YouTube’s making it easier for creators to turn longer content into Shorts
by Mitchell Clark from The Verge - All Posts on (#61XZ8)
The company's really pushing Shorts right now. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube is trying to make it even easier for creators to turn their longer videos into Shorts formatted for the platform's TikTok competitor, by adding a new Edit into a Short" tool to its iOS and Android app. It'll let creators select up to 60 seconds from one of their videos and bring the clip into the Shorts editor, right from the YouTube app on iOS or Android. From there, they can add things like text, filters, as well as additional videos shot with the Shorts camera or pulled from their photo library.
In an announcement post for the feature, YouTube says that the finished Short will link to the full video it was clipped from, which could help make Shorts an ideal promotional tool for the creator's longer content - a key incentive...