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title: "AI Shorts Maker: Long Video to Vertical Clips | ToolSugar"
description: "Find strong moments in a long video with scoring rules and cut 9:16 clips for Shorts, Reels and TikTok, free. Nothing is uploaded; it all runs in your browser."
canonical: https://toolsugar.com/tools/ai-shorts-maker
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# AI Shorts Maker

ToolSugar AI Shorts Maker transcribes a long video in your browser, scores the moments with fixed rules (questions, numbers, stories score higher, greetings and sponsor lines lower) and cuts the best into 720 by 1280 vertical clips. No AI model picks them. Nothing is uploaded, and it costs you time only.

Runs on your device

## How it works

1. Drop a long video with clear speech and, if needed, set the spoken language.
2. Choose how many shorts you want, from 1 to 10, and the length of each one.
3. Press Make shorts, read why each moment was picked, then download the clips you like.

## Key facts

- **Output**: H.264 and AAC MP4 at 720 by 1280, which is the 9:16 shape of Shorts, Reels and TikTok
- **Framing**: A fixed center crop. There is no face tracking, so check wide shots
- **File size limit**: 500 MB on a computer and half of that on a phone. Only the moments you need are encoded
- **Choosing moments**: Rules score the words said. Nothing sees the picture or hears the music, and the word rules are English

## Common uses

- Cutting a one-hour podcast episode into clips that promote the full show.
- Turning a recorded webinar into short tips for a LinkedIn or Instagram feed.
- Pulling the strongest answers out of an interview without watching it twice.

## Questions

### Does it add captions to the shorts?

Not in this tool. The clips come out without captions, so they stay quick to make. To add them, run a clip through Captions for Reels and Shorts, which can burn the words into the picture on your device.

### Will it find the funniest or most exciting part?

It scores the words alone with fixed rules. Questions, numbers, stories and turns rate higher, but it cannot see a visual joke or hear the crowd laugh. The word rules are English, so other languages rely on questions and numbers. Little speech gives it little to work with.

### Why did I get fewer clips than I asked for?

Clips that would repeat the same part of the video are dropped, and a short source video has room for few moments. A moment outside your chosen length is stretched or shortened to fit, then checked again for repeats.

[Read the AI Shorts Maker guide](https://toolsugar.com/blog/how-to-turn-long-videos-into-shorts)

## Related tools

- [Captions for Reels and Shorts](https://toolsugar.com/tools/auto-captions-for-reels)
- [Trim Video](https://toolsugar.com/tools/video-trimmer)
- [AI Video Editor](https://toolsugar.com/tools/ai-video-editor)
- [Auto Subtitles](https://toolsugar.com/tools/subtitle-generator)