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The Video Creator is a free service we offer to Compile an MP4 video of your tour. Any media marked “Rip To Video” in the Media Manager will be included in the video after its Compiled. This includes stills, panos, and video clips. Once the compile is complete, a link will appear to download your video. You can also automatically post the video to YouTube that will be hosted on the RTV YouTube account, or if you link your own YouTube channel, it will be posted there instead. Alternatively, if your client has their own YouTube account, then they can tie their RTV account to theirs as well.

Watch the video below to learn about the functionality of the video creator and how to connect your YouTube channel!

Before starting a compile, be sure to have your Media Manager already loaded with media.

1.  Open a Project.

2. Click the “Video Creator” link under Tools in the sidebar.

3. Toggle the Compile Video setting to green.

4. To post the resulting video to YouTube, also toggle the Post to YouTube setting to green. This can also be done after the video has been Compiled.

Video options should be set before attempting to Compile.

5. Click Save

You can find the Video Creator under Project Tools within a project.

There are three toggles. The first is Compile Video, which begins once the Save button his clicked after being switched on.

Expedited Queue will place your video in front of the processing queue of those that have not also been expedited, for an additional $3.

Lastly is Post to YouTube. This can be done at the same time as the compile is taking place, or can be turned on later and uploaded at a different time. If you have a linked YouTube account, or your agent has their YouTube account attached, it will post to that account. Otherwise, it will be posted to the RTV account at the minimum.

 

Once the compile has completed, you will see the Video Status as Ready and a link for download, as seen below.

How to connect your YouTube Channel

First thing you are going to need to do is naviagate to Settings, then scroll down and under Integrations on the left, click YouTube. From here you will see your linked channel and status. Sometimes a channel needs to be relinked due to expired privileges, so be sure to check this area occasionally. 

Now you have the option to toggle Enable Posting on and/or allowing videos to be posted to your agents / brokers channels if they have those linked. Once you have those toggled to green, hit Save.

Upon hitting Save you will be redirected to choose the account that you wish to link. Be sure its the one that has the YouTube channel you wish to upload to.

On this page, while the screenshot doesn’t show it, there will most likely be boxes to check for special privileges allowing RTV access to upload to your channel. Be sure to check those boxes, and hit Continue.

Following that, you will be directed back to RTV where your linked channel will be listed. Your videos will now post to your channel instead of the default channel provided by RTV.

Video Settings

Video Title Enabled – Show the Tour Title in the Intro and Overlay

Video Address Enabled – Show the Property Address in the Intro and Overlay

Still Photo Resizing – How to resize an image if it is not already in a 16×9 format.

Crop will cut off the top/bottom or left/right until the image fills the frame. Will not add black bars

Scale will resize the image to fit everything inside the frame, while keeping the original ratio. Will add black bars

Intro Title Scene Enabled – Show the Intro Title which contains Title, Address, and the Tour Agent’s/Co-Agent’s/Owner’s Photo and Logo if enabled below

Video Overlay Enabled – Show the top video overlay

Closing Title Scene Enabled – Show the Closing Title Scene which contains all the enabled information below

User Information Settings

FSD Information Enabled – Enable settings in the FSD Information section

Agent / Owner Information Enabled – Enable settings in the Tour Agent/Owner Information section

Co-Agent Information Enabled – Enable settings in the Co-Agent Information section

FSD, Tour Agent / Owner, and Co-Agent Information

Logo / Company Logo – The logo in the agent’s Branding page or the FSD Company page

Phone – The number in the agent’s Basic Information page or the FSD Profile page

Website / Company Website – The website in the agent’s Basic Information page or the FSD Company page

Profile Photo – The photo in the agent’s Branding page or the FSD Profile page

Fax – The number in the agent’s Basic Information page or the FSD Profile page

Email – The email in the agent’s Basic Information page or the FSD Profile page

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“Success with RTV from a Real Estate Agent’s Point of View
In early 2005 as the real estate market here in the Florida Keys started to slow, I could see I would have to brush up on my marketing skills and find better ways to expose my listings to potential buyers. With so many Florida Keys homes and condos sold as vacation homes, an online presence with great photos and virtual tours becomes essential. A few years earlier I was the first agent in our area to do virtual tours. I had tried the two-shot version but the results were not very good. Then the market got so hot, and properties were selling so fast, there was no real need to have tours. I could see the tide turning and I wanted to add virtual tours back to my listings so I started doing some research to find the best solution. After looking at a lot of low quality tours, I found RTV. Having taken some photography courses in college, and with over 30 years in the real estate business taking photos of houses, I decided to do the tours myself. My first RTV tour was of one of the highest priced homes in Key Largo. Shortly after submitting it, I received a call from a buyer who said his wife had seen a virtual tour on the Internet and she wanted him to take a look at the property while he was in the Keys. During the showing he called his wife at home and told her to look at the virtual tour again. They decided then and there to make an offer. They ended up buying the property. The wife never came to see it until closing. The selling price was $3.7 million.

Since then there have been other situations where a buyer’s partner or family member could not be present but the decision to go forward was based on the virtual tour. Many times in the course of showing one of my listings with an agent from another company, I hear the buyers talking about having seen the virtual tour on the Internet. It seems they find the listings and have their agent make the appointment which results in more showings and sales for my sellers. I have a contract pending on a property which is scheduled to close later this month. The buyers have never been inside the house. Asking price almost $3 million.

In spite of our market being down almost 50% in the number of sales, and the inventory being up almost 50% in the number of listings, this has been my best year ever in real estate with over $12 million in sales so far – and it is only April. Thank you RTV for helping take my career to a new level.”

Sharon Nyman

Virtual Tour Provider

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  • 100% Your Brand & White Label
  • Advanced Customer Storefront
  • Advanced Photo & 4K Streaming Video Delivery
  • Automated Weekly Traffic Reports
  • Built-in 360 Virtual Tour Software
  • Calendar Integration & Job Scheduling System
  • Create Interactive Floor Plans with Hot Spots
  • Custom 360 Virtual Tour Layouts
  • Discounted Virtual Staging Services
  • Easy-to-Use Secure Client Portal
  • Invoice, Prepay, & Pay-To-Download
  • Jobs from RTV’s National Hotel Accounts
  • Photographer Management System
  • Secure HTTPS Links
  • Six Elegant Property Website Layouts
  • Stripe, PayPal, Square, & QuickBooks Integration
  • Unlimited Hosting
  • Unlimited Phone Training & Technical Support
  • Works with ANY 3D–360 Camera
  • Zillow, Matterport, & iGuide Compatible

“RTV, Best Service, Great Products!!!
We opened Photos Sell, real estate photography in January 2015. I found RTV during a search for a portal site so I could send high res images over the internet to my customers. When I called this company I was greeted by the owner himself. Jason LaVanture. Jason explained what RTV was about and what they can do for my new business. Great customer service, training, high res Virtual Tours and much, much more. After I signed up I got all of the above and much, much more. I received excellent training on the system. Instant help from customer support almost never got a voice mail and when I did they always got right back to me ASAP. The product is like nothing else, it set me apart from my competition. Look if your pictures are not good, they will no look good on any medium. I now work for 35 agents and exclusive with two large Brokers in our area. I am busy as hell. I read the complaints on this company and my response to those who complained is: you can’t make a living off the leads you get for RTV. You need to market you self, have a great product and provide great customer service. Look, I am no one special to RTV, just a customer and I have received outstanding service, their web portal works flawlessly and is easy to use and navigate. I can pickup the phone and speak to the Owner any time, he is a great resource and can be depended upon should you have a problem!! Thank you RTV. I prefer not be anonymizes: George Pulizzano, Photos Sell, Tampa, Florida.”

George Pulizzano

George Pulizzano Photography

“I became a RTV Full Service Provider after I researched many different virtual tour software solutions and purchased several different packages from virtual tour companies in the industry. RTV wins hands down! Their tours are truly INTERACTIVE and professional quality. Unlike other software that can distort images and give the ‘fishbowl’ effect, RTV offers a superior software solution that forgives even the most amateur of photographers and allows professional photographers to REALLY show off their work. In the last year my company has produced more than 170 tours for both commercial and real estate applications and that number is growing daily. On top of our own marketing efforts, RTV has sent us MANY qualified leads! 95% of all the leads that they send us result in an immediate order! To top the cake, their support staff is ON THE BALL!! A BIG thank you to Torie, Jon, Jacque (tour track), Ben and especially Jason for all of their training, support and attention to detail. I have been known to be a little ‘fiery’ and passionate about my business, but they have always answered my support requests promptly and professionally! I highly recommend their software to anyone who is even considering doing their own tours in-house OR starting a virtual tour company. You simply CANNOT beat the level of support or quality of software.”

Cheryl Waller

Virtual Tour Provider

“Success with RTV from a Real Estate Agent’s Point of View
In early 2005 as the real estate market here in the Florida Keys started to slow, I could see I would have to brush up on my marketing skills and find better ways to expose my listings to potential buyers. With so many Florida Keys homes and condos sold as vacation homes, an online presence with great photos and virtual tours becomes essential. A few years earlier I was the first agent in our area to do virtual tours. I had tried the two-shot version but the results were not very good. Then the market got so hot, and properties were selling so fast, there was no real need to have tours. I could see the tide turning and I wanted to add virtual tours back to my listings so I started doing some research to find the best solution. After looking at a lot of low quality tours, I found RTV. Having taken some photography courses in college, and with over 30 years in the real estate business taking photos of houses, I decided to do the tours myself. My first RTV tour was of one of the highest priced homes in Key Largo. Shortly after submitting it, I received a call from a buyer who said his wife had seen a virtual tour on the Internet and she wanted him to take a look at the property while he was in the Keys. During the showing he called his wife at home and told her to look at the virtual tour again. They decided then and there to make an offer. They ended up buying the property. The wife never came to see it until closing. The selling price was $3.7 million.

Since then there have been other situations where a buyer’s partner or family member could not be present but the decision to go forward was based on the virtual tour. Many times in the course of showing one of my listings with an agent from another company, I hear the buyers talking about having seen the virtual tour on the Internet. It seems they find the listings and have their agent make the appointment which results in more showings and sales for my sellers. I have a contract pending on a property which is scheduled to close later this month. The buyers have never been inside the house. Asking price almost $3 million.

In spite of our market being down almost 50% in the number of sales, and the inventory being up almost 50% in the number of listings, this has been my best year ever in real estate with over $12 million in sales so far – and it is only April. Thank you RTV for helping take my career to a new level.”

Sharon Nyman

Virtual Tour Provider