Howcast Easy Steps™
Howcast Easy Steps make it easier to watch and learn how to do just about anything by adding easy-to-follow, printable step-by-step instructions to how-to videos.
Every video we make at Howcast Studios feature Howcast Easy Steps. Video contributors can also add Easy Steps to any video uploaded to Howcast.com. Just look for the 
throughout Howcast.com and across the web in The Howcast Player.
Everything You Need to Learn How…
Easy Steps bring together a list of what You Will Need, step-by-step instructions as well as useful tips, facts, and warnings:
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Step-By-Step InstructionsEasy Steps break down how-to’s into a series of steps. |
Tips, Facts & WarningsUseful time-saving tips, interesting facts and important warnings round out step-by-step instructions. |
Print, Watch & Listen
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Easy Steps can be printed into handy written guides that go wherever your computer won’t, from the garden to the kitchen. Look for the Print icon on Howcast.com and wherever the Howcast Custom Player is embedded across the web. |
Easy Steps are integrated directly into videos with sleek onscreen graphics making it easier to Watch & Learn. |
Easy Steps come to life with spoken instructions and Howcast’s signature soundscape. |
Follow Along
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Easy Steps are showcased alongside videos in the Howcast Player, making it easy to see what’s coming up next. |
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Hover over the dots on the progress bar to reveal steps, tips and warnings throughout a video. |
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Click the arrows below the progress bar to skip back and forth through a video’s Easy Steps. |
Wherever, Whenever
Easy Steps accompany videos wherever, whenever you need to learn how:
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Easy Steps are available in videos on sites across the web with the Howcast Player and Howcast Custom Player. |
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Of course, on-screen graphics and spoken instructions accompany our videos on partner sites across the web and beyond. |
Add Howcast Easy Steps™ To Your Own Video
Anyone can add printable Howcast Easy Steps to video they upload to Howcast.com with just a few clicks (and without a lick of editing software). Easy Steps make it much easier for viewers to learn from your videos. Plus, adding instructions and tips help make your video easier to find by search.
Step 1: Write Steps, Tips, Facts & Warnings
Complement your video by adding step-by-step instructions, tips, warnings, and facts for your video that users can follow along and print out for future reference.
You’re in control. “Click and drop” instructions, tips, warnings, and facts to the perfect spot in your video:
Feel free to add as many steps, tips, warnings and facts as you like.
Step 2: Add Howcast Easy Steps Graphics and Sounds
Start by uploading a new video. Or, visit My Videos and click the Edit button next to a video you’ve already uploaded.
We’ve specially designed our signature Easy Steps graphics to complement any video uploaded to Howcast. Once you’ve added Easy Steps (Step 1), you can choose to add any of the following Easy Steps graphics to a video:
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Title CardAdd a professional-looking title card just like this one. |
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Step GraphicsSleekly animated graphics subtly indicate the arrival of the next step, adding a touch of polish to any video. |
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Tips, Facts & WarningsAdd elegant, semi-translucent Tip, Warning, and Fact graphics specially designed to complement existing videos. |
See For Yourself
Howcast members are already polishing up their videos with these graphics. We particularly love how The Natural Princess has already started spicing up her great recipe videos with our steps and notes. Here are a few of our favorites:
Add Easy Steps to Your Video Today
Upload a new video or spiff up your existing library today and let us know what you think.