Clip Maker
Transform one video into multiple clips — automatically with AI
Auto-generate video clips with a simple prompt
Describe the clips you want — skip hours of manual editing
Unlock the full potential of long-form videos
Don’t let the time you’ve invested in long-form content go to waste. Kapwing’s online Clip Maker breathes new life into your videos by turning a single upload into multiple share-ready clips — simply by telling AI what you want.
The AI-powered chatbot scans your footage to identify the most impactful moments, whether you’re pulling highlights from one long video or extracting specific segments across multiple files.
Describe the topics, moments, length, and aspect ratio you need, and Kapwing generates clips to match. These clips open up new ways to connect with audiences across social media, while making sharing easy with ready-to-use MP4 files.
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Outpace the competition by automating tedious tasks
Breaking down a single video into multiple clips is essential for a smooth-running content strategy, especially for social media managers and podcast editors. Save time by automating simple tasks and focus your energy on creative edits, ditching manual cutting, splitting, and arranging clips for an AI-powered series of carefully selected highlights.
Our clip creator stitches relevant sections together and removes unrelated content, turning long videos into concise 15-second to 3-minute clips so you can generate content faster than your competitors. Paired with a Brand Kit to manage palettes, fonts, and designs, repurposing content for multiple platforms while maintaining consistent branding has never been easier.
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Reach new audiences with customizable, easy-to-edit clips
Our intuitive automatic resize tool handles the heavy lifting of video editing, adjusting aspect ratios with a single click to ensure every clip is exactly how you envisioned. Whether you're focusing on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, or LinkedIn, generating unique, cross-platform content is now effortless.
Combined with capabilities like editing video by editing text, you can start creating professional clips without any prior editing experience. And if you did want to add manual adjustments, our split, trim, and cutting tools allow for complete video editing flexibility.
Studio-grade video and audio — all in one online editor
Modern content creators need to be able to produce both captivating visuals and professional audio — whether it's for vlogs, demos, tutorials, or interviews. Kapwing's all-in-one editor allows you to edit clips with studio-grade tools within a single online browser, eliminating the hassle of jumping between different apps.
Clean Audio clears background noise in one click and removes unwanted silences, stutters, and filler words like "umm" and "uhh" — and those are just two of 100's of video and audio editing features.
Already transforming video creation across industries
Hear directly from the teams who publish faster, collaborate better, and stay ahead.
Create platform-specific clips that drive more views
Create highlights tailored to each platform — in minutes
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Instagram Reels
Influencers on Instagram quickly clip long videos to extract important, shareable moments and post them as Reels
Micro-courses
Online educators use our video clip creator to break down courses and lectures into short, digestible micro-content that focuses on individual topics and key points
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Product Campaigns
Kapwing's video clip maker helps content marketers turn long-form product videos into multiple short clips for ad campaigns, spotlighting benefits and demonstrating specific use cases
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Event Highlights
After filming long live events or webinars, event videographers clip video to pull highlights from speeches, panel discussions, or Q&A sessions and share post-event
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TikTok Clips
Brands and influencers generate clips from behind-the-scenes footage to showcase product reveals and funny outtakes on TikTok that drive traffic to primary posts
Podcast Promos
Podcasters trim long recordings into shorter clips they can repurpose as social media promos to drive listeners to full-length episodes
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LinkedIn Shorts
Creators are making the most LinkedIn's new Shorts video feature with Kapwing's Clip Maker, turning YouTube videos, documentaries, and interviews into Shorts
Advertising
Advertising professionals create short, engaging ads by tailoring campaign videos to suit various social media formats and target audiences
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Customer Testimonials
Kapwing makes it simple to extract standout quotes and testimonials from customer reviews or product demos, making it an ideal tool for all your content marketing needs
How to Create Video Clips
- Step 1Upload video
Upload or paste the link to the video you want to generate clips from in the Clip Maker.
- Step 2Generate clips
Describe the topics you want AI to identify and add further guidance, such as your desired clip length or aspect ratio. Finally, click "Generate".
- Step 3Edit and export
Download the clips right away or edit them within Kapwing's full editing studio. Edit transcripts and subtitles, customize branding, and add overlays, then export and publish.
Give every viewer a better video experience
Add subtitles, translations, and auto-speaker focus in seconds
Grow your community and reach a global audience
Connect with people all over the world by automatically adding accurate Subtitles and Translations. Our powerful suite empowers content creators to expand their global reach without complex editing. You can even dub your on-camera personality into another language, ensuring lips and voice remain perfectly in sync.
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Increase watch-time with auto-centered speakers
Kapwing's Auto Speaker Focus keeps active speakers centered on screen, ensuring your clips fill the screen with the subject of your video. With preset sizes for every social channel, you can auto-center speakers and automatically resize clips to fit TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and more. It's easier than ever to post tailored clips across multiple social channels and expand your reach.
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What's different about Kapwing?
Frequently Asked Questions
We have answers to the most common questions that our users ask.
Is it free to try Kapwing's Clip Maker?
Yes, Kapwing's video Clip Maker is free for all users. The free plan includes some limitations to other editor features and applies a small watermark to the final video.
Is there a watermark on exports?
If you are using Kapwing on a Free account then all exports — including the Clip Maker — will contain a watermark. Once you upgrade to a Pro account the watermark will be completely removed from your creations.
What is the easiest way to make video clips without rendering?
The easiest way to make video clips without rendering is by using software with a simple interface that allows you to make edits without re-encoding. Re-encoding happens when software forces video to be recompressed after each cut. You can avoid this using Kapwing’s online clip creator, which helps you quickly clean up and process a video clip without any complex rendering.
How do I turn a long video into multiple short clips?
You can turn a long video into multiple short clips by using a range of tools available online. Kapwing's video Clip Maker streamlines the process by letting you easily generate relevant, social-ready clips from full-length videos. After creating your short clips, you can edit them further using the matching transcript, add additional visuals and overlays, create custom subtitles, and more.
What video files is Kapwing compatible with?
Kapwing's video editor works with all popular file types for video (MP4, AVI, MOV, FLV, and more) and audio (MP3, M4A, FLAC, WAV, WMA, AAC, OGG).
Can I use the Clip Maker on an iPhone or Android?
Kapwing works across both desktop and mobile devices. To use this video clip generator on an iPhone or Android, start by uploading a video to Kapwing's online browser for free. Next, generate a range of clips, enter the aspect ratio you want, and edit the suggested clips further. You can add music, visuals, and more, and then export when you're satisfied.
Why should I make video clips from a longer video?
There are three key reasons to turn a large video into short video clips:
- Target Audience Preferences: Turning a video into smaller clips allows you to customize any video's best moments, streamlining simple edits and additions that resonate with a given audience's preferences.
- Faster Sharing and Loading: Smaller video files upload and process faster, which makes sharing across platforms quicker. Making video clips also improves viewer experience, since anyone — regardless of internet speed — can load short clips quicker.
- Content Repurposing: By making clips from a large video, you can create focused segments and repurpose them as various short-form social media videos. Short clips are also likelier to be viewed in full, and the format makes for easy sharing, helping your content reach a broader audience.
What aspect ratios can the Clip Maker resize to?
Kapwing's Clip Maker is built for social media, allowing you to easily resize content to fit any platform. Just add an aspect ratio to your prompt, such as:
- 9:16 (TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, LinkedIn Short-form videos)
- 16:9 (YouTube)
- 1:1 (Instagram post square)
- 4:5 (Instagram post portrait)
Read our social media aspect ratios blog to discover the best video sizes for every platform.
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