Make YouTube Shorts Videos easily with these AI tools for content creation or automation

AI Tools to make Money with YouTube Shorts

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How to make easy youtube shorts with ai

Effortlessly bring the world of YouTube Shorts to your growth strategy? Using the power of AI, you can generate short-form videos with the potential for monetization, in just minutes. AI tools that can take care of the creation process, to AI tools that optimize your content for the most views and revenue, to automating the whole process - AI tools are changing the very way creators are looking at YouTube Shorts.

Making Workflow and Content Creation Easier!

Before I talk about the complete AI automation tools to make monetizable YouTube Shorts Videos, let's not forget the tools you can use to have complete control of creativity! Video scripts, visuals such as images or video, to the background music... AI is making creativity easier for everyone!

  • ChatBots for a video script

  • Image generators for visuals

  • Video generation for engagement

  • Music Generators for background music

  • Even AI voiceovers!

YouTube Shorts have been around for a decent amount of time now, and content creation just keeps getting easier! Let's talk about the chatbots for video scripts such as ChatGPT or even "Ask Byte" which you can find here on this website! Image generators like Leonardo AI and can also make great videos, or Haiper AI video generator - one of the more realistic generators, cloning your own voice using ElevenLabs, and even creating and monetizing AI music from SUNO!

Creatively Creating YouTube Shorts with AI Tools

In creating scripts for your YouTube Shorts, AI is a powerful tool for you. Think of it as a smart second brain that can suggest ideas and assist in writing so instead of taking hours, it would take just minutes.


The AI script makers operate based on a concept and advanced technology to produce scripts according to your needs and the topic you provide.


A good way would be writing a new scene, to help churn out some new ideas, flesh out some characters, or make your dialogue more real-sounding. If you get stuck, Try "Ask Byte" to get your creativity flowing. I hope this article is helpful to you. But please remember, AI is a tool and it will always be you who will bring a unique set of written voice and style.

Ask Byte, a chatbot generating scripts for YouTube Shorts and other social media growth strategies.
"Ask Byte" for social media posts and video scripts!

"What are the best AI Image and Video Generators for YouTube Shorts?"

There are AI tools to assist you in generating great images for your YouTube Shorts, no longer one needs to wear a Graphic Designer's hat. It's a bit like having a magic wand that zooms out attractive thumbnails, backgrounds, and graphics in an instant. In this manner, tools like Canva use AI to produce customizable templates centering on the theme of your video. Tools such as Midjourney and DALL-E are able to create distinct images from simple text descriptions, inviting you to let your imagination fly. Haiper AI creates amazing videos on par or greater than any other video generator on the market at the moments.

Leonardo AI takes things a step further; it integrates both image and video generation into one tool. With Leonardo AI, you can effortlessly make professional-looking visuals and stimulating post-motion, all tailored to fit your content. When the heavy lifting is done by AI, you can focus on creating wonderful content while still having pictures that captivate the viewer. No longer will the visual aspect of YouTube Shorts feel like a hurdle, as if you have the assistance of a graphic design assistant in your pocket. While the other tools accel at the single task, Leonardo AI does extremely well at both!

Making the Voice overs and Music

If I had to choose ONE tool, which one would be best?

For Creativity and full control, as well as being an all in one tool I personally would choose Leonardo AI if I only could pick one visual generator! While it's video generation pales in comparison to other generators, for example Haiper AI, and it's image generation is not as on point as Midjourney. It is so diverse and has the ability to make both Images and videos for a fraction of the cost of both of the other tools!

Which tool is best for Video Creation?

The best tool I have personally used for video creation is Haiper AI, and while it does not have the control of something like Runway ML. It's realistic and dynamic videos are TOP TIER. I haven't tried GEN-3 yet but let us compare it to Luma AI Dream Machine, it's almost on par with the video generator and at a fraction of the price for a membership WITH commercial use!

Which is the best Overall Image Generator?

To me so far the unthroned king of Image generation is Midjourney! I have yet to come across an Image generator that doesn't have to run locally, and has not only such a range of different styles and artistic expression but also adheres to the prompts as well! If you do not want a video generator for your YouTube shorts or just want the BEST image generator in general. Midjourney is definitely the way to go! I use it for everything from Youtube Thumbnails to creating book covers!

Which Tools do You Personally use?

I actually use all the tools listed above for many different reasons, but for YouTube Shorts creation specifically... I tend to lean more toward Leonardo and Haiper AI. The reason is the freedom of prompting, for example: Let's say you wanted a visual of Aphrodite, the greek goddess of love, with Midjourney you are limited in the words you can use in your prompts. Leonardo Ai and Haiper AI are much more lenient as of the date of this article.

AI voiceover via Elevenlabs AI give you the freedom of a virtual voice actor in the palm of your hand, The technology utilizes the best of deep learning to change a script or article you have written into speech that sounds as if it were spoken naturally by someone else's definitely like training a computer to speak, but this kind of dialogue sounds just as if it were coming from the mouth of a real person. You can pick from various AI voices in different languages, tones, and styles to find the right fit for your YouTube Shorts. For instance, ElevenLabs offers several user-friendly voice modelsThe best part? You can adjust voiceover speed and pitch so it sounds exactly the way you want it to sound. With AI handling the voiceover, you'll be able to save time and money yet still give your videos a professional, polished feel. It's like a secret weapon you have in your arsenal to make My YouTube Shorts emerge from the ocean of other people's creations. Additionally, you can also integrate Suno AI-generated music into your content–and thus into your videos. Monetizing the music while creating an emotional feel for your videos!

Ginger woman doing voiceovers with ElevenLabs and making a vocal cover using an AI tool named Kits AI.

Can I train my own voice with AI for voice overs?

Asolutely! With elevenlabs you can train your voice professionally so that not only do you have a unique voice over for your YouTube short but also one that is completely unique to you... because it is you!

Can I generate music with my own voice?

Believe it or not you are able to do that. You can generate a song using Suno Ai and then use a tool such as kits ai to change the vocals to your own voice!

Can I make money from using my own Music?

It is actually one of the best options, lets say you don't meat YouTubes monetization standards of 1000 subscribers and 10 million shorts views or 4000 watch hours. You can easily use Distrokid to release your song on all streaming platforms including YouTube where you can use the AI generated music on your YouTube Shorts videos and get paid for the views just by using your own song!

Automating YouTube Shorts Series using AI

Well believe it or not you can completely AUTOMATE a YouTube or TikTok short form video series with AI! AutoshortsAI.com literally makes creating shorts as simple as picking a category and forgetting about it. You do not have to edit, make a voiceover, make the visuals, or even make the music! Your AI generated shorts are as simple as picking a category and forgetting it is there! I personally tried this out on my channel Tales and Time a channel dedicated to history and mythology, this tool allows complete automation with the use of their "create a series" option and with many different payment tiers its quite literally set and forget.

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