Type one idea and ClipNova makes the whole Short: a hook in the first seconds, a vertical scene for every line, a voiceover, word-by-word captions and a 9:16 MP4 ready for YouTube Shorts. Already have a long video? Cut it into captioned Shorts in the same app.
In the app, open AI Storytelling and pick a niche, or open Prompt to Video to work from your own script. Below, one kids story Short, Lila and her little brother Otto finding a door in an old oak tree, goes from a one line idea to the exported 9:16 file with the same characters in every scene, and the last step cuts a long story episode into Shorts. The frames are illustrations of the kind of video you can make.
Open AI Storytelling and pick a niche chip such as scary stories or history, or open Prompt to Video, choose a look such as Disney / Pixar 3D and describe the story in a sentence. Both start on 9:16. In AI Video, add your characters in the Characters card so Lila, Otto and Bramble keep the same faces in every scene. Already wrote the script? Paste it into Prompt to Video and the Short follows your words.
The script is planned as a hook, a few quick beats and a payoff. Put the most surprising line first, the way this story opens on a door in a tree, and end part 1 on a cliffhanger, here the little door closing behind them, so viewers come back for part 2.
Each line of the voiceover gets its own scene, framed for a phone screen, with the same girl, boy and forest creature from the first scene to the last. Moving AI Images is the default look in AI Storytelling, or switch to AI Video for full motion in Base, Pro or Ultra quality, open to every plan.
Narration is on from the start. Pick a voice from the library that suits the story, warm and gentle for kids stories, low and slow for horror, calm for life stories, in any of 18 languages. Add a music track under the voice if the Short needs one.
Switch captions on and they are transcribed from the voiceover and burned in, with the spoken word highlighted as it is said. Choose from about 20 styles, such as Hormozi, Karaoke or Neon, and keep one look across the whole channel.
The Short comes back as one 9:16 MP4 with no watermark and full commercial rights. YouTube accepts Shorts of up to 3 minutes, and most work best well under a minute; ClipNova renders up to 5 minutes, so set the length to fit. To change one scene or one line, open the Short in Studio and fix only that part. Then make part 2 with the same cast: save Lila, Otto and Bramble once in Series and they return in every episode.
Already have a long video with speech, such as a narrated story episode, a podcast or a talk? Open AI Clip Generator and upload it (MP4, MOV or WebM, 30 seconds to 10 minutes, up to 200 MB). It transcribes the speech, picks the best 15 to 60 second moments and turns up to 5 of them into captioned 9:16 clips. Untick or rename moments first: you only pay for the clips you render.
On the Shorts feed, viewers decide in a second or two whether to keep watching. A Short that works opens on its most surprising line, shows one idea per scene, can be followed with the sound off and ends where it began, so it plays again. That is a different craft from a ten minute upload, and the format rewards channels that post often.
ClipNova builds every Short around that. The script opens on the hook, each line gets its own vertical scene, the voiceover and captions come from the same words, and the result is a 9:16 MP4 you can upload as it is. You keep the parts that grow a channel: choosing topics, writing titles and posting.
Shorts also work best as a set. Tell one story as part 1, 2 and 3, each ending on a cliffhanger, or save a recurring cast in Series so the same characters return in every episode. When a short idea grows into a full story, the same project goes up to 5 minutes for a long upload.
Making long videos or another format? See the AI YouTube video generator, AI series generator, faceless reels generator and the skeleton Shorts generator.
Starting from a script, a story or a video you already have? Try the text to video AI generator, AI story video generator, AI Clip Generator or the subtitle generator.
Comparing tools? Read our guide to the best AI video generators for YouTube Shorts.
The frames are illustrations of the kind of Shorts you can make.
A tool that turns an idea, a script or a long video into a finished vertical Short. In ClipNova the script, the 9:16 scenes, the voiceover and the captions are made in one job and exported as one MP4, ready to upload to YouTube Shorts.
YouTube accepts vertical or square Shorts of up to 3 minutes. ClipNova renders from a few seconds up to 5 minutes, so set the length under 3 minutes for a Short. Most Shorts work best well under a minute.
Yes, with AI Clip Generator. Upload a video with speech of 30 seconds to 10 minutes (MP4, MOV or WebM, up to 200 MB). It picks the best 15 to 60 second moments, you choose 3 to 5 clips and a caption style, and each one is rendered as a captioned 9:16 Short.
No. ClipNova makes the video file. You download it and upload it in the YouTube app or YouTube Studio, where you also write the title and pick when it goes live.
Yes. In Series you save a show with up to 8 named characters, each with a locked look, then make episodes of 30 seconds to 5 minutes from a short episode idea. Story memory keeps the plot, and the same faces return in every part.
The voiceover is available in 18 languages, including English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Arabic and Hindi. Write the idea in your language and the captions follow the voice.
Every export comes with no watermark and full commercial rights. YouTube rewards original Shorts that give viewers something new, and asks creators to label realistic synthetic content when they upload. Plans start at $19/mo.
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