Introducing MakeShorts: AI Clipping for Social-Ready Vertical Shorts
MakeShorts turns long speech videos into vertical shorts with AI clipping, autofocus cropping, subtitles, and social captions.
Introducing MakeShorts: AI Clipping for Social-Ready Vertical Shorts
Long podcasts and webinars rarely fit the feed. MakeShorts uses AI to find engaging moments, reframe them for vertical platforms, and ship shorts with captions and social copy — so you spend minutes, not hours, on clip packaging.
MakeShorts sits in the one-take → vertical packaging layer for creators who already record speech-heavy video (podcasts, interviews, lectures, webinars) and need a fast path to TikTok / Reels / Shorts without a dedicated editor on every episode.
What MakeShorts does
Turn long videos into publishable shorts:
- AI clipping that selects engaging moments while keeping context and structure
- Autofocus cropping to convert landscape into vertical with the speaker kept in frame
- AI subtitling with fast transcription across many languages
- AI social captions — descriptions and hashtags to reduce writer's block
- Credit-based plans priced on upload minutes, with unlimited shorts downloads on paid tiers
- Watermark-free exports on paid plans; free tier available for light testing
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Who it is for
Podcasters, educators, interview hosts, and webinar teams who need a repeatable shorts pipeline from existing speech video — especially solo creators and small teams without a full-time short-form editor.
Where it fits in a content stack
MakeShorts owns clip discovery + vertical packaging. CapCut-style timeline edits and storyboard explainers still handle other jobs; MakeShorts is the bridge from long speech footage to social-ready shorts.
Why it matters now
Short-form distribution is table stakes for podcast and webinar growth in 2026. Tools that auto-select moments, reframe, caption, and draft social copy compress a multi-tool workflow into one pass.
How creators typically use MakeShorts
A podcaster drops an episode and pulls several vertical clips with captions. An educator turns a lecture into Shorts for discovery. A webinar host packages highlights for LinkedIn and Instagram after the live session.
Quick tips if you try MakeShorts
- Start with speech-focused source — podcasts, interviews, and lectures work best.
- Use the free tier to test clip quality before committing to credits.
- Review autofocus crops on multi-speaker scenes before publishing.
- Edit AI social captions to match your brand voice and CTA.
- Check language support if your audience is multilingual — MakeShorts lists broad language coverage.
Soft close — related tool
If you also need concept → storyboard → animated or whiteboard explainer / Reels (not talking-avatar presenters), see Scro Explainer. Scro (by NOVAX) is built around approving an AI storyboard before you render — useful when the job is teaching a process, not finishing filmed footage or running growth ops. Keep MakeShorts as the focus of this intro; Scro is only a related option for storyboard-first explainers.