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Long Video to Short Video with AI

Upload a webinar, podcast, livestream or class recording. AI finds the moments that work on their own and turns each one into a short, captioned clip.

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To go from a long video to short video clips, upload the recording (a webinar, podcast, livestream or class) and let AI Clips do the cutting.

It reads the transcript, picks passages that make sense without the rest, gives each a virality score, reframes it to 9:16 around the speaker and adds captions; you review, adjust and download. Free plan: 500 one-time credits; files up to 500 MB and 30 min long; 720p video exports with a watermark.

Long video to short clips at a glance

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Works well on
Recordings where people talk: webinars, podcasts, livestreams with commentary, lectures, interviews and panels
Clip length
Targets of 15, 30, 45, 60, 90 or 120 seconds; 30 seconds unless you pick another
How moments are picked
From the transcript, each one scored for virality
Shapes
9:16, 16:9, 1:1, 4:5 or Original; Original keeps the source's own shape
Free plan limits
500 one-time credits; files up to 500 MB and 30 min long
How it works

How to cut a long video into short clips

A long webinar recording uploading into a new shorts project

What to feed it, and what to expect

AI Clips chooses moments from what is said, so it does well with talk: a webinar answer, a podcast exchange, a teacher explaining one idea. Footage with little speech, such as silent gameplay or scenic b-roll, gives it little to work with; cut those parts by hand. Our guide to turning long videos into Shorts goes from choosing a source to measuring what you post.

Podcasters can start from the podcast clips generator, which also handles audio-only episodes. If every clip is headed for YouTube, the YouTube Shorts maker covers YouTube's length and shape rules. To get audiograms and written posts from the same video as well, see repurpose one video into many.

What it does

An AI Short Video Maker for Long Recordings

Upload once, get a batch of short clips back, and spend your time choosing instead of scrubbing through a timeline.

Moments that stand alone

AI looks for passages that make sense without the rest of the recording, so a viewer who never saw the full video can follow.

A score to sort by

Every clip gets a virality score, so you know which ones to review first.

Vertical without losing the speaker

The crop follows the person talking as a 16:9 recording becomes 9:16; for an interview or a two-person podcast, Split framing gives each speaker a pane.

Trim by editing text

Delete a word or a sentence in the transcript to cut it, and move a clip's start or end on the timeline.

Keep going

Finish the clip, then make it yours

Choose a frame for your feed, give the words a style, and check the space around them.

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Questions

Common questions

Can AI turn a long video to short video clips automatically?
Yes. Upload the recording and AI Clips picks the moments, cuts them, reframes them to vertical and captions them. You decide which clips to keep and can change any of them before downloading.
What kinds of long videos make good short clips?
Recordings where people talk: webinars, podcasts, livestreams with commentary, classes, interviews and panels. AI finds the moments in the transcript, so silent footage and music-only sections give it little to choose from.
Can I choose the moments myself instead of using AI?
Yes. Open the transcript, select the passage you want and click "Create clip", then pick its shape and caption style.
How do I cut a long video into short clips for more than one platform?
Pick the shape for where the clips are going: 9:16 for TikTok, Reels and Shorts, 4:5 or 1:1 for a feed post, 16:9 for YouTube. Each export is an MP4 (H.264) file that you upload to each platform yourself.
What does the virality score on each clip mean?
It is a rating AI gives each clip so you can sort them and review the most promising first. Treat it as a way to order your review, not a forecast of views.
Is this AI short video maker free?
You can start for free: the Free plan comes with 500 one-time credits; files up to 500 MB and 30 min long; 720p video exports with a watermark. Each AI Clips run uses credits from that allowance.

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Make something worth watching

Start with a recording, choose the moments to keep, and finish your clip with captions.

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