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title: 'Best Way to Make TikToks and YouTube Shorts as a VTuber – Setting Up OBS for TikTok'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=uZ2g7jvskUg'
video_id: 'uZ2g7jvskUg'
date: 2026-07-31
duration_sec: 222
---

# Best Way to Make TikToks and YouTube Shorts as a VTuber – Setting Up OBS for TikTok

> Source: [Best Way to Make TikToks and YouTube Shorts as a VTuber – Setting Up OBS for TikTok](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uZ2g7jvskUg)

## Summary

This tutorial shows VTubers and streamers how to configure OBS specifically for creating vertical TikTok and YouTube Shorts videos. It covers creating a dedicated OBS profile, switching to a portrait canvas, duplicating scenes, and editing the final clips in external software. The workflow keeps the existing streaming setup intact by using profiles and duplicate scenes.

### Key Points

- **Why use OBS for short-form video** [00:02] — TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and Instagram Reels are effective brand-growth platforms; the video addresses how to set them up in OBS.
- **Create a dedicated OBS profile** [00:31] — Click Profile > New, name it 'tiktok' (or tiktok one), choose 'Optimize for recording' and 'I will not be streaming', then use default settings and apply them.
- **Profile switches automatically** [01:00] — After applying settings, OBS automatically switches from the default profile (e.g., Twitch or YouTube) to the new TikTok profile.
- **Set vertical canvas resolution** [01:16] — Go to Settings > Video and change Base Canvas Resolution to 1080x1920, then apply and confirm the scene layout changes to portrait.
- **Duplicate your scene** [01:30] — Right-click the current scene and choose Duplicate, naming it 'tiktok' (or tiktok one/two) so the original streaming scenes remain untouched.
- **Resize background and avatar** [01:54] — Adjust the background to fit the 9:16 canvas and resize/move yourself (the VTuber avatar) to the proper size for TikTok.
- **Switching back to streaming setup** [02:08] — Click Profile and choose your default profile (e.g., YouTube), then select an older scene to restore the streaming layout.
- **Editing the vertical recording** [02:36] — Drag the recorded file into DaVinci Resolve, Adobe, or similar software and change the default canvas setting to vertical before exporting.

### Conclusion

By creating a separate profile and duplicated scene in OBS, VTubers can quickly switch between horizontal streaming and vertical short-form content. This keeps the setup clean and avoids disrupting an existing streaming configuration.

## Transcript

tubers great now that I have your attention we know Tick Tock YouTube shorts and Instagram are fantastic ways to grow your brand but many of you have asked how to set it up in OBS well in today's video Let's do just that real
quick before we get into that though make sure you like comment and subscribe it really helps out the channel and really helps other YouTubers just like you find content just like this the first thing we're gonna do is open up
OBS with OBS open what we're going to do next is on the top left hand side we're going to click on profile we are going to click on new we're going to call it tick tocks call it tick tock one and then click ok now we're going to click
on optimize for recording I will not be streaming click on next after that we're just going to use our regular default settings and click next after that we're going to click on apply settings now if we take a look at profile should see
that our profile automatically switched from our default profile which could be twitch or YouTube to tick tock now what we want to do is go to settings we want to go to video and we want to change base canvas resolution we want to
turn these around so we want to go to 1080 by 1920. and then click apply and then click OK and then you're going to see that we kind of show up like this now we typically don't want to change up our
them the same so what we're going to do is we're just going to right click on it and we're going to click on duplicate we're going to call it tick tock if you already got a tick tock you want to call it tick tock one or Tick Tock two then
click ok now that we see that we've changed to The Tick Tock one we're going to change things a little bit so what we're going to change is probably our background we're going to make the background adjust to the proper size
background adjust to the proper size just like so and I noticed that I'm a move myself once I click on myself and make myself a little bit larger and just like that
I'm ready for tick tock but now you're gonna say well Senpai I don't know how to switch back well that's really easy all we gotta do to switch back is click on profile again click on our default profile which would
be twitch or YouTube I'm gonna click on YouTube we're gonna see that hey I'm funny looking again we're just going to click on one of our older scenes and click on one of our older scenes and just like that
from there you're just going to grab the recording you're going to drag it into your DaVinci Resolve Adobe all that fun Jazz change the default canvas setting Jazz change the default canvas setting in those applications as well wham bam
you're done let me know in the comments down below if you're going to be making YouTube shorts tick tocks or Instagram reels again I'm your V2 Senpai I stream here on YouTube every Monday and Fridays so come on by say hi let's talk about
anime gaming v-tubing growth whatever and well I'll catch you on the next one bye shout out to this month patreon member chetra thank you so much for your
chetra thank you so much for your continued support
seconds and you're still here watching a blank screen well special shout out to you guys thanks for being committed have a good thanks for being committed have a good day