{"id":29339,"date":"2025-01-08T12:46:13","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T07:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.veefly.com\/?p=29339"},"modified":"2025-09-19T12:32:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T07:02:33","slug":"create-a-video-highlight-on-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/veefly.com\/blog\/latest-youtube-updates\/create-a-video-highlight-on-youtube\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube Offers &#8220;Create a Video Highlight&#8221; To Simplify Your Shorts Creation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You are making videos for your YouTube videos, but for shorts, you usually have to push yourself a little more and think of something unique. But YouTube came up with the &#8216;create a video highlight&#8217; feature that cuts down your hard work on this and makes your YouTube short creation easier. If you use the feature, you do not need to turn up new ideas every time. You can give yourself a little rest and create shorts from your long videos in a minute. See what more this update has to say.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_72 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/veefly.com\/blog\/latest-youtube-updates\/create-a-video-highlight-on-youtube\/#YouTube_Plans_to_Simplify_Creating_Shorts_from_Full_Videos\" title=\"YouTube Plans to Simplify Creating Shorts from Full Videos\">YouTube Plans to Simplify Creating Shorts from Full Videos<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/veefly.com\/blog\/latest-youtube-updates\/create-a-video-highlight-on-youtube\/#Conclusion\" title=\"Conclusion\">Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"YouTube_Plans_to_Simplify_Creating_Shorts_from_Full_Videos\"><\/span>YouTube Plans to Simplify Creating Shorts from Full Videos<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29340 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.veefly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/create-a-video-highlight-yt-long-videos-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"create a video highlight- yt long videos\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.veefly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/create-a-video-highlight-yt-long-videos-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.veefly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/create-a-video-highlight-yt-long-videos-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.veefly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/create-a-video-highlight-yt-long-videos-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.veefly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/create-a-video-highlight-yt-long-videos-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.veefly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/create-a-video-highlight-yt-long-videos.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This update is important for every creator! YouTube is now looking for a way to automatically create shorts from longer videos. Yes! YouTube offers a feature called &#8216;create a video highlight&#8217; under the video editor tool on the YouTube Studio desktop. When you choose the feature to use, the platform cuts out the highlight of your video, which, according to YouTube, is the most engaging clip, and turns it into YouTube shorts in a 16:9 ratio.<\/p>\n<p>So, basically, those shorts can serve as teasers for your long-form videos, which drive the most engagement for your longer videos. In any case, creators happen to create teasers or trailers of videos into shorts and promote them as <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.veefly.com\/guide\/how-to-a-make-community-post-on-youtube\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">community posts.<\/a> But now they won&#8217;t need to do that.<\/p>\n<p>Though YouTube automatically converts the clip into shorts, you would need to make some changes to fine-tune it. Creating YouTube shorts gives your YouTube channel a broader reach if you have mastered the algorithm game.<\/p>\n<p>Like clockwork, YouTube says the update is currently in the testing phase and is available to select users who can use the feature for English videos only. So, if you are one of the selected users, you will see the &#8216;Create a Video Highlight&#8217; option in YouTube Studio to get the ball rolling.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>How does &#8216;create a video highlight&#8217; benefit you on YouTube? It saves you time and effort in creating promotional YouTube shorts that you make for your long-form videos. It stimulates a higher engagement rate to the actual content as it has a broader reach potential. Users who watch shorts will wish to watch the entire video and boost your video&#8217;s views.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use this feature and create viral YouTube shorts from long videos!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":29341,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[1230,1231,136],"class_list":["post-29339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-youtube-updates","tag-create-a-video-highlight","tag-create-shorts-from-long-videos","tag-youtube-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3.1 (Yoast SEO v25.3.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Simplified Shorts Creation: YouTube\u2019s Latest Feature Update<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"YouTube\u2019s new update aims to simplify Shorts creation from full videos. 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