§ Long video in, vertical short out
You highlight, we produce.
Paste a YouTube link and read the transcript like a manuscript. Mark the moment you want. We cut it to vertical 9:16, burn in word-level captions, and hand it back — no watermark, no sign-up.
…and for two years I was convinced the only thing missing was reach.
I did not need a bigger audience.
I needed thirty people who actually cared.
That reframed everything I made afterwards.
Machine’s note in the margin: AI suggests 04:11–04:39. Take it with one click, or ignore it and mark your own.
Your clip · no watermark
Cut by us from Cross Key Lighting an Interview by Crimson Engine, CC BY
The machine never decides what matters. You do.
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Drop in a YouTube URL, or upload a file up to 20 minutes. We pull the transcript so you can read the video instead of scrubbing it. English videos in v1.
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Drag across the lines you want, the way you would mark up a page. AI suggests moments in the margin — take one with a click, or ignore it entirely.
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Out comes a vertical 9:16 cut with word-level karaoke captions, 720p, and nothing stamped across the corner. Ready for TikTok, Reels or Shorts.
Three promises we can actually keep.
No slot machine. The transcript is the interface: you read it, you mark the lines, that becomes the clip. AI suggestions sit beside your text as a proposal, never a decision.
Suggestions are optional and always editable.
You pay for finished clips, not for the minutes you feed in. A render that fails never counts against you, and the credits you buy never expire.
Free: 1 clip a day, 720p, no sign-up.
Nothing we export carries our name across it — not even on the free clip. With a free account your files stay available for 30 days instead of vanishing over a weekend.
Download anytime in that window.
No names. This is the pattern, not one product.
Notes taken while testing nine of them, one link at a time.
§ 04 — In and out
In: a YouTube URL, or a file you upload — up to 20 minutes, English audio for now. Out: 9:16 at 720p with word-level captions burned in, sized for the three places short video lives.
Priced per finished clip. Nothing metered by the minute.
The free desk
FreeNo account, no card, no watermark.
When one a day isn’t enough
$0.24per finished clip, in packs that never expire. A render that fails is never charged.
Same price per clip whatever pack size you buy — no volume games. Multi-clip export and caption templates are in development; when they ship they are included in Studio and Team at no extra cost.
If an answer here is ever wrong, the answer changes — not the page.
Yes. One clip a day, no sign-up, no watermark, 720p. You can convert a long video to a short one and download it without handing over an email or a card.
No. Nothing we export carries a watermark or a logo bug — the free clip included. What you download is what you post.
Up to 20 minutes per source video, whether you paste a link or upload a file. Anything longer, trim it before you bring it in.
Yes — pasting a YouTube URL is the main way in. You can also upload a file if the video is not public. English videos in v1.
One clip per day: vertical 9:16 with word-level captions, 720p, no watermark, no account required. Create a free account and your files stay for 30 days. A render that fails never counts against your day.
This is early access. Multi-clip export from one video and caption templates are what we are building next — when they ship they are included in Studio and Team at no extra cost. Everything described on this page is what v1 does — anything not described here does not exist yet.
Bring a long video. Leave with the part worth watching.
Paste a YouTube linkFree · No sign-up · No watermark