> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://captions.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Clips
> Turn long podcasts, streams, webinars, or gameplay into short social-ready clips with Captions Clips. AI finds, cuts, reframes, and ranks the best moments.
Clips was previously called **AI Shorts** (and **Long-to-Short**).
[captions.ai](http://captions.ai) > Toggle Clips
A video file up to **3 hours / 10GB**, or a YouTube or public video link
Up to 30+ clips, ranked for virality scoring
Around 30 seconds — adjustable
## How to make clips
From the Home screen, select **Clips**.
Upload a file, or paste a YouTube or public video link. Files can be up to 3 hours long and 10GB. After adding the video, add a prompt if you have something specific in mind — "clip the part where we talk about pricing", "just the boss fights", "the Q\&A". If you skip it, Captions decides for you. You can also select a captions style for your clips.
Review the video plan, adjust the aspect ratio of your clips, confirm if you want introduction titles for each clip, and click **Generate**.
Your clips come back ranked, from strongest performing first. Preview them, open any clip in the editor to change captions, styling, or timing, then download.
Not happy with the batch? Generate again — with a different prompt or a different length — and you'll get a fresh set of options. You're never stuck with one batch.
## What Captions does to each clip
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| **Finds the moments** | Analyzes the whole video for hooks, peaks, and punchlines instead of cutting at fixed intervals. |
| **Tightens the middle** | Trims rambling and dead air, so a clip with a strong opening and a strong ending doesn't sag in between. |
| **Reframes for your format** | Converts horizontal footage to vertical (or keeps it horizontal), keeping speakers centered and avoiding awkward crops through on-screen text. |
| **Handles captions intelligently** | Detects captions already burned into your footage and won't add a second set on top. |
| **Ranks the results** | Scores each clip so the ones most likely to perform rise to the top of the batch. |
## Clips by content type
Upload or link a full episode and get a set of shareable clips from the best moments.
Built for real conversations: Clips handles multi-speaker setups and cuts cleanly around speaker switching, so back-and-forth exchanges stay coherent rather than chopping mid-sentence.
**Best for:** podcasters and vodcasters repurposing episodes into shorts.
Upload or link a long gameplay session and get clips of the standout moments — big plays, momentum shifts, and reactions.
Two things are specific to gaming:
* **Facecam-friendly layouts** — reframing can keep both you and the gameplay visible, as a split screen or with your facecam as a smaller window over the action.
* **Action-first reframing** — the frame follows what matters on screen instead of sitting on a static crop.
**Best for:** streamers and gaming creators.
Upload or link a webinar, talk, or recorded session and get the strongest moments as clips.
Reframing is tuned so **slides and screen shares stay legible** — usually keeping your content up top with the presenter below — so the speaker stays present without covering what's on screen.
**Best for:** content and marketing teams turning one session into weeks of promotional clips.
Upload or link game footage or sports commentary and get a collection of highlight clips.
Reframing **tracks the action** with a smooth pan, so the play doesn't drift out of frame when the camera is wide.
**Best for:** sports creators, university media teams, and smaller leagues.
## FAQ
Up to **3 hours**, and up to **10GB** as a file upload. You can also paste a YouTube or other public video link instead of uploading.
No. A prompt is optional — without one, Captions picks the moments itself. Add a prompt when you want a specific topic, segment, or type of moment.
Captions suggests a length optimized for social (around 30 seconds) and you can adjust it. Actual clip length varies a little depending on where the moment naturally starts and ends.
Clips returns a batch, not a single video. The exact number depends on how long your source video is and how many strong moments it contains.
Yes. Clips reframes horizontal footage into vertical, keeping speakers centered. Your chosen output format is shown on the edit plan before the clips are made.
No. Clips detects captions that are already part of the footage and won't add redundant captions on top.
Yes. Open any clip in the editor and change captions, styling, timing, or anything else, exactly like a normal project.
Yes. Generate another batch — adjust your prompt or clip length to steer it toward what you're after.
It depends on the length of your source video. Long uploads can take a while — you'll be notified when your clips are ready, so you don't need to keep the page open.
Still stuck? [Contact support](https://captions.ai/help/docs/support) and we'll help you get your first batch of clips out.