months,
but you can cancel at any time.
Now you're ready to start customizing your team.
You'll automatically be taken through a few quick steps to get you started.
The first step is to link your YouTube channel.
This will allow your team to easily create and publish subtitles to YouTube.
If all of your YouTube videos are spoken in the same language, choose that here.
If you speak more than one language in your videos, leave this blank
and you can manually enter the video languages later.
You'll be taken outside of Amara to login to YouTube.
The next step is to choose the languages you want subtitles created in.
If you want subtitles in the language your video is spoken,
make sure to include your channel language here.
Once you set these languages, you won't be able to change them,
so if you don't know which ones you want just yet, skip this for now,
and you can always set the rest later.
Your "user language" refers to the languages you speak
and understand well enough to create subtitles in.
Make sure to fill this out if you want to personally contribute to videos on Amara.
Finally, if you have friends or family that you want on your team,
you can invite them by entering their email addresses in this box.
If you don't have specific users in mind for your team, click "Skip for now".
We'll show you how to send an application link
to your followers instead.
Once you finish the setup steps, you'll be taken to your Team Dashboard.
Here, you'll be able to see videos that need subtitles,
recent activity, and navigate to other management pages.
To see all of your videos, head to the Videos page.
Once you link your YouTube channel,
any public videos from your channel will show up here.
They will be imported automatically,
but it may take up to 15 minutes for them to show up.
If you didn't select a channel language in the setup steps,
this is where you can specify what languages your videos are spoken in,
either one at a time or in bulk.
If you skipped any of the initial setup steps,
you can complete them from the Settings page.
The Subtitle Languages tab allows you to choose languages
that your users will be able to create subtitles in.
Make sure to hit "Save Changes" to finalize any changes you've made.
Keep in mind that you can't change or remove a language once you set it,
but if you find you need more languages,
you can use this button to upgrade your plan.
The YouTube Channel tab is where you can link your YouTube channel,
if you haven't already.
The channel name will show here once it's been linked.
The Team Admission tab is where you can manage how users join your team.
You can choose to either invite users directly,
or have users apply to be on your team through your welcome page.
Right click the welcome page link and select "Copy link address".
Now you can paste the link to share with your followers.
To manage your incoming applications, go to the Members page
and click "Review Applications".
Here you'll see how many seats you have left on your Amara Community team.
You can always upgrade your plan if you run out of seats.
The Subtitle Workflow tab allows you to add a review step
in the subtitling process.
When review is enabled, subtitles won't get published
without a second team member checking their work.
This can help ensure that your subtitles are accurate
and safe from spammers and trolls.
If you want to customize how your team pages look,
you can add a banner and logo from the Community Description tab.
You can also update any info and messaging you want displayed for your team.
Now you're all set up and ready to start managing your team.
Check out the links in the description
to find more resources about Amara Community teams.
We're excited to help you get started.