YouTube, the most popular video platform in the world, announced a number of new features that will make life easier for content creators. Among these, the possibility of convert horizontal videos to vertical format for “YouTube Shorts”, a feature that promises to revolutionize the way we create and consume video content.
From horizontal to vertical: a quick and easy transformation of videos on YouTube
After selecting a landscape video to reformat, the user will have the ability to adjust the layout, zoom and crop a specific segment of the video. Also, a split screen option will be available which will allow you to keep the essential parts of the video long format original.
While there are already several video editing applications that offer similar functionality, YouTube's approach promises to be much more refined. If you are looking for one place for all of your needs reformatting video lesson, this feature should work efficiently and without any problems.
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Another new feature coming to YouTube is the collab functionality, which will be added to the Remix. This will offer a side-by-side format where the Shorts will be flanked by another vertical or horizontal video. This feature is already rolling out on iOS and will be available on Android at a later date.
To increase interaction between content creators and their audience, YouTube is working on new stickers, such as those for questions and answers, which can be added to the Shorts. In addition, it will be possible to broadcast live vertical videos, a feature that will also be available in the Shorts feed.
All these novelties should be launched in the coming months. To access it, users will need to make sure that have the latest version of the application installed. To do this, just go to the Play Store (if we use from Android) and update the application using the corresponding key. As for desktop mode (not mobile) everything will be updated via server without doing anything.
