Turn long videos into short clips with AI.
Upload a long video and let Cubix find useful moments, cut them into standalone clips, tighten the pacing, reframe for vertical formats, and add captions. Every clip stays editable before you publish.
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Long video
48:32
One long timeline
Cubix
- Finding standalone moments
- Choosing clean boundaries
- Tightening each clip
- Reframing + captions
Finished clips
- 0:32
- 0:47
- 0:28
- 0:54
One recording → multiple editable clips
What is an AI clip maker?
An AI clip maker analyzes longer video footage, finds moments that can work on their own, and turns them into shorter editable clips. Cubix goes beyond marking timestamps: it creates the clip, tightens the boundaries, and can reframe, caption, and polish it for the format you need.
A good clip has to stand on its own.
Finding an interesting sentence is not enough. A useful clip needs enough context to make sense without the rest of the recording, a clean beginning and ending, and pacing that works at the shorter length. Cubix builds clips around complete moments instead of simply chopping out timestamps.
Bad boundary
“…and before we get into that…”
Starts mid-thought. The viewer has no idea what “that” is.
Clean standalone opening
“The biggest mistake we made was…”
“…and that’s why we stopped doing it that way.”
A complete thought, with a beginning and ending that make sense on their own.
What the AI clip maker actually does
- 01
Find useful moments
Scan longer footage for ideas, stories, answers, or exchanges that can work as separate clips.
- 02
Choose clean clip boundaries
Include enough context for the moment to make sense without dragging in unnecessary footage.
- 03
Tighten the pacing
Clean up pauses and slow stretches inside the clip while keeping the delivery natural.
- 04
Reframe for vertical
Adapt clips for 9:16 formats while keeping the important speaker or action in frame.
- 05
Add captions
Generate word-timed captions that can be styled before export.
- 06
Keep every clip editable
Change the start, end, framing, captions, pacing, B-roll, or other edits before publishing.
How to turn a long video into short clips with AI
- 1
Upload your long video
Add a podcast, interview, YouTube video, webinar, creator video, or other recorded footage. Upload a file or paste a YouTube link.
- 2
Tell Cubix what kind of clips you want
Let Cubix find useful moments automatically, or describe the topics, moments, length, and format you want.
- “Find the strongest 30–60 second moments.”
- “Make clips about the fundraising discussion.”
- “Turn the funniest moments into vertical clips.”
- “Find three clips where she talks about customer growth.”
- 3
Review the generated clips
Preview each clip, change its boundaries or editing treatment, and discard anything you don’t want.
- 4
Polish and export
Adjust captions, framing, pacing, B-roll, or effects, then export the clips you want to publish.
Tell Cubix what kind of clips you want.
Set a count and length before Cubix cuts, or describe the moments you want in conversation.
Number of clips
How many separate clips to create.
Clip length
How long each clip should aim to run.
Auto lets Cubix decide from the footage. You can still change any clip after it lands.
Describe what to prioritize
- Stories
- Insights
- Reactions
- Questions
- A specific topic
Find a moment vs. make a clip.
Find Highlights
“Here are the moments worth reviewing.”
- Surfaces timestamps
- Identifies notable sections
- Helps you navigate long footage
Make Clips
“Here are the finished clips.”
- Creates standalone ranges
- Chooses usable beginnings and endings
- Tightens pacing
- Reframes
- Captions
- Leaves each clip editable
What videos can you turn into clips?
YouTube videos
Turn useful sections from long uploads into Shorts and social clips.
Webinars
Turn talks, Q&A, and useful sections into shorter content.
Creator videos
Find moments from longer recordings that deserve their own post.
Tutorials & educational videos
Turn individual ideas or steps into focused clips.
Tutorials & educational videos →Educational videosCourse videosScreen recordings
AI finds the starting point. You choose what ships.
Cubix handles
- Scanning long footage
- Finding candidate moments
- Creating clip boundaries
- Reframing
- Captions
- Initial cleanup
You control
- Which clips matter
- Start and end points
- Clip length
- Framing
- Captions and styling
- B-roll and effects
- Final export
AI clip maker FAQs
An AI clip maker analyzes longer video footage and creates shorter clips from useful moments. It can help identify candidate sections, choose clip boundaries, and prepare the clips for publishing or further editing.
The terms are often used for similar tools. An AI video clipper or AI clip maker analyzes longer footage and turns useful moments into shorter clips. Cubix also makes those clips editable, with reframing, captions, pacing, and other finishing controls.
Yes. Cubix can analyze longer footage, find useful moments, and create separate editable clips from them.
Cubix can create clips from podcasts, interviews, webinars, YouTube videos, creator recordings, educational videos, tutorials, and other footage with useful standalone moments.
Yes. Cubix can find useful answers, stories, and exchanges in a podcast and turn them into separate editable clips.
Yes. Cubix can identify moments from longer YouTube footage, create shorter clips, reframe them vertically, and prepare them for YouTube Shorts.
Yes. Generated clips can be reframed for vertical formats and edited with captions and other finishing touches for Reels, TikTok, and similar platforms.
Yes. You can describe the topic or moment you’re looking for and ask Cubix to create clips around that part of the footage.
Cubix uses the surrounding context of a moment to create boundaries that make sense as a standalone clip. You can change the start and end points before exporting.
Yes. You can guide the target length — including Auto, 15–30 seconds, or 30–60 seconds — and adjust individual clip boundaries afterward.
Cubix can generate captions for clips and lets you adjust their style, placement, and emphasis before export.
Yes. Each generated clip remains editable, including its cuts, framing, captions, pacing, B-roll, effects, and other available editing controls.
Find Highlights helps surface notable moments inside longer footage. Make Clips takes useful moments further by creating standalone editable clips from them.
Your best moments are already in the footage.
Let Cubix find them, cut them into standalone clips, and leave you with the final say.
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