TikTok clip maker for long videos

What a TikTok clip from a long video needs

TikTok decides quickly. The For You feed shows a clip to a small audience first, and how many of them keep watching shapes how far it travels. A clip cut from a long video has to open on its strongest line, make sense without the rest of the video, and end before it drags. It also has to look native: vertical, with captions people can read on mute, and nothing important hidden under the like and share buttons

shitShorts is built around those rules. It scores every part of the source for the hook and the payoff, cuts on word boundaries so nothing starts mid-word, reframes to 9:16 around the speaker and places captions inside TikTok's safe area

How the clips are chosen

The source is transcribed with word-level timestamps, then a language model scores overlapping windows for hook, payoff, pacing and standalone sense. A critic pass reviews the best candidates, tightens their edges and rejects anything that depends on context from earlier in the video. Reactions, laughter and audio peaks in the footage add to the score

For TikTok the hook matters most, so dead air and throat-clearing at the start of a clip are trimmed. If the strongest line comes a few seconds in, you can move the start point on the timeline or add a text hook layer for the first seconds

Vertical framing that looks native

A centre crop of a landscape video rarely looks like a TikTok. The clipper tracks faces through the clip, matches voices to faces, and moves the 9:16 frame to whoever is speaking. Two people in a single moment get stacked split tiles, a layout TikTok viewers already know. Sports clips track the ball and players. The crop is editable on the timeline if you want a different framing

Captions built for the For You feed

Animated word-level captions keep viewers reading along, which matters on a feed where many people scroll muted. Captions are generated from the transcript and placed above TikTok's caption text and left of the right-hand buttons. Pick a caption theme, change emphasis colours or fix any word without re-timing anything. Your brand kit applies the same look to every clip

Making the first second count

On TikTok the first second decides whether a viewer stays. If a clip's best line arrives a few seconds in, either move the start point on the timeline so the clip opens on it, or add a short text hook layer that sets up the moment while the speaker builds to it. The clipper adds a hook line for the first seconds by default, and you can rewrite it like any text layer

Keep the ending tight as well. Clips that stop right after the payoff are more likely to be watched to the end, and some viewers will loop them. The critic pass already trims trailing chatter, but it is worth checking the last second of each clip before you export it

Post consistently rather than all at once: a few clips a week from one long video gives you a steady stream of posts and more chances to learn which hooks your audience responds to

Sources that make good TikToks

Podcasts and interviews with strong opinions, educational videos with a clear 'here is the trick' moment, streams with big reactions, sports highlights, talks with a memorable line and vlogs with a story that resolves. If the source has a person talking or clear action, the clipper can work with it

Only clip videos you own or have permission to use. Reposting other people's videos without permission can get clips removed and accounts penalised

Posting and pricing

Export each clip as an MP4 or schedule it to TikTok from the calendar, along with YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels and the other networks, each with its own caption and hashtags

The free plan includes 300 credits a month, about 15 clips at 720p with a small watermark; your first 3 clip exports are free, then 10 credits each. The Clipper plan is $10 a month for about 50 clips at 1080p with no watermark and 300 clip exports a month. Creator is $19 and Pro is $49. You can watch a sample run with no sign-up at /try/clipper