
For creators, Shorts are a fantastic tool that let you make quick and engaging content for people to dive into, and while it wasn’t difficult to do before, it’s now even easier. Footage needed to be uploaded and condensed down into 60 seconds or less worth of material. Prior to this new update, you’d create a YouTube Short just like any other video.

While YouTube Shorts have been around for a while now, the platform is adding a new way to create them – from existing videos. YouTube has long been trying to catch up with platforms like Instagram and TikTok, which allow creators to make content that grabs your attention for just long enough before the video ends.
