This guide teaches you the best way to repurpose your content for Shorts.
By the end of this, you’ll know how to turn 1 long video into 10 viral Short-form videos.
How to Repurpose Videos for YouTube Shorts
Answer: SendShort repurposes YouTube videos for Shorts in under 3 min. Just paste a video’s link, edit and download, then upload to YouTube.
Here’s the step-by-step process to repurpose videos:
- Sign up for SendShort.ai (it’s free)
- Click “Long videos to Short”
- Select which part you want to clip
- Edit the short: Crop, Edit, Add Subtitles etc
- Save changes & Download
- Upload on YouTube Shorts
Feel free to crop the video, change the central scene, and add elements such as: GIFs, B-Rolls, Text, and so on.
This helps you make the repurposed shorts super engaging.
Alternative: Clip within YouTube
A simple way to repurpose content directly within YouTube: Open a video > Click the 3-dot icon under the video > Select “Clip” > Give it a title and Publish.
The issue with this method is that you’re limited to YouTube videos alone. If you want to clip videos outside of YouTube, you can’t do it through this method.
After following steps 1 & 2 in the picture above, you get to set the video’s length and give it a title.
Your screen should then look like this:
However, this method doesn’t allow you to add captions, b-rolls, and generally anything else.
You’re simply going to create a clip based on the original one.
Related: YouTube’s official guide for Clipping.
FAQs
1. Can I use same video for YouTube and Shorts?
Yes, you can use the same video for YouTub and Shorts. You’ll need to make the Shorts video more engaging, so use SendShort to add subtitles automatically.
In fact, chances are way higher to go viral on Shorts than on “regular” YouTube.
2. How to make short clips from YouTube videos?
You can make short clips from YouTube videos by clicking the 3-dot button under the video and hitting “Clip”.
Alternatively, you can use SendShort.
3. Can I download a small clip from YouTube?
Yes. To download a small clip from YouTube, you can to click the 3-dot icon under the video and select “Clip”. Trim the video and download the clip you need.
Thanks a lot for reading this,
David Ch
Head of the Editing Team at SendShort
