How to make YouTube Shorts with AI

Give each Short one job

A Short works best when it does one thing: shows the product in use, answers one question, or gives one quick tip. Decide that before you generate anything.

If you have more to say, make a series. Several short videos with one idea each are easier to watch than one video that tries to cover everything, and they show you which angle people respond to.

• Show it: the product doing the thing it is made for.
• Answer it: one question customers often ask.
• Teach it: a single tip related to the product.
• Compare it: before and after, or old way and new way.

Make the first moment count

Viewers decide quickly whether to keep watching. Describe the opening shot in your prompt as carefully as the product itself: movement, a close-up, or a clear before-and-after gives people a reason to stay.

Many people watch with the sound off, so the opening should make sense without audio.

Use the vertical format

Shorts are vertical, so generate in 9:16. The same clip usually works for TikTok and Instagram Reels too, which saves making separate versions.

Keep it as short as the idea allows. A single product moment often fits in 5 to 10 seconds. YouTube changes its Shorts rules from time to time, so check its current length limit before you plan a longer one.

Write a visual prompt

Describe what the camera sees, not how you want people to feel. Words like 'amazing' or 'premium' don't give the model anything to show. A simple structure is subject, setting, action, camera and mood.

• Subject: 'a pair of white running shoes with orange laces'.
• Setting: 'on a wet city pavement at dawn'.
• Action: 'a runner's feet land in a puddle and water splashes up'.
• Camera: 'low angle, slow motion, close-up'.
• Mood: 'cool blue light with warm street lamps'.

Add a title, description and subtitles

The title is what people read before they tap, so make it short and specific about what the Short shows. The description can add detail, links and a few relevant hashtags.

Subtitles help people who watch without sound. If your Short has speech, such as a voiceover, add timed subtitles before you upload.

How to do it in Qevio

In Qevio's AI Video Generator you describe the Short, or attach a JPG, PNG or WebP image up to 10 MB to use as the first frame on models that support image-to-video. Pick 9:16 vertical and a length of 5, 10, 15, 20 or 30 seconds (which lengths are available depends on the model). Fast mode is useful for quick drafts, and Product Ad mode is designed to keep your product accurate and central.

The AI Caption & Hashtag Generator writes YouTube titles, descriptions and hashtag sets when you name YouTube in your prompt. For a video with speech, the Subtitles video tool listens to it and adds timed subtitles, in the spoken language or one of 12 others. You see the credit estimate before anything runs.

What to do outside Qevio

Qevio doesn't post to YouTube for you. Download the video and paste the title and description into YouTube when you upload it.

Check before you upload

Watch the whole clip on a phone, the way most people will see it.

• The product looks like the real one, including colour, shape and any logo.
• The opening makes sense with the sound off.
• Nothing odd appears in hands, text or the background.
• Nothing important sits where YouTube's buttons and title cover the screen.
• The title matches what the Short actually shows.

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