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YouTube → Shorts

Turn a YouTube video into Shorts.

Cut your own long-form uploads into vertical Shorts that feed the same channel — without re-editing in a timeline.

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Paste a YouTube link and Clipflow will pull the moments worth turning into YouTube Shorts clips — the gist + the clip-worthy beats, in seconds.

Works with any public YouTube video that has captions. No signup, no API key.

Shorts are the cheapest discovery surface YouTube has ever shipped, and they feed the exact channel your long video already lives on. The trick going long-video → Shorts is keeping each cut under the 60-second ceiling while still landing a complete thought — a hook, a payoff, and a reason to watch the full video.

How it works

YouTube video in, YouTube Shorts out.

  1. 01Import the long videoPaste the YouTube URL of your own upload. Clipflow transcribes it and indexes the moments.
  2. 02Auto-find Short-length momentsThe clip-finder proposes self-contained moments that land under the 60-second Shorts ceiling. Re-trim any of them on a word-level timeline.
  3. 03Reframe, caption, and add a tag-backClips are reframed to 9:16 and captioned; add an end-card or caption that points viewers to the full video.
  4. 04Publish to your channelPublish the Shorts directly or schedule them so one upload drip-feeds discovery for days.

What you get

Why Clipflow

Same channel, more surface

Shorts cut from your upload feed the same channel — Clipflow keeps the cut under 60s without you watching a clock.

Complete thoughts, not random crops

The clip-finder targets moments with a hook and a payoff, so a Short stands alone instead of dumping the viewer mid-sentence.

One import, a week of posts

Schedule the batch and a single long video keeps producing discovery clips for days.

Questions

YouTube → Shorts, answered.

How do I turn a long YouTube video into Shorts?

Paste the video URL, let Clipflow find the moments that land under 60 seconds, reframe and caption them, then publish the Shorts to your channel — all without a manual timeline edit.

Do the Shorts stay under the 60-second limit?

Yes. The clip-finder targets self-contained moments under the Shorts ceiling, and you can re-trim each one on a word-level timeline before rendering.

Can I link the Short back to the full video?

You can add a caption or end-card that points viewers to the full upload, which is how Shorts are best used to grow long-form watch time.

Is there a free way to do this?

Yes — the free plan covers importing, clipping, captioning, and publishing your first Shorts with bundled AI, no API key needed.

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Turn one YouTube video into a week of posts.

Import, find the moments, caption in your voice, publish across platforms — start free, no credit card.

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