Long Video to Short Video AI: Turn Long Videos into Shorts
Already have a long video — a stream VOD, a YouTube upload, or a podcast? Point AI at it once and get a batch of vertical short clips back. It finds the best moments, reframes them to 9:16, and adds captions. No cutting each one by hand.
or sign up with Kick, Facebook, Xbox, or email. Creating an account is free.
How to turn a long video into Shorts with AI
The same five steps whether your source is a stream VOD, a YouTube upload, or a podcast. AI does the scanning, cropping, and captioning; you approve and post.
Start with the long-form video
Connect your channel or upload the source: a stream VOD, a YouTube video, or a podcast recording.
Find the strongest moments
AI scans the whole video and marks the highlight-worthy segments, so you skip the manual scrubbing.
Reframe for 9:16
Each moment is auto-cropped to vertical, with the action and the speaker kept in frame.
Add captions and polish
Auto-captions are generated, then trim, tweak the text, and add finishing touches in a few clicks.
Export or publish
Send the finished clips to Shorts, TikTok, and Reels. One long video becomes a whole batch of posts.
What is a long video to short video AI tool?
A long video to short video AI tool takes one long video, finds the moments worth clipping, and turns them into vertical Shorts. That could be a stream VOD, YouTube upload, podcast, or webinar.
Instead of scrubbing through the timeline yourself, AI finds the moments, reframes them to 9:16, and adds captions.
The point is repurposing, not editing from scratch. You already recorded the content once; a long form video to shorts workflow just gets many usable posts out of that single source, so a two-hour broadcast can feed your short-form feed for days.
What makes a good long-form-to-short-form workflow?
Any long video to short video converter can chop a file into segments. A good workflow does five things well:
- Speed. One long video in, a batch of clips out in minutes, not an evening of manual cutting.
- Smart clip selection. It finds the moments worth clipping, not random 60-second chunks.
- Vertical framing. Auto 9:16 that tracks the subject, so faces and action stay centered.
- Captions. Auto-generated, editable captions, since most short-form is watched on mute.
- One source, many posts. The whole value is turning a single upload into a week of content.
How Eklipse helps
Eklipse handles the whole workflow, from finding moments in your video to getting them ready for Shorts. Connect a source or paste a link, then review and post.
Finds the strong moments
The AI scans the full video for moments worth turning into clips, from plays and reactions to laughs and key talking points.
Reframes to 9:16
Auto-crop with subject tracking keeps the action and speaker in frame, so your clips are ready for vertical platforms.
Adds captions
Auto-captions are generated for every clip and stay fully editable, so your shorts land with viewers watching on mute.
Editing and polish
Trim, merge, restyle captions, and add stickers or templates in the editor when you want a clip to look a step above a raw cut.
Preps for short-form platforms
Every clip comes out sized and formatted for YouTube Shorts, TikTok, and Instagram Reels, ready to export or publish.
Works beyond gameplay
Podcasts, webinars, and long YouTube uploads run through the same pipeline, and the AI adapts to talk-heavy footage as well as gaming highlights.
One Valorant stream, a week of Shorts
Say you streamed three hours of Valorant last night. Instead of scrubbing the VOD for that one ace, Eklipse scans the whole broadcast, pulls the clutches and multi-kills, reframes each to 9:16 with the crosshair kept in frame, and captions them. You wake up to a batch of vertical clips, enough to post all week from a single night’s stream.
Creators use it to feed short-form daily
“I love Eklipse. It works really well and captures moments when you laugh or say certain keywords. I love the edits too. I used to use Streamladder, but I’ve been loving Eklipse.”
“They are really making my job as a streamer easier. I don’t have to stop playing to clip something — it’s just automatically clipped.”
“I just started streaming and didn’t know the first thing about video editing. Eklipse makes it so easy. You just link your Twitch or YouTube, and it pulls the clips for you.”
“Eklipse quickly gives you a number of Shorts from your streams or videos after finishing. AI highlights with rating scores help you pick the best ones, and the app lets you edit on the go.”
“Performance is excellent. Eklipse runs smoothly without slowing down gameplay or streams, and the clipping process is fast and reliable.”
“Well worth the subscription. Cuts down time editing and they are always adding games.”
“It’s great because I don’t have to download my streams or sacrifice internal storage. Eklipse automatically handles it for me.”
“Eklipse has saved me from manually finding clips, and I’m really grateful for that. The app also has an editing feature, which I think is really cool.”
Long video to short video AI FAQs
Can AI turn a long video into multiple Shorts?
Yes. Eklipse scans your long video, finds highlight-worthy moments, and turns them into separate vertical clips.
Can I turn a YouTube video into Shorts?
Yes. Add your long YouTube video and Eklipse will find moments to turn into Shorts, reframe them to 9:16, and add captions.
Can I convert long videos to TikTok and Reels?
Yes. Clips are formatted in 9:16 for TikTok and Instagram Reels, so you don’t have to reformat them yourself.
Can I add captions automatically?
Yes. Captions are generated automatically and you can edit or restyle them before posting.
Can I convert videos to 9:16?
Yes. Eklipse automatically crops your horizontal video to 9:16 and tracks the subject to keep the important action in frame.
Is long video to short video AI free?
Creating an Eklipse account is free, so you can sign up and look around at no cost. Turning your long videos into finished, exportable short clips runs on Eklipse’s paid plans — there is no separate free product. For a no-cost starting point, try the standalone free browser tools.
The features behind the workflow
Turn your next long video into a batch of Shorts
Connect your account and let the AI find the moments, reframe them to 9:16, and caption them. One upload becomes a week of short-form.
or sign up with Kick, Facebook, Xbox, or email. Creating an account is free.
