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Conversations that work as shorts — the Podcast Clip Maker
Upload a long episode and AI keeps only the lively parts of the conversation as vertical shorts. When the speaker changes, the frame cuts to them, and quick back-and-forth shows both people at once.
How to turn a podcast into short clips in 3 steps
01. Upload your episode
Drop in the video file or paste a YouTube link. Leave the layout on the default Fill — it follows whoever is talking and fills the frame.
02. AI follows the speaker
It reads faces and mouth movement to tell who's talking, and when the turn changes it cuts instead of panning across. A quick "yeah" doesn't move the frame.
03. Pick your clips and download
Every short gets captions and a virality score, sorted best first. Fast back-and-forth shows both people in two stacked panels.
Cuts to whoever is talking
A frame that keeps sliding left and right is hard to watch. Shorts Zone cuts the way an editor would, right when the turn changes, and holds still through interjections shorter than 1.6 seconds. Face tracking runs in your browser, with no server involved.
More people talking, more panels
Two speakers are stacked top and bottom, three get one on top and two below, and four or more get four panels. People who only listen don't get a panel, and you can change any scene yourself in the editor's Reframe tool.
Long episodes in one go
Free takes 30 minutes, Lite 60, and from Pro there's no length limit. An episode over 45 minutes aims for 10 to 12 shorts.
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
Does it work when two people share the frame?
Yes. It keeps the speaker centered in the vertical frame and cuts when the turn changes. During quick back-and-forth it stacks both people in two panels, and if both already fit inside the vertical frame, it simply centers on the pair.
How does it know who's talking?
It finds faces and watches for mouths opening and closing to tell who's speaking. It also checks the transcript's word timings, so the frame doesn't change while nobody is talking. It all runs in your browser.
Can I change the framing myself?
Yes. In the editor's Reframe tool you can change the layout of any scene and move or resize the box inside each panel.
How long can an episode be?
Up to 30 minutes on Free and 60 on Lite. Pro, MAX and Ultra have no length limit.
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
- 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.
- AI Shorts Maker — Drop in one long video and AI finds the moments worth sharing, then cuts them into vertical shorts that never stop mid-sentence — each with a virality score.
- Transcript Clip Maker — Read the full transcript of a long video and drag across the lines you want. Stitch separate moments into one clip and export it as a vertical short.
- 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.
- Title & Comment Shorts — A big two-line title over your video, a YouTube-style comment under it, or white "POV: …" text on top. Apply popular short formats in one click — AI fills in the titles and comments.
- 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.