Green Screen Option for YouTube Shorts

Green Screen Option for YouTube Shorts

With the popularity of short form videos rising, YouTube is coming up with new Green Screen Option for YouTube Shorts.

What is green screen option for YouTube shorts?

Green Screen is the latest way to remix with Shorts – building on Cut that began to roll out last month. With Green Screen, you can use any eligible YouTube video or Short as the background for your original Short video. You can create using both the audio + video or video-only if you choose to mute the audio. As a reminder, you can also use Green Screen with any photo or video from your own gallery as well. To use Green Screen, just select Create > Green Screen on the menu of options under the video you’re watching or press the 3-dot menu in the Shorts player and select Green Screen. The max length you can create with is 60 seconds.

Green Screen Option for YouTube Shorts

In thew words of YouTube –

“You can create using both the audio + video or video-only if you choose to mute the audio. To use Green Screen, just select Create > Green Screen on the menu of options under the video you’re watching or press the 3-dot menu in the Shorts player and select Green Screen. The max length you can create with is 60 seconds.”

“Last month, we started rolling out a new way to create a Short – simply tap on ‘Create’ and select ‘Cut’ from any eligible YouTube video or Short to select a 1-5 second segment to use for your own original Shorts content. Any time a new Short is created from your own channel’s content, it will be attributed back to your original video with a link in the Shorts player.”

When is the green screen option for YouTube shorts rolling out?

Green Screen is beginning its gradual rollout on the iOS YouTube app today (it will be rolling out over the next few weeks, so you may not see it yet)! In the coming months, it will roll out to everyone on Android as well. We can’t wait to see how you get creative with the content you love to watch.

Fingers crossed creators 🤞🏼

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