Here are six new ways to create on YouTube Shorts

Creators can now use YouTube Shorts with newer features like remixing tools, expanding the YouTube Partner Program, new stickers and effects and more.

YouTube has introduced new features to Shorts. The platform feature was first launched to give creators a lightweight and fun way to create and share short-form videos on YouTube and is now being watched by over 2B logged-in users every month.

From remixing tools that help creators leverage content from across YouTube’s billions of videos worldwide in new, original content, to expanding the YouTube Partner Program so creators can join and earn money from their Shorts, the video-sharing platform wants to make it easier for anyone to join in and create what they love.

Here are the six new ways to create on Shorts:

Remix with Collab

Collab is a new creation tool that lets users record a Short in a side-by-side format with other YouTube or Shorts videos. Creators can choose from multiple layout options to easily join in with a split-screen format. Just hit 'Remix' then 'Collab' to remix an eligible Short or YouTube video.

Collab joins Green Screen, which uses a video or Short as the background of the original Short, and Cut, which lets you use a 1-5 second segment from a video in your own Short, as yet another way to remix Shorts content.

Starting today and in the coming weeks, it will be rolled out to all creators on iOS, with Android to follow.

Experiment with New Effects and Stickers

They will soon start rolling out a new Q&A sticker, so that creators can ask the audience questions and get responses right in the comments. Plus, with the ability to reply to comments with a Short, users can easily shout out whoever gave you the inspiration to create.

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Go Live and get Discovered on Shorts

The platform is now testing a mobile-first vertical live experience, so live creators can get discovered right in the Shorts feed. Viewers in the test will see previews of vertical live videos mixed into the Shorts feed. As someone taps into the experience, they’ll be placed in a scrollable feed of other live videos.

Creators can go live in just a few taps - just make sure it’s vertical orientation - and features like Super Chat, Super Stickers, and channel memberships will be available, too.

This is also a great opportunity for creators who recently joined the YouTube Partner Program with the new, lower eligibility requirements to unlock these fan funding features.

Streamline Creation with suggestions

They are making it easier to create with Shorts whenever inspiration strikes on the feed with a new feature that bundles the audio and effect from the Short you’re remixing from automatically.

From the Shorts player, tap the Remix button and select 'use sound'. It will automatically surface the same audio time stamp from the Short you just watched, and the same effect as a creation suggestion. You can always mix and match to make it your own, too.

Save Shorts to playlists

They recently introduced the option to save Shorts to playlists right on YouTube, so anybody can curate Shorts they love to a playlist directly from the Shorts feed.

Transform your videos to Shorts

In the next few weeks, the platform will start to test new recomposition tools that will help you more easily transform your horizontal videos into Shorts.

Once you choose a video to remix, you’ll be able to adjust the layout, zoom, and crop of the video segment. Split screen effects will also be available, so you can preserve key parts of your long-form content to create more engaging, original Shorts.