YouTube Shorts, the new feature for making Tik Tok-style videos, has arrived in Argentina and other Latin American countries

The YouTube Shorts beta is available today in Argentina and in more than 20 countries around the world. This new experience, which will land gradually from June 7, will allow the creation of short format videos in the Tik Tok style of up to 60 seconds, from the mobile. It offers various editing tools and is very intuitive.

In this first step, the Latin American countries that the shorts will reach are Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay. and Venezuela.

Note that the initial beta version of Shots has been available for several months in India and the United States, where the content has already exceeded 6.5 billion daily views.

How to create short videos in Shorts

Shorts offers direct access to the camera from the mobile, with the ability to generate multiple segments to join video clips. You can control video speed, add music, texts and more.

As in Reels of Instagram or Tik Tok, it is possible to use the audio of other short films to mix the new short. It also has the option of automatic captioning, which is essential for those who consume content and for whatever reason cannot pay attention to the audio.

It is possible to add clips from the phone’s gallery to include them in the recordings made as well as to incorporate basic filters to correct the color of the videos. Further effects are expected in the future.

The ability to display audio from YouTube videos, with the ability to choose from billions of content around the world, is also added. “Creators will have control over the original videos and can opt out if they do not wish their video to be used in Shorts,” the official statement said.

Additionally, the platform has worked with various music partners to provide artists and content creators with a vast library of songs to create their content.

“YouTube Shorts is a new way to watch and create content on the platform. YouTube’s commitment is to support the next generation of creators in this new experience, which is why it is already actively working to define what. monetization options will look like in the future, ”the statement said.

In this sense, it is mentioned that a fund of 100 million dollars has been presented which will be distributed during the years 2021 and 2022. “As more and more people create content and watch short films, the systems will be optimized in search of creators to find in these Works a new way to let your imagination run free to connect with your subscribers, who will be able to enjoy a new type of content on the platform, find more creators, songs and videos ”, underlines the text.

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