Clyper: An AI Clip Maker That Turns Long Videos Into Short Clips for TikTok, YouTube Shorts and Reels

Clyper is an AI clip maker that turns long videos into short, captioned clips for TikTok, YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels. You paste a YouTube link or upload a video, and Clyper finds the best moments, cuts them into vertical clips, adds captions and gives them back ready to post.

If you've ever tried to cut a podcast episode or a livestream into shorts by hand, you know it takes hours: scrubbing through the footage, finding the good parts, cropping to 9:16, typing out captions. Clyper does that work for you, so you can spend your time posting instead of editing.

How it works

1. Add a video. Paste a YouTube link or upload a file. Videos can be up to 4 hours long, so full podcast episodes, streams, webinars and lectures all work.
2. Choose how many clips. Pick a number, or leave it on Auto and Clyper decides based on how many strong moments the video has.
3. Clyper finds the moments. It reads the transcript and picks moments of 20 to 60 seconds, each with a title and a score for how strong its hook is.
4. Clips are cut, reframed and captioned. Each clip is cut to whole sentences, reframed to vertical 1080x1920 by following faces and whoever is speaking, and captioned in the style you chose.
5. Edit if you want, then download. Fix a word in the captions, move where a clip starts or ends, or switch the caption style, then download the MP4.

What makes Clyper different

Clips end on a full sentence. A common problem with AI clipping tools is clips that start or stop in the middle of a thought, which you then have to fix by hand. Clyper moves each cut back to where the sentence starts and lets the last sentence finish, so clips are ready to post as they are.

You pay for minutes of video, not per clip. One credit covers one minute of source video, however many clips that minute produces.

It handles streams and gaming footage. When a stream has a small webcam in the corner, Clyper uses a split layout instead: the webcam on top and the game or screen below, so neither gets cropped away.

Captions work in many languages. Captions render properly in scripts that many tools struggle with, including Arabic and Hebrew (right to left), Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Hindi and other Indic scripts, Cyrillic and Greek.

Features

• AI moment detection with a title and hook score for each clip
• Clips cut to whole sentences
• Automatic 9:16 reframing that follows faces and the active speaker
• Split-screen layout for streams with a webcam
• Five caption styles: Pop, Karaoke, Highlight, One word and Plain
• A clip editor for captions, timing and style
• Hook headlines: an optional title at the top of each clip for its first few seconds
• A brand kit for saving your own caption styles, fonts and colors
• Bulk import of many links at once
• Output in 1080x1920 with loudness-normalized audio

Who it's for

• Podcasters turning each episode into a week of clips
• Streamers clipping highlights from Twitch, Kick or YouTube streams
• YouTubers promoting long videos with Shorts
• Clippers making clips for creators' clipping campaigns
• Agencies and editors producing clips for several clients
• Coaches, educators and churches sharing the best parts of talks, lessons and sermons

Free tools, no sign-up

Clyper also has more than 40 free video tools that run in your browser, with no account and no uploads to a server. They include a vertical video converter, an auto caption generator, a video compressor, a video trimmer, a background noise remover, a silence remover, a YouTube thumbnail maker and a safe zone checker for TikTok, Reels and Shorts. You can find them all at https://www.clyper.io/tools.

Tips for getting better clips

• Start with clear speech. Videos where people talk clearly, like interviews, podcasts and commentary, give the strongest clips.
• Lead with the hook. The first two seconds decide whether people keep watching. If a clip opens slowly, use the editor to start it later.
• Check names and jargon. Captions are generated from speech, so give names and technical terms a quick look before posting.
• Post consistently. One good clip a day across TikTok, Shorts and Reels usually does more than ten clips posted at once.
• Only clip what you have the rights to. Clip your own videos, or videos whose owners allow it, such as through a clipping campaign.

FAQ

What is Clyper?
Clyper is an AI clip maker that turns long videos into short vertical clips with captions for TikTok, YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels.

What videos can I use?
A YouTube link or an uploaded video file, up to 4 hours long.

Is Clyper free?
The 40+ browser tools are free with no sign-up. Making clips with the AI clip maker uses credits from a paid plan, at one credit per minute of video.

What languages does it support?
Clyper transcribes and captions videos in many languages, including scripts like Arabic, Hebrew, Japanese, Chinese, Korean and Hindi. The website is available in ten languages.

How long are clips kept?
Clips stay available to download and edit for 14 days after they're made.

Can I edit the clips?
Yes. You can fix caption words, change where a clip starts and ends, switch caption styles, and on Pro and Studio add a hook headline or use your own brand styles.

Try it

You can try Clyper at https://www.clyper.io. Paste a YouTube link, and you'll have clips ready to post in a few minutes.