YouTube just introduced a new tool that will make it easier for users to turn regular videos into Shorts. The video-sharing company announced in a community update that if you have any of your videos loaded up, you will see a new tool under “create” called “Edit into a short” inside the main app and it will let users select up to 60 seconds of the video bringing it directly into these shorts editor where you can that text filters or additional video and upload it as a short.

After you upload the short, it will link to the full video it was taken from through a link “Created from” at the bottom of the video. It will let creators use shorts as promo tools for the main video, which will help drive views and engagement. However, this tool only works for creators’ content.
The immense success of TikTok has forced every other social media network to respond in some way to the high for short-form video content. YouTube is less threatened by TikTok as it offers long-form content that draws a bigger, larger, and very different audience from the types of users that frequently consume short-form content, But to survive in the changing days, they have to change their ways and offer creators a better way for publicity for their primary content.