Five new creator-focused features coming to YouTube Shorts soon | Technology News

YouTube is continuously working on improving Shorts rolling out new features that help creators make more engaging and interactive short-form video content. As the attention span of social media users keeps shrinking, YouTube is introducing innovative tools to stay ahead. This includes new AI-driven tools developed Google’s DeepMind to make creating Shorts easier. These AI tools could unlock newer ways for creators to express themselves adding a creative touch to their content. 
Earlier, YouTube introduced Veo, which allowed users to add green-screen backgrounds to Shorts giving a simple text prompt. More recently, it has launched Veo 2, which lets users generate standalone six-second video clips. “These creations will be watermarked using SynthID, and we’ll apply a label that clearly communicates to viewers it was generated with AI,” YouTube said. 
If you are a content creator on YouTube or just starting out, here’s what you need to know about new features coming to Shorts soon:
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Improved Video Editor: YouTube has upgraded its in-app video editing for Shorts. Now, creators can edit the video clip timings, add music or timed text, rearrange or delete clips within the app to make content sharper and more engaging.
Align clips with music:  This new feature lets creators automatically align clips with the rhythm of the music without manually syncing the video and the song.
Use photos in templates: Creators can now use photos from their gallery and create a template with it along with new effects in templates. “When you use a Shorts template, the original creator will also automatically be attributed,” YouTube said.
Image Stickers: Creators will be able to express themselves applying new image stickers on Shorts. So, you can add more inputs to your Shorts and add personality to your shorts with image stickers. Story continues below this ad
AI stickers: Now, creators can make their videos stand out even more just typing a simple text prompt. This will provide users with unique AI-generated stickers to use in their Shorts. 
What else?
Adding to this, YouTube is also working on improvising the Inspiration tab in YouTube Studio creating a ‘brainstorming buddy’ with the help of generative AI to help creators generate new ideas, titles and thumbnails. The content platform is also coming up with its improvised dubbing tool to cater the global audience base. However, it is yet to provide a specific timeline for the rollout of these features.