Create Social Media Shorts With Pictory

Are you a business looking to engage a new demographic with exciting video content?

Or a social media star in the making, looking for a way to easily edit a backlog of TikTok challenge content for your captivated audience?

Either way, using social media platforms is part of every good business strategy in 2023.

And transforming your social media career or business marketing strategy has never been easier with Pictory’s video editing software!

How To Create Social Media Shorts With Pictory

1. Sign up for a FREE Pictory account and create a new project.

   

2. Start your social media video journey with either Script to Video, Article to Video, or Visuals to Video.

   

3.  Follow the step-by-step guides above to optimize your content creation, which can help turn an entire video into one short video or more in minutes!

4. Select the customizable template that best matches your content or brand identity.

5. Choose the right aspect ratio for video shorts! 9:16 will format your video correctly for TikTok, YouTube video Shorts, and Instagram Reels.

   

6. Let Pictory storyboard for you, and remember it’s a good idea to keep social media videos under 30 seconds for maximum engagement!

   

You’re then ready to take the internet by storm, using our audio and video editing tools to easily edit your new video creation.

And once your project is complete, you can either download it to your files or boost your social media scheduling routine in just a few clicks by sharing it straight into Hootsuite with our Hootsuite Integration!

1. Hover over the ‘Download’ button in the top right corner of your project

   

2. Select ‘Social video posts for Hootsuite’

3. Your Hootsuite account will open in a separate window, thus making sharing fun short videos even easier!

   

The process is designed to be as fun and easy as possible for video editors of all capabilities, so no need to worry if you’ve never edited video clips before!

Pictory’s online video maker gives you all the power to create short videos with none of the stress, with user-friendly video tools that can make content creation fun!

And with the option to sign up for free, why not start your journey to social media stardom and create your first project today?

Looking for more guidance on editing your video project in Pictory? Why Not Try:

• Adding Music To Videos

• Auto-Add Visuals To Videos

• Auto Transcribing and Captioning Videos

• Adding Voice Overs to Videos

• Adding Branding and Elements to Videos

• Utilizing Your Video Editing Toolkit 

So we know you want to create engaging short videos suitable for any social media platform, but what if you start running out of video content ideas?

Making stunning social media videos for all your channels can be so easy, check out our Top 5 Tips For Making Mobile Videos for example.

There you’ll find top tips on creating fun short videos for all your social channels!