Long Video to Shorts
Turn long videos into short clips faster
Use CinLink to find key moments, create shorter edits, add subtitles, and prepare social-ready clips from long-form video content.
Overview
Repurpose long-form video into reusable clips
CinLink helps creators move from long recordings to short, useful content. Use transcription, summaries, subtitles, and highlight selection to turn one long video into multiple smaller assets.
Benefits
Short-form creation from long videos
Find highlights, cut clips, add subtitles, and prepare content for social platforms.
Find highlight moments
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Use transcripts and summaries to identify moments worth turning into short clips.
Create shorter cuts
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Turn selected moments into compact clips for faster viewing and sharing.
Add subtitles
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Create readable captions so social clips can be understood without sound.
Prepare social assets
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Create reusable clips for Shorts, Reels, TikTok, campaigns, and content libraries.
Workflow
How to turn long videos into shorts
Add a long video, find highlights, create clips, and export social-ready content.
Add long video
Upload or select the long video you want to repurpose.
Analyze content
Upload or select the long video you want to repurpose.
Select highlights
Choose moments that work well as short clips.
Export clips
Create short videos with subtitles and reusable assets.
Export Formats
Export clips for social platforms
Prepare short videos, captions, and reusable clips for your publishing workflow.
Short clips
Upload or select the long video you want to repurpose.
Captioned shorts
Short clips with captions already included.
User case
Repurpose long content into more formats
Create clips from podcasts, webinars, interviews, courses, events, and product videos.
Podcasts
Turn long conversations into shareable highlights.
Webinars
Extract key moments from long sessions.
Interviews
Create short clips from strong answers or quotes.
Courses
Turn lessons into short learning snippets.
Events
Cut product demos into focused feature clips.
Product Videos
Cut product demos into focused feature clips.
Related Tools
Continue with related CinLink tools
Use transcription, subtitles, and translation to improve short clips.
Video Transcription
Find moments through searchable transcripts.
SRT Generator
Export subtitle files for clips.
Video Translator
Localize clips for more audiences.
Burn Subtitles into Video
Create social-ready captioned clips.
Related Tools
Add captions to short clips.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know before transcribing videos with CinLink.
What does long video to shorts mean?
Can subtitles be added to short clips?
Can transcripts help find highlights?
What videos work best?
Ready to turn long videos into shorts?
Find highlights, add subtitles, and create reusable clips faster with CinLink.