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title: 'How to Make YouTube Shorts with AI (Full Guide)'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=XX3JzfYo1Rk'
video_id: 'XX3JzfYo1Rk'
date: 2026-08-01
duration_sec: 489
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# How to Make YouTube Shorts with AI (Full Guide)

> Source: [How to Make YouTube Shorts with AI (Full Guide)](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XX3JzfYo1Rk)

## Summary

This video demonstrates a repeatable five-step workflow for creating viral YouTube Shorts using AI tools. The creator shows how to borrow proven viral structures, generate scripts with Claude, produce realistic voiceovers with ElevenLabs, create meme images with GPT Image 2, and edit everything in CapCut — all in under 15 minutes.

### Key Points

- **A proven 15-minute AI workflow** [00:01] — The video claims there is a proven way to create viral YouTube Shorts in less than 15 minutes using just five steps.
- **Why 90% of creators fail** [00:25] — Most creators believe they need an original idea to go viral, which is why over 90% get under 1,000 views. The truth is you should find what's working right now and replicate it.
- **Borrow a viral video's structure** [00:40] — Find a YouTube channel that's already blowing up and borrow the structure of one of its best videos instead of stealing the story.
- **Extract the transcript** [01:07] — Copy the video URL and transcript using youtubetotranscript.com, then use only the structure and style as a template.
- **Use Claude to rewrite the script** [01:33] — Paste the transcript into Claude with a prompt to research your niche and write a brand new script in the same style, length, and tone, replacing the topic (e.g., with fitness).
- **ElevenLabs for voiceover** [02:23] — The creator says nothing beats ElevenLabs for natural-sounding AI voiceovers and recommends accessing it through OpenArt, which combines voiceover and image generation tools.
- **Configure the voiceover** [02:49] — In OpenArt, go to audio → create voiceover, select the 11v3 model, paste the script, and choose a voice filtered by accent, gender, and use case (they picked Mark).
- **Generate image prompts with Claude** [04:03] — Ask Claude to write image prompts in the same chat, and specify that you're using GPT Image 2 because different models prefer different prompt structures.
- **Create meme images in OpenArt** [05:23] — Use GPT Image 2, paste each prompt, and set 1:1 aspect ratio, 4K resolution, and high quality to produce humorous gym memes.
- **Use copyright-free gameplay** [06:31] — Layer the memes over muted, copyright-free gameplay footage in CapCut and add auto captions to avoid copyright strikes and keep viewers engaged.

## Transcript

with AI generators, and I can tell you there is actually a proven way to create viral YouTube shorts in less than 15 minutes. There are only five steps inside, but once you learn them, you can just repeat the same process over and
over again and watch your channel get millions of views. So, let's start with the first step, which is honestly the most misunderstood, yet most important part of the entire process. And I'm talking about the video idea and
order to go viral, they need to come up with some original idea, which is actually the reason why over 90% of them get under 1,000 views. The truth is that You just want to find what's actually working right now and replicate it for
need to find a YouTube channel that's already blowing up and simply borrow the structure of one of its best videos. So, I'll do exactly that. And for this tutorial, I'm going to create a fitness short. So, here's the YouTube channel I
completely different niche, but it's been proven to get hundreds of thousands the same in the fitness niche. So, I'll scroll through its shorts and pick the one that performed the best because the more views it got, the more proof I have
here's the important part. I'm not going to simply copy it or steal the story. I only want the structure and the style. So, for this, I'll copy the URL and transcript. It's called youtubetotranscript.com,
copy the whole thing and move on to the next step, where we'll extract all the viral components out of it. So, now you have two options. You can either go through it line by line inside the transcript and try to figure out why and
what made it go viral, or you can simply use Claude to do it for you in just a few seconds. So, of course, I'll go with the second option. I'll open up Claude, prompt right here. Then, right underneath, I paste the transcript I
just copied and swap out the topic for fitness, but you'll change it to whatever your niche is. And by the way, I leave all the prompts and assets I've description below if you want to check them out. Now, what this prompt will
actually do is tell Claude to research my niche and then write a brand new script in the same style, length, and tone as the original one. So, basically, YouTube short I found and create a similar one for the fitness niche. So,
I'll hit enter and let it cook for a few seconds and you can see it comes back with a brand new gym script following the exact same style as the original like that, we've pulled an original
want to create a video, so there's something else we need besides the script, and that's obviously the voiceover. And for this, I've tested multiple tools over the years, but honestly, nothing can beat ElevenLabs
simply doesn't sound like a robot. So, to access it, I'm going to be using OpenArt, which not only has ElevenLabs, but also gives me everything I need for If you want to follow along with this part of the workflow, the OpenArt
sign-up link is in the description below. Once you're inside, this is what the homepage looks like. You want to go to audio and press on create voiceover. For the audio model, I'm going with 11v3. Now, for the prompt, I'll simply
seconds ago. And now I can choose the voice. The cool thing about this is that you can choose from dozens of pre-made voices. And what I like to do is filter them by accent, gender, and use case. So, I'll go with an American accent. For
the gender, I'll select male. And when it comes to the use case, I want want to test and hear a preview of the voice, you can press on this play person sounds. >> It is not so important to know
learn. >> And here's how this guy, Mark, sounds. >> I think this is a really nice way to just talk naturally together, you know? Talk plainly. Let's give it a shot. >> I actually like it, so I'll select Mark.
back. >> Nobody talks about the social hierarchy at the gym, but it is very real. At the bottom, you have the treadmill people. >> And it's probably the best AI voice I've heard. It's actually so good that you
hear it multiple times and not even recognize its artificial intelligence. And that is the whole point. But there's still a big problem. We do not have any visuals done yet. So now I'll go back to Claude and ask it to write some image
I'll paste in in the same chat where it already has all the context. And this can later on use to create some funny proven to go viral just like we've seen with the fur short. Now one more thing
to do when asking Claude for image or video prompts is to specify which model you are working with. In this case, we're going to be using GPT image 2 because it's one of the best generators when it comes to this type of work. This
way, Claude will know exactly how to structure the prompt because not all AI models have the same preferences when it comes to prompting. So we basically do what it gave us back after a few seconds. There are five prompts in total
and you'll see exactly how they come out in a second when we generate the images. But let's first actually take a look at number three to see what it included. this case, is the chest only guy. And then it simply goes and gives details
about the character while also explaining really well why and how this is a funny meme. So this way, we get image prompts that are fully done by AI and we don't have to worry about writing them from scratch. We just need to copy
paste them, which brings us to the next step. So to create the actual images, to the image section and make sure to choose the GPT image 2 model then paste in all the prompts one by one. Now I'll start with the treadmill people meme. So
here's the prompt. For the aspect ratio, I'll go with 1 by 1. I'll set the resolution to 4K and the only setting remaining is the quality, which I'll set for the result. So this is actually a very funny meme with everyone doing
and they're not even wearing gym to music with a coffee in one hand and her phone in the other while walking on the second meme. I'll keep all the settings the same and paste in this
prompt. Now, GPT image 2 gives us this image where a very skinny guy looks extremely angry at the other people walking on the treadmill. Next comes one of my favorites, which is the chest only guy. So, let's paste in this prompt and
average Joe in the gym with a huge chest and those chicken legs, and I really background that reflects extremely [music] well. Now, take a look at the fourth meme. I don't really know what he's doing, but he looks kind of weird.
chose the wrong place. Let's use this prompt to create a fifth meme and check to Arnold Schwarzenegger, but besides this coincidence, you can see that him. So, with this, we have a complete set of memes ready to go. But, there's
still one really, really important step that so many people are actually YouTube account, which is actually using safe gameplay footage. So, what I mean by that is using a video that has no copyright on it. Because if it does,
YouTube won't just take down your ads. It will actually ban your channel for you never get into this problem, look for copyright-free gameplay, and you can find quite a lot of it on YouTube. Here's one that I'll be using for this
video. Now, one thing you want to do is put it on mute, so we can actually use the voiceover we created previously. So, for this, I'll go inside CapCut, put the entire gameplay video on the timeline, press this button to mute it, and lay
drop the meme images at their specific places. Now, let me add captions. I'll hit the captions tab up top, click auto captions, hit generate, and it >> Nobody talks about the social hierarchy
bottom, you have the treadmill people, just walking, headphones in, minding peaceful humans in the building. No ego, no drama, just steps. Above them, you they're above the treadmill people. You can see it in their face when they walk
pigeon. Then, you have the guys who only train chest, every single day. Monday is chest [music] day, Tuesday is also chest day, Wednesday, chest. Their upper body simply given up and they are very proud of this. Next level up, the guy doing
corner. No machine. >> Well, it is actually so funny that I could spend all day watching this type of content and this is definitely a strong result with solid viral potential and you can create one just like this in
less than 15 minutes if you have the right tools. So, go ahead and sign up to down below. Thank you for watching and I'll see you in the next one.