Even more new ways to create Shorts (Green Screen and beyond!)
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Hi creators,
There are over 30 billion views every day on YouTube Shorts - 4x as many as a year ago. Viewers love all your creativity, and today we are announcing new creation features to spark your imagination (hint: Green Screen is starting to roll out on iOS)! We look forward to hearing what you think of these new features, and we’re even more excited to see what you create with them!
A new way to remix: Green Screen
Green Screen is the latest way to remix with Shorts - building on Cut that began to roll out last month. With Green Screen, you can use any eligible YouTube video or Short as the background for your original Short video. You can create using both the audio + video or video-only if you choose to mute the audio. As a reminder, you can also use Green Screen with any photo or video from your own gallery as well. To use Green Screen, just select Create > Green Screen on the menu of options under the video you’re watching or press the 3-dot menu in the Shorts player and select Green Screen. The max length you can create with is 60 seconds.
Any video that is created with Green Screen will be attributed back to the original creator’s source video with a link within the Shorts player, which provides a new way for your content to be discovered. If you don’t want your long form content to be remixed by others, you can always opt out in YouTube Studio. Note: Any music videos or VODs with visual claims are ineligible for Green Screen.
Green Screen is beginning its gradual rollout on the iOS YouTube app today (it will be rolling out over the next few weeks, so you may not see it yet)! In the coming months, it will roll out to everyone on Android as well. We can’t wait to see how you get creative with the content you love to watch.
Recapping another new way to remix: 1-5 second Cut
Last month, we started rolling out a new way to create a Short - simply tap on ‘Create’ and select ‘Cut’ from any eligible YouTube video or Short to select a 1-5 second segment to use for your own original Shorts content. Any time a new Short is created from your own channel’s content, it will be attributed back to your original video with a link in the Shorts player.
This feature is now available to everyone using the YouTube app on iOS and in the coming months it will roll out to everyone on Android.
#Shorts!
-Meaghan, TeamYouTube
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Last edited May 12, 2022