Long video in, Shorts out

AI Clip Generator

Upload a podcast, interview or talk of up to 10 minutes. ClipNova transcribes it, picks the strongest 15 to 60 second moments, and turns the ones you keep into vertical clips with burned-in captions.

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How it works

You recorded the episode. ClipNova finds the clips.

One video followed from upload to export: a 9-minute podcast episode with two hosts, cut into three captioned Shorts.

  1. Picture of AI Clip Generator — uploading a 9-minute podcast episode
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    Your video

    Upload a long video

    Drop in an .mp4, .mov or .webm file between 30 seconds and 10 minutes long, up to 200 MB. Anything with speech works: podcasts, interviews, talks, tutorials, webinars and vlogs.

  2. Picture of AI Clip Generator — a timestamped transcript and the moments picked on the timeline
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    Best moments

    AI transcribes it and picks the moments

    Choose 3, 4 or 5 clips and start. ClipNova transcribes the whole video, then picks the moments that stand on their own: a hook in the first seconds, one complete idea, a payoff. Each runs 15 to 60 seconds and starts and ends on a full sentence.

  3. Picture of AI Clip Generator — the list of best moments with three ticked and the caption style
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    Your pick

    Keep the ones you want

    Review the list with each clip's title, start, end and length. Untick any moment you don't want, rename the clips and choose a caption style. You only pay for the clips you render.

  4. Picture of AI Clip Generator — three finished vertical clips with burned-in captions
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    Clips

    Get vertical clips with captions

    Each moment is cut from your video, cropped to 9:16 and given burned-in captions transcribed from that clip, with its original audio. The clips land in your ClipNova library, ready for YouTube Shorts, Reels and TikTok.

Why let AI pick the clips

The best minute is in there. Finding it is the slow part.

Clipping a long video by hand means watching all of it, marking timestamps, trimming each cut to a clean sentence, reframing it for vertical and adding captions. For one episode that is an afternoon; for a weekly show it is a job.

An AI clip generator does the watching for you. ClipNova reads the full transcript and looks for what works as a standalone short: a strong opening line, a single idea, a punchline or a takeaway. Every cut is checked against the transcript, so it starts at the beginning of a sentence and ends at the end of one.

You stay in charge of what goes out. The AI proposes, you keep, rename or drop each moment before anything is rendered, and you only pay for the clips you actually make.

Built for

One long video, a week of Shorts

Podcasts

Episode highlights for every platform

Turn each episode into three to five captioned clips that send listeners back to the full show.

YouTube

Shorts from your long videos

Cut your best tutorial or vlog moments into vertical Shorts that feed your main channel.

Coaches and experts

Talks and webinars, clipped

Pull the strongest answers and insights from a talk or a live session into posts that stand on their own.

Brands

Interviews and testimonials

Turn a customer interview or a founder Q&A into short, captioned clips for social and ads.

AI clip generator questions.

What is an AI clip generator?+

A tool that turns a long video into short clips automatically. ClipNova transcribes your video, picks the moments that work on their own, and renders each one as a vertical 9:16 clip with captions.

How long can my video be?+

Between 30 seconds and 10 minutes, as an .mp4, .mov or .webm file of up to 200 MB. For a longer recording, upload the part you want clipped.

How many clips do I get, and how long are they?+

You ask for 3, 4 or 5 clips. Each one runs between 15 and 60 seconds and starts and ends on a full sentence. You can untick any of them before rendering.

What kind of videos work best?+

Videos with speech: podcasts, interviews, talks, tutorials and vlogs. The moments are picked from the transcript, so a video with no speech has nothing to choose from.

Are the clips captioned?+

Yes. Each clip gets burned-in captions transcribed from its own audio, in the caption style you choose, and keeps the original sound.

Can I choose which moments become clips?+

Yes. You see every proposed moment with its title, timing and length, can rename it or untick it, and only the clips you keep are rendered and charged.

Is the AI clip maker free?+

Every new ClipNova account gets 70 free credits, but the AI Clip Generator is part of the paid plans, which start at $19 a month. Finding the moments costs a small transcription charge, then you pay per clip you render.

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