Create YouTube Shorts with remixed content

Use our Shorts creation tools to put your unique spin on the content you love. Get creative and use our remixing options to remix audio or add a video segment from videos across YouTube.

Shorts made with remixed content are attributed back to the original work – a great opportunity for new viewers to discover your content!

The source of your remixed audio is credited on the Sound Library page (example above).

Tap Sound in the Shorts player to find a link to the source video alongside other Shorts using the same audio.

The source of your remixed video is credited in the Shorts player with a link to the video (example above).
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Create Shorts with remixed audio and effect

You can easily create your own Shorts using audio and effects from the original content.

From the Shorts player

To remix from another Short:

  1. Sign in to the YouTube app on mobile.
  2. Go to the Short you want to sample.
  3. In the lower-right corner, tap Sound to find other Shorts that used the same audio and effect.
  4. Tap USE THIS SOUND to Create a Short.

From a video watch page

To remix audio from a long-form video:

  1. Sign in to the YouTube app on mobile.
  2. Go to the video that you want to sample.
  3. Under the video player, tap Remix and then Sound .

From an Official Artist Channel

To remix audio from an Official Artist Channel:

  1. Open the Official Artist Channel.
  2. Go to the “Popular sounds on Shorts” section.
  3. Next to the song you’d like to sample, tap USE THIS SOUND to Create a Short.

You can also tap on a sound to view other videos featuring the song, or tap to save the sound to your library.

Create Shorts using a template

  1. Sign in to the YouTube app on mobile.
  2. Go to the Short you want to use as a template.
  3. Tap Remix and then Use this template .
    • Tip: Or on the Short video, tap Use template.
  4. Add your clips to the template and create your Short.

Introduce Shorts with remixed video

From the Shorts player

To remix from another Short:

  1. Sign in to the YouTube app on mobile.
  2. Go to the Short you want to sample.
  3. Tap Remix and then Cut Cut this video.
    • Tip: To choose a different layout, tap Layout and then Autocrop .

From a video watch page

To remix from a long-form video:

  1. Sign in to the YouTube app on mobile.
  2. Go to the video you want to sample.
  3. Under the video player, tap Remix and then Cut Cut.
    • Tip: To choose a different layout, tap Layout and then Auto .

Create Shorts with remixed video backgrounds

From the Shorts player

To remix from another Short:

  1. ​Sign in to the YouTube app on mobile.
  2. Go to the Short you want to sample.
  3. Tap Remix and then Green screen.
    • Tip: To choose a different layout, tap Layout and then Autocrop .

From a video watch page

To remix from a long-form video:

  1. Sign in to the YouTube app on mobile.
  2. Go to the video you want to sample.
  3. Under the video player, ​tap Remix and then Green screen.​
    • Tip: To choose a different layout, tap Layout and then Auto .

Create Shorts with Collab

From the Shorts player

To remix with a Collab from another Short:

  1. Sign in to the YouTube app on mobile.
  2. Go to the Short you want to sample.
  3. Tap Remix and then Collab .

From a video watch page

To remix with a Collab from a long-form video:

  1. Sign in to the YouTube app on mobile.
  2. Go to the video you want to sample.
  3. Under the video player, tap Remix and thenCollab .

Create a music video remix in YouTube Shorts

YouTube creators can use our Shorts creation tools to remix audio and visual content from music videos across YouTube. You can remix music video content in a few different ways, including Green Screen, Cut, and audio remixing.

Learn more below about what types of sound recordings and music videos are eligible to remix for YouTube Shorts.

How to remix music video content for YouTube Shorts

You can remix in a few different ways:

  • Green Screen: sample a music video as the background of your Short. You can sample either the visual only, or both audio and video.
  • Cut: sample a 1-5 second segment of a music video. This includes both the audio and video from the music video.
  • Audio Remix: sample up to 60 seconds of the audio from the music video in your Short.

Note: Depending on partner agreements with YouTube, some videos may be limited to 30 seconds of audio use in Shorts

For more info on Cut and Green screen, check out these videos from the YouTube Creators channel:

If you upload a short video you’ve created elsewhere, make sure that any copyright-protected material you’ve used is approved for your use on YouTube. Using copyright-protected material could lead to you getting a Content ID claim. Also if a copyright owner, artist’s label, or distributor sends us a valid and complete copyright takedown notice against your short video, it may be removed, and you could get a copyright strike.

Learn more about remixing content

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