Using Premium Highlights

The purpose of this tutorial is to demonstrate how to create, watch, and share Premium Highlights in Hudl.

In Hudl, you can easily create highlight videos from the videos that you have access to in Hudl (for more information about adding highlights, see the Using Highlights tutorial). With Premium Highlights you can enhance your highlight videos by adding title slides to share your information, spot shadows or arrows to indicate where you are at in the play, and music synced with your clips. You can also choose which clips and angles you want to include and the order in which the highlights appear. Hudl makes it easy to add all of these enhancements to your highlight video with our Premium Highlight Creator.

In Hudl, coaches and players can make unlimited Premium highlights which can be viewed free of charge. Because of the nature of Premium Highlights, coaches will not be able to burn a DVD of the video themselves. Players and coaches can order a DVD of their premium highlights through Hudl.

Once you have created your enhanced highlights, Hudl makes it easy to share the videos with the team, family or college recruiters with the DVD ordering and E-mail options.

Accessing the Premium Highlight Creator

This tutorial begins with highlights already created on Hudl.com. If you haven’t already created highlights, see the Using Highlights tutorial.

1. Access your highlights page by clicking the My Athlete Profile button in the top-right corner of Hudl.com.
2. Click the button under the video player. The Premium Highlight Creator will now open.

Creating Premium Highlights

Once you have accessed the Premium Highlight Creator, making your enhanced highlight reels is quick and easy.

Adding a Title

The first step to creating your Premium Highlight is to add a title.

1. Enter a title for the Premium Highlight. You can create multiple Premium Highlights, so your title is important.
2. Click the green check mark to save your title.
3. The title of your Premium Highlight will now appear at the top of the Premium Highlight Creator. Click the pencil button to the left of the title and repeat steps 1-2 to edit the title at any time.

Adding Video Clips

Once you have added a title, the Premium Highlight Creator will become completely active. The next step is to add highlight clips.

1. The Video tab to the right of the video player will list all of your highlights by season. Each season row will list the season, the number of highlights in the season, and the length of the highlights. Move your mouse over a season, such as 2009 Football, to see the green Add Season button on the right-side of the row. Click the Add Season button to add all of the highlights from the season to the highlight reel. Alternatively, click anywhere else on the season row and drag it to the Drag Stuff Here box of the highlight reel to add all clips from the season.
2. If you do not want to add all of the clips from your season to your highlight reel, click and release anywhere on the season row to see the specific games from your season that have highlights.
3. The Video tab will now list all of your highlights from the chosen season by game. Each game row will list the opponent, the number of highlights in the game, and the length of the highlights. Move your mouse over a game, such as Hudl High, to see the green Add Game button on the right-side of the row. Click the Add Game button to add all of the highlights from the season to the highlight reel. Alternatively, click anywhere else on the game row and drag it to the Drag Stuff Here box of the highlight reel to add all clips from the game.
4. If you do not want to add all of the clips from the game to your highlight reel, click anywhere else on the game to see the specific highlights from the game.

5. The Video tab will now list all of your highlight clips from the chosen game. Each clip row will list the clip number, the angle, and the length. Each angle is a separate clip in the Premium Highlight Creator so you can choose exactly what angles you want to include. Preview a clip by clicking the blue play button on the clip’s thumbnail.
6. Move your mouse over a clip, such as Clip 2, to see the green Add Clip button on the right-side of the row. Click the Add Game button to add the clip to the end of the highlight reel or click anywhere else on the clip and drag it to the Drag Stuff Here box of the highlight reel to add the clip.
7. You can insert highlights between any highlights currently on your highlight reel by clicking and dragging any season, game, or clip to the highlight reel between any currently added clips. An orange bar will appear indicating the location in which you are adding the clips.
8. To return to the game or season view in the Video tab, click the season or All buttons above the clip, game, or season row.

Reordering and Removing Clips

The Premium Highlight Creator lets you easily reorder and remove highlights to your highlight reel at any time.

1. To reorder any added clip, click and drag it to the desired location on your highlight reel. An orange bar will appear indicating the location in which you are moving the clip.
2. Move your mouse over any clip to see the red Remove Clip button in the top-right corner of the clip. Click the Remove Clip button to remove the clip.

Trimming Clips by Setting Start and Stop Positions

Once you have selected the clips you want to include in your highlight reel, the next step is to trim each clip to the most important part by using start and stop points.

1. Begin playing a clip in the video player by clicking on a clip in the highlight reel. Once the video begins playing, two flags will appear on the video timeline - a green flag indicating the start point will appear at the far left side with the text Time the clip with these and a red flag indicating the stop point at the far right side.
2. Drag the green flag to the point where you would like the clip to start playing. For instance, you could drag it to the snap of the ball.
3. Drag the red flag to the point where you would like the clip to stop playing. For instance, you could drag it right after you score a touchdown or make a big hit.

The start and stop points will automatically save. When you preview or view your highlight, it will now start and stop at the locations you have specified.

Adding Spot Shadows

Now that you have your video added to your highlight reel, the next step is to add spot shadow indicators to highlight yourself in the video.

1. Begin playing a clip in the video player by clicking on a clip in the highlight reel. Once the video begins playing, a spot shadow will appear in the top-left corner of the video player asking Where are You?.
2. Identify yourself on the play by clicking on the video at the desired location. The Premium Highlight Creator will automatically add a spot shadow at that position. The spot shadow menu will appear next to the location as well. The available indicators include:
   
   • Faded circle - A faded circle spins around the location on the video
   • Bouncing circle - A circle bounces on the indicated spot on the video
   • Double dashed circles - Two dashed circles spin around the indicated spot on the video
   • Radar lock - A radar lock circle hones in on the indicated spot on the video
   • Simple arrow - A straight arrow points at the indicated spot on the video
   • Swoosh arrow - A swooshed arrow points at the indicated spot on the video
3. Adjust the size of the spot shadow by dragging the Size slider right and left.
4. Adjust the rotation of the spot shadow by dragging the Rotation slider right and left.
5. To preview the spot shadow, click the Play button.
6. To accept the spot shadow, click the Done button. The clip will rewind slightly and play up to and through the spot shadow.
7. To remove the spot shadow, click the Remove button.

Previewing, Changing, and Removing Spot Shadow Indicators

Once you add a spot shadow indicator to your video clip, it will automatically appear every time you watch the clip. You can only have one spot shadow indicator per clip. To change or remove a spot shadow indicator, follow these steps:

1. Begin playing a clip in the video player by clicking on a clip in the highlight reel. Once the video begins playing, a indicator will appear in the top-left corner of the video player. This will indicate that a spot shadow has been added to this clip.
2. To preview a clip with a spot shadow, simply let the clip play. The clip will play up to and through the spot shadow.
3. Click Change Spot Shadow to change your spot shadow.
4. Follow steps 2 - 6 in the Adding Spot Shadows section to change the spot shadow.
5. To remove the spot shadow, click the Remove button.

Adding Music

Adding music to your highlights is a simple process. You can add up to three songs from Hudl’s built-in music selection, or your own MP3’s.

1. Click the Music tab to the right of the video player. The available music will appear. Each music row lists the track name, genre, and whether the track will loop on your highlights.
2. To preview a track, click the blue play button in the music thumbnail.
3. To upload a song from your computer, click Upload Your Own.
4. To select a track for your highlight reel, click anywhere on the track. This will add it as the first song on your reel. Repeat this step to add two more songs.
5. To remove the music from your highlight, select the No Music option.

Saving Your Premium Highlights

Now that you have created your highlight reel, it is time to check it out.

1. Click the Save & Preview button to preview your highlight. Hudl will automatically create a title slide at the beginning of your highlight reel with information from your highlight page.
   • Click the blue information button in the top-left corner of the preview window to see your title slide at any time.
   • Click the red Close button in the top-right corner of the preview window to close the preview window and return to editing.
2. Click the Save & Close button to save your highlight reel and close the Premium Highlight Creator. You can return to edit the highlight reel at any time.
3. Click the Cancel button to close the Premium Highlight Creator without saving any of your highlights. Note: Any unsaved changes will be permanently lost.

Editing and Deleting Your Premium Highlights

Once you have created a premium highlight, it will become available on your highlights page under the Premium Highlights section. You can create as many Premium Highlights as you want.

• You can edit any previously created Premium Highlights by moving your mouse over the highlight and clicking the Edit Premium Highlight button.
• To delete any previously created Premium Highlights, move your mouse over the premium highlight and click the Delete Premium Highlight button. Note: This cannot be undone.

Watching and Unlocking Your Premium Highlights

Unlocking Premium Highlights is free for coaches and players.

• Locked Premium Highlights will appear on the highlight page under the Premium Highlights section with a Padlock over the highlight thumbnail. To unlock your Premium Highlights, click the Unlock and Share These Highlights link in the Premium Highlights section and complete the order form.
• Once unlocked, your Premium Highlights will be playable on your athlete highlight page for any user that visits your page. You can also share your highlights by clicking the Facebook, Twitter, or Email links.

Watching a Premium Highlight Video

1. Click the thumbnail of the Premium Highlight you wish to watch. The title and date created of each video is listed next to the thumbnail.
2. Use the Volume button to adjust the volume.
3. Use the Toggle Full Screen button to watch the video in full screen.

Ordering a Highlight DVD

From the highlights page, you will be able to order a DVD of your video.

1. Select the Premium Highlight you want to order by clicking the thumbnail on your athlete highlight page.
2. Select the Order a DVD option on the right side of the page.
3. Complete the billing, shipping, and credit card information on the resulting page, and click Purchase this DVD.
4. A confirmation screen will appear with your confirmation information.  Save this information for further reference.  Your DVD will be shipped the first business day following the day the order was placed.

Sharing a Highlight Video

From the highlights page, you can send your Premium Highlights via e-mail or share them via Facebook or Twitter.

Facebook

1. Click the Facebook button on the right side of the page.
2. Login to Facebook.
3. Hudl will post a status update with a link to your highlights on your Facebook account.

Twitter

1. Click the Twitter button on the right side of the page.
2. Login to Twitter.
3. Hudl will post a status update with a link to your highlights on your Twitter account.

Email

1. Click the E-mail button on the right side of the page.
2. Enter the e-mail address of the recipient and a short message in the Email this Highlight window. The message is not required.
3. A confirmation in a green box will appear at the top of the page announcing your e-mail has been sent.