Turn a long video into Shorts

Applies to 0.11Updated 25 Oct 20261 min read

In the Vertical / Shorts workspace, press Find Shorts, create the ones you like, then press Create and Export All.

1. Switch to Window › Workspaces › Vertical / Shorts and transcribe the sequence.
2. In the Shorts panel, press Find Shorts.
3. Preview the results, adjust the start and end by words, and press Create Short on the ones you want.
4. Press Create and Export All….

How it chooses

Find Shorts scores passages for hook, clarity, payoff and novelty, and clips always contain whole sentences (English and Russian). Set a Minimum Score to hide weaker ones.

Framing and captions

• Create Short makes 9:16, 1:1 or 4:5 versions with face-aware framing.
• Sequence › Auto Reframe Sequence… makes the framing follow the action.
• Animated captions use your chosen style, previewed in the real shape.
• View › Shorts Safe Zones shows where the YouTube Shorts, TikTok and Instagram Reels buttons will sit.

Ready to post

• Each short gets a title, hook, description, hashtags and keywords. Save Shorts Package writes JSON and CSV files for scheduling tools.
• New shorts are filed in a "Shorts Sequences" bin.
• Batch: Shorts for Several Videos… handles several long videos in one run.

Prefer to watch? See Reframe a long video into Shorts and Batch Shorts from one edit.