Create YouTube Shorts, TikToks, and Reels from a single video: automatic highlight detection, styled captions, smart reframing, templates, audio, and one-click export — fully editable.
🎬 Generate Shorts from Any Video (Fully Editable)
Turn a long video into 10–20 short formats ready for YouTube Shorts, TikTok, and Reels.
With Clipilote, AI detects the best moments, adds styled captions, reframes into 9:16, and lets you edit everything visually (text, colors, music, cuts, ratio).
Try now: Create Shorts →
Why short-form matters
- Multiply reach: publish multiple clips per week without re-filming.
- Repurpose content: podcasts, tutorials, webinars, interviews…
- Platform-ready: 9:16 vertical, 1:1 square, or 16:9 reframed.
What Clipilote does for Shorts
- Auto highlight detection: silences, energy peaks, punchlines, chapters.
- Dynamic captions: UPPERCASE, outline, background, emojis, karaoke effect.
- Smart reframing (auto face/subject tracking).
- Ready-made templates: meme bars, progress bars, headlines, watermarks.
- Editable timeline: cut, move, merge, speed up/down.
- Audio tools: normalization, music ducking, bleep on swear words (optional).
- Exports: presets for YouTube Shorts, TikTok, Reels (FPS, bitrate, codec).
3-step workflow
- Upload your long video (or paste a link).
- AI suggests 5–10 clips (30–60s each) with subtitles & hooks.
- Edit & export: adjust text/colors/cuts, then export in seconds.
Real-world examples
🧛 Dracula Unmasked: Myth, Movies, and the Real Vlad
Video: A cinematic-style content piece exploring Dracula’s myth and history.
Clipilote transformed the long-form video into an engaging Short:
Highlights:
- Key quotes surfaced automatically: “The myth…”, “The movies…”, “The real Vlad”
- Bold captions synced with voiceover
- 9:16 vertical format, optimized for YouTube Shorts, TikTok, and Reels
- Fully editable: text, style, timing, or clip selection
👉 Result: cinematic feel preserved in short format, driving curiosity and clicks toward the full video.
Visual editing: everything is clear
- Frame-accurate cutting with silence snapping.
- Caption styles: font, size, casing (AA/aa), outline, shadow, background.
- Colors & gradients: brand palettes or presets.
- Titles & stickers: hooks, emojis, meme bars, progress bars.
- Smart positioning: safe zones for TikTok/IG overlays (comments, captions).
Pro tips
- 30–45 seconds: sweet spot for retention.
- 1 idea = 1 Short: keep it focused.
- Visual hook <3s: strong keyword, zoom, quick transition.
- Consistent style: same font/colors across your series.
FAQ
Can I edit the suggested clips?
Yes, everything is editable: duration, sequence order, titles, captions, colors.
Are captions automatic?
Yes, with styles and timings you can tweak, plus translations if needed.
What durations are supported?
10–60s (Shorts/TikTok/Reels) with ready presets.
Can I add my own music?
Yes, with volume normalization and auto-ducking.
Are exports optimized per platform?
Yes: ratio, resolution, fps, and bitrate are pre-set.
Multiply content, not effort
One long video can become 10 performing Shorts.
Clipilote does the heavy lifting; you keep the creative touch.
🚀 Generate Shorts in minutes.
Start on Clipilote