Someone invited you to participate in a VidDay — follow these steps to upload media with your phone: Press the Submit Now button. Select Camera/files to access your phone library. Select your phone's storage/browse files. After selecting all your media (you can select multiple items) press open or select to add them; you'll be limited to 10 media items per upload session. Press Upload Files to upload. You'll then see a confirmation page where you can add your name and email to notify the person who invited you.

Someone invited you to participate in a VidDay — follow these steps to record and upload your video message with your phone: From your invitation, press the Submit Now button. Select Camera or Files to record. A menu will appear; select Take Video to open your phone's camera app. Record your video, then press Use Video to upload. You'll then see a confirmation page where you can add your name and email to notify the person who invited you.

As the video creator, you can upload videos/photos via the media gallery. Look for the Add Media button next to or below all the media. Next select Videos & Photos to upload media from your device or click on Text Card to add a text card.  If you need further assistance, please contact a Customer Care Specialist using our live chat in the bottom right corner.

You've been invited to participate in a VidDay event, that's great! You've got two options: Record or Upload via the submissions page right away. RSVP to the event to let the creator know that you plan on submitting later. Record or Upload If you decide to record or upload your video right away, we'll automatically notify the creator that you've submitted. You can also add your name and email address so that the creator can notify you when the video is ready to view!

Most common file formats are accepted — here's a list! Video mp4 mov MOV mkv 3gp (not recommended, low quality) Picture PNG JPG JPEG Audio WAV MP3 Not currently accepted GIFs TXT PDF  DOC PPT  XLS File upload limits Creators are able to upload 100 files at a time up to a limit of 954 MB of data.  Contributors are able to upload 10 files at a time up to a limit of 954 MB of data.

If you are recording a message using your phone, you may be asking yourself which orientation you should record in. The short answer is: it does not matter! If you record in portrait, our background theme will populate any needed space, while if you record in landscape your clip will take up the majority of the screen.  An example of a video recorded in portrait: An example of a video recorded in landscape:

With a computer, you can browse through your computer files to select photos and videos to upload. You can also click and drag files from your desktop to the upload box. Here's how: Click on the event invite link. Press Submit Now. You can now drag media directly to the upload box.  Accepted video formats: mp4, mov, mkv, 3gp Aceepted Photo formats: png, jpg, jpeg Not accepted: gifs, pdf, ppt, doc, xdoc, qt and others.

Safari browser supports video recording from mobile devices like iPhones and iPads. But, Safari does not support webcam recording from your computer due to restrictions imposed by Apple. There are two solutions if you are using a Safari browser on your computer: You can record directly from VidDay using a different browser, like Google Chrome. Once you install Chrome, open your VidDay invite link and follow the steps to record your message with a webcam.

Someone invited you to participate in a VidDay — follow these steps to record your video message with a webcam:  From your invitation, press the Submit Now button. Select Camera and allow your browser to use your computer's camera and microphone. Press Start to begin recording. When done recording, press Submit Video to upload. You'll then see a confirmation page where you can add your name and email to notify the person who invited you.