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One long video, many shorts — the AI Shorts Maker
Paste a link or drop a file. AI listens to the whole video and keeps only the lively moments, cuts on sentence boundaries, and gives every short a score and a title.
How to turn a long video into shorts in 3 steps
01. Paste a YouTube link or upload a video
YouTube links are downloaded on your own computer by the Shorts Zone Link helper. Drive and Dropbox links and MP4 or MOV files work too.
02. AI finds the moments across the whole video
It transcribes the audio and picks the lively parts — laughs, twists, quotable lines — and the stretches where the sound builds and bursts, like a crowd erupting. Longer videos give more: 30 minutes makes at least 7 shorts.
03. Get them ranked by score and post
Every short comes with a virality score and a first-3-seconds check, sorted best first. Keep the ones you like, polish them in the editor or download right away.
Cuts that never stop mid-sentence
Cutting the most exciting window as-is chops words in half. Shorts Zone moves the start and end to the nearest sentence boundary, so every short ends in one breath.
A virality score and an honest note for each short
AI compares every short within the same video, scores it 0–100 and checks separately whether the first 3 seconds hook. Weak clips are dropped before they're made; the rest are sorted by score.
Your video stays on your device
Cutting, captions and rendering all run inside your browser. Only the transcript text of candidate moments goes to the AI — the video file is never uploaded.
Why Shorts Zone
Never cut mid-sentence
Every short starts and ends on a sentence boundary, so nothing stops halfway through a thought.
A virality score for every short
A 0–100 score, a first-3-seconds check and one honest note make it easy to pick what to post.
Your video stays on your device
Cutting, captions and rendering all run in your browser. Only transcript text is sent to the AI.
Paste a YouTube link
The Shorts Zone Link helper downloads it on your own computer. Drive and Dropbox links and files work too.
Korean, English, Japanese, Dutch, Italian and Traditional Chinese
Transcribe and caption in all six languages. From Pro, translate captions into any of the other five.
Follows whoever is talking
Going from 16:9 to 9:16 keeps the speaker centered, and splits the screen for two or three people.
Long videos welcome
Up to 30 minutes free, 60 on Lite, and no length limit from Pro.
Free to start
3 videos per account for free. Lite ($4.9/month) adds watermark-free 1080p.
Frequently asked questions
How many shorts do I get from one video?
It depends on length: 3–4 from 10 minutes, 7–9 from 30 minutes, and more than 10 from an hour. Moments that score far below the video's best short aren't made at all.
How long are the shorts?
Between 15 and 60 seconds, following the flow of the talk. You can also pick a length range in the settings before generating.
What kind of videos work best?
Talk-driven videos — podcasts, interviews, lectures, vlogs and stream replays. Matches with only a few words of commentary, like boxing or football, work too: it reads where the crowd and the impacts burst out. It understands Korean, English, Japanese, Dutch and Italian.
Is it free?
Yes. Free covers 3 videos per account, up to 30 minutes each, exported at 720p with a watermark. From Lite you get watermark-free 1080p.
More AI tools
- YouTube to Shorts Converter — Paste a YouTube link and the Create shorts window opens right away while the video downloads in the background. AI turns the best moments into captioned vertical shorts.
- Podcast Clip Maker — Even with two or three people on screen, it cuts your podcast into vertical clips that follow whoever is talking. Quick back-and-forth gets both people, stacked top and bottom.
- AI Caption Generator — Auto-caption your shorts with word-by-word highlights. Switch the look with 25 presets and 67 fonts, and fix any misheard word by clicking its line.
- Virality Score — AI gives every short a 0–100 virality score and a first-3-seconds score, plus what works and one honest note — so you know what to post first.
- AI Reframe — Turning a horizontal video into vertical shorts? AI finds whoever is talking and keeps them centered, splits the screen when several people talk, and lets you fix any scene by hand.
- Online Shorts Editor — Polish the shorts AI cut for you, right in your browser. Cut sentences from the transcript, fix captions, logo, framing and music on one screen, and export.