OpusClip
AI clipping tool that turns a long video into short vertical clips for YouTube Shorts, TikTok, and Reels, with automatic reframing, animated captions, and a predicted virality score.
Pros
- + Finds candidate clips, reframes them to 9:16, and adds captions in one pass
- + Imports straight from a YouTube link, so you don't need to download first
- + Paid plans export without a watermark and keep your projects longer
Cons
- − Free-plan files expire after 3 days and the captions carry a watermark
- − The virality score is the model's prediction, not a guarantee, so you still need to pick clips yourself
- − Works best on conversational footage; narrated or visually driven videos give weaker picks
OpusClip takes a long video, such as a podcast episode, stream VOD, or interview, and cuts it into short vertical clips. It chooses the moments, reframes them to keep the speaker in shot, and adds animated captions.
How it works
Paste a YouTube link or upload a file. OpusClip transcribes the video, finds self-contained moments with a hook, and gives each one a predicted virality score. You review the suggestions, adjust the start and end points, and export.
Pricing, in practice
The free plan is enough to see whether the clip choices suit your content. However, the files expire after 3 days and the captions are watermarked. The Starter and Pro tiers remove the watermark, keep files longer, and add more import sources. Pro also adds AI b-roll and scheduling. Our long video to Shorts guide walks through the full workflow.
Who it’s for
OpusClip suits channels with a lot of long-form talk footage. It’s less useful when a video’s value is in tight scripted narration, because cutting that into clips often removes the context a clip needs to make sense.