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What is short-form video: three real examples.Everybody defines it by its length. I think that's half the answer. Here's what short-form video is, and what goes inside one, on three real shorts.Short-form video · October 29, 2026Vertical video: what it is, and how to make one.A vertical video is taller than it is wide, made for a phone held upright. Here's when to choose it, what changes in the edit, and three ways to make one, with four real videos.Short-form video · October 29, 2026TikTok aspect ratio: 9:16, and what it means for your video.The TikTok aspect ratio is 9:16, vertical, at 1080 x 1920 pixels. That's the easy part. Let me show you what it means for the picture, on three real shorts.Short-form video · October 29, 2026Intro hooks: how to win the first seconds of a video.Most guides treat a hook as a sentence. On video, it's a sentence and a picture. Here are the types that work, what each one looks like on screen, and a real hook taken apart.Short-form video · October 29, 2026How to make YouTube Shorts from existing videos: three ways that work.You already made the long video. Now you want Shorts from it, without editing everything twice. Here are the three ways, and what a crop throws away.Short-form video · October 29, 2026YouTube Shorts length: how long can a Short be?A YouTube Short can be up to three minutes long, as long as it's vertical or square. Here are the rules, checked on YouTube's own page, and how long yours should be, on three real Shorts.Short-form video · October 29, 2026Caption YouTube videos: both kinds, step by step.There are two kinds of captions on YouTube, and most guides only talk about one. Here are both, step by step, with three real short videos.Captions · October 29, 2026