Turn Talking-Head Videos into Short Clips for Shorts and Reels
Upload your talking-head MP4. AI finds the most compelling moments — strong opinions, insights, personal stories, and hooks — and cuts them into ready-to-share clips.
Best for Shorts, Reels, and TikTok. Uses center crop.
Experimental. Use only if your original video has no burned-in subtitles.
Free: 1 video · up to 10 min · 3 clips · 1 regenerate.
MP4 up to 500 MB
No signup required · Files deleted after 24 h
Processing your video…
This may take a minute for longer videos.
Recommended settings
Vertical 9:16 center-crop works best for single-speaker, on-camera footage
Enable Viral subtitles — most talking-head content is watched silently on mobile
40–60 second clips work for complete thoughts; 20–40 for punchier one-take statements
The AI looks for self-contained opinion, story, and insight moments — not intros
Regenerate once if the first clips start with warm-up instead of the main point
What you get
Works with creator, coach, expert, and founder talking-head videos
AI finds strong opinions, personal stories, hooks, and quotable moments
Cut 3 clips per video — free, no account needed
Vertical 9:16 export — center-crop works especially well for single-speaker footage
Manual recut to dial in exactly the right start and end point
What it’s used for
Creator turning a long-form video into 3 shareable vertical clips for Shorts and Reels
Founder extracting opinion clips from a recorded talk for personal brand content
Coach clipping personal insight moments from recorded long-form content
Expert building a content library from recorded explanations and commentary videos
Educator creating short preview clips from a recorded course introduction
How it works
1
Upload your talking-head video
Upload any MP4 where you or another speaker is on camera — recorded directly or from a recording session. Up to 10 minutes and 500 MB.
2
AI finds the strongest self-contained moments
Whisper transcribes the full video. GPT selects the moments where the spoken content stands alone: strong opinions, clear insights, personal stories, and direct statements that hook without warm-up.
3
Export in vertical 9:16 with subtitles
Select Vertical 9:16 and Viral subtitles before generating. Center-crop vertical export works well for single-speaker footage. Subtitles are burned directly into the clip.
4
Post to Shorts, Reels, or TikTok
Download your clips and post directly. The format, subtitles, and timing are already matched to mobile-first short-form platforms.
Talking-head video is the most commonly produced format for content creators, coaches, and experts — and it's also the format that translates most naturally to short clips. A single speaker, a direct camera, a clear idea: each complete thought is a potential standalone clip. The challenge is finding which 40-second segment from a 20-minute video is actually worth clipping.
AI Clip Maker reads the full transcript and looks for moments where the spoken content is self-contained — where a viewer who knows nothing about the surrounding video can watch 30–60 seconds and understand the complete idea. Strong opinions opened with a direct statement, personal stories with a clear setup and payoff, expert answers to specific questions, and counterintuitive takes all tend to produce strong clips from talking-head footage.
For talking-head clips, vertical 9:16 with viral subtitles is almost always the right export choice. The center-crop works well for single-speaker footage. Subtitles are essential — a large portion of short-form video is consumed in silent environments, and clips without subtitles lose a significant share of potential viewers in the first two seconds.
Frequently asked questions
Is talking-head format especially good for short clips?
Yes. Single-speaker talking-head videos have clear spoken ideas that translate well to self-contained short clips — a strong answer, a take, a story, or a tip — without needing visual variety.
What if I'm on camera the whole video?
That's exactly the format this is built for. The AI reads what you said and selects the moments most likely to work as standalone clips. Vertical center-crop works well for on-camera footage.
Should I use vertical export for talking-head clips?
Yes — vertical 9:16 center-crop is the standard for talking-head content on Shorts, Reels, and TikTok. Enable it before generating your clips.
Can I clip a specific section I already know is good?
Use the manual recut controls after generation to set exact start and end times for any clip. You can also regenerate once to get a different AI selection from the same video.
Should I enable subtitles for talking-head clips?
Yes — a large share of talking-head content is watched silently on mobile. Viral-style subtitles increase watch time significantly for this format.