--- title: "AI Instagram Reel Maker" description: "Turn a long video into Instagram Reels with AI: vertical 9:16 clips with animated captions and speaker framing, exported as MP4." url: https://exemplary.ai/instagram-reel-maker facts_as_of: 2026-10-01 publisher: "Exemplary AI (https://exemplary.ai)" --- # AI Instagram Reel Maker Cut a long video into vertical Reels with captions, framed on whoever is speaking. 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 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 | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | 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 500 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. | Facts checked October 2026. ## 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. ## 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. ## Tools that work on the same file You have already uploaded it. These run on the same transcript, so there is nothing to redo. ### [Video trimmer](https://exemplary.ai/video-trimmer) Trim a video by its words: Exemplary AI transcribes it, you select the part of the transcript… ### [YouTube Shorts Maker](https://exemplary.ai/youtube-shorts-maker) Cut a long video or YouTube link into vertical 9:16 Shorts with animated captions. ### [AI podcast clips generator](https://exemplary.ai/ai-podcast-clips-generator) Turn a podcast episode into short clips with AI: speaker framing for video, waveform audiograms… ### [Resize videos](https://exemplary.ai/resize-videos) Save your time by cropping the size of the videos with Exemplary AI. ## 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. ## 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 500 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. ## Discover more clips - [Video trimmer](https://exemplary.ai/video-trimmer) - [YouTube Shorts Maker](https://exemplary.ai/youtube-shorts-maker) - [AI podcast clips generator](https://exemplary.ai/ai-podcast-clips-generator) - [Resize videos](https://exemplary.ai/resize-videos) - [Auto video editor](https://exemplary.ai/auto-video-editor) - [Crop video](https://exemplary.ai/crop-video) - [Add image to video](https://exemplary.ai/add-image-to-video) - [Add text to video](https://exemplary.ai/add-text-to-video) - [Remove filler words](https://exemplary.ai/remove-filler-words) - [Add emoji to subtitle](https://exemplary.ai/add-emoji-to-subtitle) - [Silence remover](https://exemplary.ai/silence-remover) - [Add watermark to video](https://exemplary.ai/add-watermark-to-video) - [Add b-rolls](https://exemplary.ai/add-b-rolls) - [Word highlight in subtitle](https://exemplary.ai/word-highlight-in-subtitle) - [AI video editor](https://exemplary.ai/ai-video-editor) > Exemplary AI is a browser-based AI tool that turns long videos and recordings into short captioned clips, transcripts in 99 languages, subtitles, translations into 116 languages, and written posts such as summaries, blog posts and YouTube chapters. It is built for YouTubers, podcasters and marketing teams; the Free plan includes 500 one-time credits with watermarked video exports. Pricing: https://exemplary.ai/pricing