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AI Instagram Reel Maker

Cut a long video into vertical Reels with captions, framed on whoever is speaking.

Instagram reel maker

Exemplary AI turns a long video into Instagram Reels.

Upload a video of 10 minutes or more, or paste a YouTube, TikTok, Vimeo or X link, and AI Clips picks the moments that stand on their own, reframes them to vertical 9:16 around the speaker, and adds animated captions. You export each Reel as an MP4 and post it from Instagram.

How it works

How to make Instagram Reels from a long video

  1. Upload a video or paste a YouTube, TikTok, Vimeo or X link. It has to be at least 10 minutes long.
  2. Pick the spoken language, a clip duration and a video category, and add keywords to focus on a topic.
  3. Open a clip, keep it in portrait (9:16), and choose a caption style and layout.
  4. Export the MP4 and post it as a Reel from the Instagram app.

Reel maker at a glance

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Aspect ratio
Portrait (9:16) for Reels, square (1:1) for feed posts, landscape (16:9) for everything else
Layouts
Fill, Fit, Split, 3 Split and 4 Split, so an interview can show two, three or four people at once
Clip length
<30s, 30-45s, 45-60s, 60-90s, 90-3min, 3-5min or 5-10min; longer choices need a source of at least 15 minutes
Captions
5 animations, in 99 languages; translate them into 116 languages
Export
MP4 (H.264); you post the Reel from Instagram
Free plan
Yes. The Free plan includes 200 one-time credits; files up to 500 MB and 30 min long; 720p video exports with a watermark. AI Clips and audiogram tasks use credits, so the amount you can create depends on the tasks you run.

An AI reel generator for long videos

An AI reel generator cuts one long video into several Reels for you. AI Clips does this from a video of 10 minutes or more: it picks the moments that stand on their own, reframes each to vertical 9:16 around the speaker, adds animated captions and gives every Reel a virality score. For a shorter video, select part of its transcript and click "Create Clip" to make a Reel yourself.

What it does

Why Use Exemplary AI's Instagram Reel Maker?

One long video becomes a set of Reels: the moments picked, reframed to vertical and captioned.

Moments picked from the transcript

AI picks passages that make sense on their own and gives each one a virality score. Speaker framing keeps the person talking in the shot.

Vertical, square or split layouts

Turn a landscape video into a 9:16 Reel with fill, fit or split layouts, or make a square 1:1 version for the feed.

Edit with a text-based editor

Cut words from the transcript to cut them from the video, then review the result before exporting.

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The rest of it

Instagram reel maker is one part of one workspace

Instagram reel maker is one door into the same workspace. Whatever you came here to make, the rest is already available from the file you just uploaded.

  • Upload once

    The same recording feeds every tool on the site. Nothing needs uploading twice to get a second format out of it.

  • Caption and translate

    Burned-in captions or subtitle files, in the spoken language or translated with the timings kept intact.

  • Repurpose without re-editing

    Clips, chapters, show notes, blog drafts and social posts all come off the one transcript.

Questions

Common questions

What aspect ratio should an Instagram Reel be?
Vertical. Export the clip in portrait (9:16), the editor's vertical size, for a Reel, or in square (1:1) for a feed post. Check the preview in the Instagram app before you post.
Can I turn a YouTube video into Instagram Reels?
Yes. Paste the YouTube link (or a TikTok, Vimeo or X link) instead of uploading a file. The video has to be at least 10 minutes long.
How do I get a landscape video into a vertical Reel?
Switch the clip to portrait (9:16). Speaker framing keeps the person talking in the shot, and fit or split layouts handle wide scenes and interviews.
Can I keep the same caption style on every Reel?
Yes. Set your fonts, colours and caption animation in the editor, and check each clip before exporting it.
Can the Reel captions be in another language?
Yes. Captions come from the transcript, in any of 99 languages, and you can translate them into 116 languages.
Is the Instagram Reel maker free?
Yes. The Free plan includes 200 one-time credits; files up to 500 MB and 30 min long; 720p video exports with a watermark. AI Clips and audiogram tasks use credits, so the amount you can create depends on the tasks you run.

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