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Turn long videos into shorts worth sharing.
Learn how to make shorts from existing videos, choose the moments, correct captions and get the vertical framing right. Start with a YouTube video, a Twitch VOD or your own recording.
- Long video to shorts
How to Turn Long Videos into Shorts
Learn how to convert a long video into shorts by choosing complete moments, setting a vertical format, reviewing captions, and checking every cut before export.
Read guide: How to Turn Long Videos into Shorts - Clip selection
How to Choose Short Clips from Long Videos
Find moments that work on their own, keep the context that matters, and reject weak cuts before spending time on captions and effects.
Read guide: How to Choose Short Clips from Long Videos - Editing
How to Find Hooks for Short Videos in Your Existing Footage
Choose a clear opening from the footage you already have. Use questions, surprises, and reactions without changing what the speaker meant.
Read guide: How to Find Hooks for Short Videos in Your Existing Footage - Captions
How to Add and Fix Captions on Shorts
Learn how to add captions to shorts and fix AI captions before publishing. Check wording, timing, readability, and placement in the intoshort editor.
Read guide: How to Add and Fix Captions on Shorts - Reframing
How to Reframe Horizontal Video for Vertical Shorts
Keep the speaker, gameplay, and essential context visible when turning a wide video into a vertical short. Review the composition scene by scene.
Read guide: How to Reframe Horizontal Video for Vertical Shorts - Export quality
How to Keep Video Quality When Exporting Shorts
Understand source resolution, cropping, and compression so you can spot quality problems before and after exporting a short from intoshort.
Read guide: How to Keep Video Quality When Exporting Shorts - YouTube
How to Turn YouTube Videos into Shorts
Learn how to make shorts from existing YouTube videos: import an eligible public link, review suggested moments, refine captions and cuts, and download approved shorts.
Read guide: How to Turn YouTube Videos into Shorts - Twitch
How to Turn Twitch VODs into Shorts and Stream Highlights
Learn how to turn a public Twitch VOD into shorts and stream highlights: review selected moments, correct the edit, and download approved clips in intoshort.
Read guide: How to Turn Twitch VODs into Shorts and Stream Highlights - Editing
How to Turn Gameplay and Facecam into Vertical Shorts
Learn how to make gameplay into shorts while keeping facecam and action in view. Choose a vertical layout, adjust scene crops, and review the rendered clip.
Read guide: How to Turn Gameplay and Facecam into Vertical Shorts