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> これを **使って** ここで動画を作っています

does 作っています being in the present progressive tense then force 使って to also be
in the present progressive? Or would the sentence have to be written as

> これを **使っていて** ここで動画を作っています?

in order for the first verb to in the present progressive?

Alternatively, is 使って is in non-past tense while 作っています is in present
progressive tense?
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What tense is 使って in これを使ってここで動画を作っています?
I’m not sure what exactly you are asking, but the て-form remains unaffected by
the tense or aspect of the main clause.

> これを使ってここで動画を作ります。  
>  これを使ってここで動画を作っています。  
>  これを使ってここで動画を作りました。  
>  これを使ってここで動画を作っていました。

That’s if you want 使って to denote the means by which you make the movies. If
you said これを使っていて〜, this relationship would get lost. You would be simply
connecting two independent statements in one sentence.

> これを使っていて、ここで動画を作っています。  
>  I’m using this and I’m making the movies here.
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～て here is being used moreso with an adverbial/gerundive function (≈ -ing)
(i.e. the first clause somehow modifies, describes, or is subordinate to the
second), rather than as an "and"-type sequential clause connector. As
aguijonazo mentioned in their reply, 使って here indicates means of action (cf.
the particle で).

「これを使ってここで動画を作っています。」

"I make videos here (by means of) using this."

Another example of the same use of 使って would be「ナイフを使ってリンゴを切った」"I cut the
apple using a knife" (a translation with "and" also works, though note that an
"and" here still wouldn't indicate chronological or logical sequence).

Of course, this isn't limited to just 使う (e.g.「二人は声を揃えて歌い始めた」).
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