In order to continue enhancing the ways that artists can quickly and easily express their creativity, we created Shorts to provide them a simple and enjoyable method to make and distribute short-form videos on YouTube. We want to make it simpler for everyone to get involved and create what they love, from remixing tools that help creators use content from across YouTube’s billions of videos around the world in new, original content to expanding the YouTube Partner Program so creators can join and make money from their Shorts.
Almost 2 billion logged-in people watch YouTube Shorts each month, and now we’re unveiling new initiatives to encourage imagination and innovation. Here are 6 fresh methods to produce on Shorts:
1. A unique Collab remixing method
With the help of the brand-new production tool Collab, you may film a Short alongside other YouTube or Shorts videos. To simply participate in a split screen format, creators have a variety of layout possibilities to select from. To remix a YouTube video or eligible Short, simply click “Remix” and then “Collab.”
As yet another option to remix Shorts material, Collab joins Green Screen, which utilizes a YouTube video or Short as the background of our own Short, and Cut, which enables you to use a 1–5 second section from a YouTube video or Short in your own Short.
We will make Collab available to all creators on iOS starting today and over the next few weeks, with Android to follow.
2. Check out fresh effects and stickers
In order to assist designers in finding fresh inspiration, we have just included dozens of new Shorts effects and stickers.
And we’re continuously adding more. For instance, we’ll soon begin rolling out a new Q&A sticker, allowing you to pose questions to your audience and receive answers directly in your comments. So the next time you wonder, “What places in Japan do I need to visit?,” our Q&A sticker has you covered.
Also, you may instantly thank whoever inspired you to create by replying to comments with a Short.
3. Post live and increase your Shorts visibility
We’re thrilled to announce that we’re now testing a vertical live experience that is mobile-only, allowing live artists to be found right in the Shorts feed!
In the test, previews of vertical live videos will be incorporated into the Shorts stream. A scrollable feed of additional live videos will be presented to the user as they begin the encounter.
This should make it easier for producers to establish live connections with new audiences and grow their communities in a fun and contemporary manner from anywhere in the globe. Just make sure it’s vertically oriented! Creators can go live in only a few taps, and features like Super Chat, Super Stickers, and channel subscriptions will also be accessible.
With the new, lowered qualifying requirements to access these fan funding capabilities, this is also a fantastic opportunity for artists who have just joined our YouTube Partner Program.
We’re bringing this new, full-screen experience to viewers gradually over the next several months, even though nothing is changing in terms of how creators go live right now. It implies that live creators will now have greater chances to be found anywhere!
4. Make your creation more efficient using these tips
Who better to turn to for inspiration than other Shorts creators? With a new tool that combines the audio and effect from the Short you’re remixing from automatically, we’re making it simpler to create on YouTube using Shorts whenever inspiration strikes on your feed.
Choose “use sound” from the Remix menu by tapping the Shorts player’s Remix button. We’ll automatically surface the same audio time stamp and the same effect as a creative suggestion from the Short you just saw. To make it your own, you can always mix and match!
5. Save videos to playlists to get ideas
We just made it possible to save Shorts to playlists directly on YouTube, allowing anybody to curate Shorts they love to a playlist right from the Shorts stream. Finally, if you don’t want to lose the effect you just learned, put it on a playlist so you can play it back when inspiration strikes again and give it a try!
Check out JVKE’s curated playlist to see a Shorts playlist in action.
6. A simpler method of turning your recordings into short films
We’ll begin testing new recomposition tools in the next weeks so you may more quickly convert your horizontal films into Shorts!
You may change the arrangement, zoom, and crop of the video portion after selecting a video to remix. Furthermore, split-screen effects will be accessible, allowing you to keep important passages from your long-form material and produce more interesting, unique Shorts.
When we introduce these new capabilities over the coming weeks, we’ll offer additional information.
Stay tuned as we roll out more features in the future—Shorts has so much more to offer! We are eager to see how you use them.
Conclusion
YouTube’s Shorts platform is constantly getting new creative tools and features. As a result of YouTube’s introduction of collaborative remixing, live streaming integration, suggestion prompts, and other features, creators now have more tools to produce interesting short-form videos.
