Finding shorts in a long video

Find shorts turns one longer talking video, such as a podcast, a webinar or a talk to camera, into several vertical, captioned short clips. You can let AI find the best moments, or ask for a specific one.

Finding and creating clips is included in your plan. It costs no credits.

Start from a long video

Any of these opens Find shorts:

• In AI Studio, under Edit and finish, click A long video to clip. Pick a video from your Library or Upload from device, then press Find shorts →.
• In your Library, hover a video and click ✂ Shorts, or open its ⋯ menu and choose Find shorts (AI).
• On a video post, click ✂ Find shorts.

At the top of the page, a row of steps shows where you are: Upload, Listen, Find the moments, Pick your clips and Clips ready.

Find the best moments

1. Leave Looking for a specific moment? (optional) empty.
2. Click Find shorts (included — no credits).
3. If the video hasn't been transcribed yet, it does that first, which can take a minute or two on a long video. Then it reads the transcript to find the moments, usually in under a minute. You can leave the page and come back.

Find a specific moment

1. In Looking for a specific moment? (optional), type what you're after, for example "where I talk about pricing".
2. Click Find this moment (included — no credits), or press Enter.

You'll see only the clips that match. If nothing matches, it says so, with Look again and Find the best moments instead. After a request, Show the best moments instead goes back to the best moments in the whole video.

Review and pick your clips

Each suggested clip shows its time range and length, a score, the hook text and why it was picked.

• ▶ Preview clip plays it.
• Edit lets you change the hook text and the start and end times. Click Save or Cancel.
• Dismiss hides a clip. Dismissed clips are kept under a "dismissed" list, and Restore brings one back.
• Create clip makes it.

Create your clips

Click Create clip on each one you want. Each becomes a vertical, captioned short, usually in a minute or two. They appear in your Library as they finish, and you can leave the page.

When a clip is ready, its card shows ✓ Added to library, with:

• Open in the Editor: to trim it, add text, music, auto-zoom and more. See Getting started.
• Schedule: to post it.

To look again, click Re-scan (included), or type a new request.

Good to know:

• The video must be longer than 20 seconds and have clear speech. Any shape of video works, and the clips are always vertical (9:16) with captions burned in.
• Start and end times snap to scene cuts.
• You can create up to 10 clips from one video. To make room, delete a clip you've already made.
• Uploads are kept for 7 days for clipping. After that, upload the video again.
• If a clip doesn't render, nothing is charged. Create it again or re-scan. If it keeps happening, email support@vibeday.com.

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