VidMints AI Studio
AI Shorts Maker
Long video in. Shorts out.
Drop in a long video and VidMints finds the strongest moments, reframes them to vertical, and adds captions — ready-to-post Shorts, Reels and TikToks in minutes.
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The AI Shorts Maker turns a long video into ready-to-post vertical Shorts. You drop in a long-form clip and VidMints finds the strongest moments, reframes them to 9:16, and bakes in captions — producing Shorts, Reels and TikToks in minutes instead of an editing session per clip. The three hard jobs of repurposing — finding the highlights, reframing, and captioning — are all handled.
The standout piece is highlight detection: rather than making you scrub a long video hunting for clip-worthy moments, VidMints suggests the most engaging segments, and you keep control of the final cut. Auto-reframe then intelligently recomposes each landscape moment to vertical so the subject stays in frame, and captions are one tap in TikTok- or YouTube-friendly styles.
It overlaps with podcast-to-shorts, which is the same idea focused on long spoken content; the shorts maker is the general-purpose version for any long video — tutorials, streams, vlogs, talks. It runs in the editor, so you can fine-tune any clip before exporting.
Why use AI Shorts Maker?
Long videos are a goldmine of short-form content that mostly goes unmined, because manually finding highlights, reframing to vertical, and captioning each clip is hours of work. Automating those three steps is what makes it realistic to get a week of Shorts out of one upload instead of one clip if you are lucky.
Auto-reframe in particular solves a real headache: a landscape video does not become a good Short by slapping black bars top and bottom. Intelligent reframing keeps the important action centred in the vertical frame, which is the difference between a Short that works and one that looks like an afterthought.
Key benefits
Auto-highlight detection
VidMints suggests the most engaging moments so you don't scrub the whole video.
Smart auto-reframe
Landscape moments are recomposed to 9:16 with the subject kept in frame.
Captions baked in
One-tap TikTok/YouTube-style captions on every clip for the muted feed.
Minutes, not sessions
Turn one long upload into multiple post-ready Shorts fast.
You keep the final cut
AI suggests; you approve, trim and adjust before exporting.
How AI Shorts Maker works
- 1
Upload a long video
Bring in any long-form clip — a tutorial, stream, vlog or talk.
- 2
Get highlight suggestions
VidMints detects the most engaging moments as candidate Shorts.
- 3
Auto-reframe to vertical
Each chosen moment is recomposed to 9:16 with the subject tracked in frame.
- 4
Add captions
Apply one-tap captions in a TikTok- or YouTube-friendly style.
- 5
Refine and export
Trim and adjust any clip in the editor, then export the batch of Shorts.
Who it's for & example uses
Repurposing tutorials and talks
Pull the key moments from a long educational video into standalone Shorts.
Stream and vlog highlights
Cut the best bits of a long stream or vlog into vertical clips.
Building a Shorts pipeline
Feed a week of vertical content from a single long upload.
Cross-platform posting
Produce clips sized for Shorts, Reels and TikTok at once.
Pro tips
- Treat the AI highlights as a starting point — review them and cut anything that needs context to make sense.
- Check the auto-reframe on clips with lots of movement to make sure the subject stays centred.
- Trim each clip tight around its hook; a Short earns or loses the viewer in the first two seconds.
- Always keep captions on — vertical clips lean heavily on text in a muted feed.
- Pick moments that stand alone; a highlight that relies on the surrounding video will confuse a cold viewer.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Accepting every suggested highlight without a review pass.
- Ignoring reframing on high-motion clips and letting the subject drift out of the vertical frame.
- Leaving slow lead-ins that bury the hook.
- Clipping moments that only make sense with the context of the full video.
How it compares
- Versus podcast-to-shorts: the shorts maker is general-purpose for any long video, while podcast-to-shorts is tuned to long spoken content specifically.
- Versus the social reel maker: shorts maker specialises in auto-detecting highlights in existing long footage; the reel maker also builds reels from scratch.
- Versus manual clipping: it automates highlight-finding, reframing and captioning, the three steps that make manual repurposing so slow.
Frequently asked questions
Does it pick the highlights for me?
Yes — AI Highlights suggests the most engaging moments; you stay in control of the final cut.
Will it add captions?
Yes — auto-captions are one tap, in TikTok/YouTube styles.
Does it pick the highlights for me?
Yes — AI Highlights suggests the most engaging moments in your long video as candidate Shorts. You stay in control: review the suggestions, trim them, and approve the final cut.
Will it reframe my landscape video to vertical?
Yes. Auto-reframe recomposes each landscape moment to 9:16 and keeps the subject in frame, rather than just letterboxing, so the clip reads as a native vertical Short.
How is this different from podcast-to-shorts?
They overlap. The AI shorts maker is the general tool for turning any long video into highlight clips; podcast-to-shorts is the same idea focused on long spoken content like podcasts and interviews.
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