If you want to gain more views and subscribers on YouTube channel quickly
make a YouTube Shorts video on your computer. You don't need to use a Shorts feature on your phone,
and you can upload a short video even with zero subscribers. In this video,
I'm going to show you how to make a YouTube Shorts video on your computer,
how to film the video using a camera, how to edit the video using the proper dimensions,
how to optimize the video on YouTube so to get found in YouTube search and how to
publish a video so to be seen by the public. If you want to know how to make a short video
on your phone with that Short feature, click the link in the description below this video.
Adjust the camera to a vertical position so you record a vertical video instead of a landscape
video. Remember the edge or external audio and turn the camera on so now you can record
the video. In this video, you'll learn how to make a Shorts video on your computer.
After you're finished filming the Shorts video on your camera, it's time to edit the video in your
video editing software. Hey, if you're enjoying the content so far, hit the subscribe button and
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Now I'm removing the SD card from my camera and inserting it in my iMac
computer. [music]
Now I'm ready to edit the video using the video editing software ScreenFlow. Now I'm inside my
ScreenFlow video editing software and I go to create a new document. I'm going to go to File,
New. From the drop-down here, I've got to select the right dimensions. These are vertical formats
or iPhone 7, 8 dimensions. The main thing is that you got to use the portrait mode or
vertical format. I'm going to choose this one. You can see the dimensions are 1080 pixels by
1920 pixels. It's 1080 width, and then the length is 1920. Click the new document and here you can
see that I've got the vertical format. Now I'm going to transfer the video clip from my SD card
to the timeline in my video editing software on the computer. I've got to rotate the video
and fit it into the window. I'm going to click on this icon, rotate it so it's like 90 degrees. I'm
going to scale it so it fits the window. Here's my vertical video. I can expand it if I want in
my video editing software. I want to have a little bit of space at the top above my hat
and my face in the middle. I'm going to select the best section
of this Shorts video where I articulate what I wish to see. If I play the video
I can see it's really good. In this video, you'll learn how to make a Shorts video on your computer.
Now I just have to publish the video and save it on my computer so it'll be ready to upload
to YouTube. Just go to File, Export. I'm going to call it Test, select fastest, and then in the
resolution, I'm going to change the resolution from 1920 to 1080 which is a regular video,
and go to how to 100% of original which is 1080 by 1920. Click Export.
It's processing. Now, it's finished. Check the video.
In this video, you'll learn how to make a Shorts video on your computer
so you don't have to use a Shorts camera feature on your phone. Here's how to upload
and optimize a YouTube Shorts video. Log in to YouTube channel. Click on the create
icon at the top of the page. Click Upload videos. Click Select video. Select my test video.
Click Open. Now it's uploading. Now you're going to add an optimized title. The keyword phrase
that I optimized the YouTube Shorts video for is how to make YouTube Shorts on the computer.
I can use the curiosity phrase at the end to get viewers to click on the video. I could say
something like without using Shorts feature. Then I can enter description. Just go ahead and make
YouTube Shorts on your computer without using the Shorts feature. The thumbnail is already selected,
but YouTube just chooses a frame from the YouTube Shorts video to use as a thumbnail.
Alternatively, you can upload a custom thumbnail for your Shorts video so it integrates with the
thumbnails of your regular videos. I'm not going to add it to a playlist. For audience, I'm going
to say no, it's not made for kids. Click next. It's not a paid-promotion. I don't really need
to add any tags for Shorts videos. Then the rest you just leave the same as you do for a regular
video. Click next. You can add an end screen and you can add a card for short videos. Click next.
I can choose when to publish it so I can choose private, unlisted public,
or schedule it. Choose public if you want to make it visible to the public right now
or choose unlisted if you want anyone with the video link to watch your video.
I'm just going to choose unlisted for this test video and just click save.
I could choose to share the link, embed the link, or share it on the
social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, blogger, Reddit, Tumblr, et cetera.
If I copy the URL, then I can view it on my computer to see how it looks. That's how the
vertical video appears on my computer with the bands to the right and left
of the video. Let's take a look how it appears on my phone. This is how the YouTube Shorts
feature video appears on your phone. Herman, how do viewers find your Shorts videos? If they have
a Shorts shelf feature on their phone, they can visit the homepage on the YouTube app.
One way to check if your Shorts video is appearing on the Short shelf on people's phones
is to look at YouTube Analytics. If your analytics show Shorts, that means your Shorts video appears
on the Short Shelf. They can also find the Shorts videos on the what to watch next module. They can
also find the Shorts video by searching YouTube. They can also check their subscriptions' feeds.
If you want to know how to get started with YouTube Shorts watch the video on the screen
right now. You'll learn the pros and cons of using YouTube Shorts to grow your YouTube channel.