{"id":267325,"date":"2026-10-15T04:56:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T11:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/?p=267325"},"modified":"2026-10-15T04:56:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T11:56:35","slug":"how-to-make-short-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/how-to-make-short-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make short videos using AI, up to 12 from one upload"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fastest way to make short videos is to start from a long one: upload a recording of 10 minutes or more, let AI find the standalone moments, and export them as captioned, reframed clips.<\/strong> Picsart’s AI video clipping tool turns one upload into as many as 12 short videos in a single run.<\/p>\n

A podcast episode, a tutorial, or a livestream already holds a week of short-form content. Those clips can then earn on Picsart Earn campaigns that pay for short-form video.<\/p>\n

What a short video needs to work<\/span><\/h2>\n

A short video lives or dies on a few seconds and a few choices. Here is what each part does, and where the AI video clipping tool takes it off your plate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Part of the clip<\/th>\nWhy it matters<\/th>\nWhat the AI handles<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
A standalone moment<\/strong><\/td>\nViewers have not seen the rest of the video<\/td>\nFinds self-contained moments across the full timeline<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clean start and end<\/strong><\/td>\nA cut mid-sentence feels broken<\/td>\nCuts on complete thoughts and drops weak intros and generic outros<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
An opening hook<\/strong><\/td>\nThe first frame decides the scroll<\/td>\nSuggests hooks and adds an opening title<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Captions<\/strong><\/td>\nMany viewers watch with the sound off<\/td>\nWord-timed captions with 101 presets<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The right frame<\/strong><\/td>\nA wide shot wastes a phone screen<\/td>\nReframes to vertical, square, landscape, or original<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Post details<\/strong><\/td>\nTitles and hashtags help a clip get found<\/td>\nSuggests titles, descriptions, hashtags, and a thumbnail headline<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Your job shifts from scrubbing through footage to choosing the best results. The source still matters most. A recording where people say clear, complete things gives the AI more strong moments to work with.<\/p>\n

AI video clipping<\/a> works with spoken footage and with footage that has no speech, like gameplay or drone shots. The whole run takes four steps.<\/p>\n

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How to make short videos using AI video clipping<\/h2>\n \n
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\n 1.<\/span>\n Upload a long video <\/p>\n

Open the tool and add an MP4, MOV, or WebM file from your device, or pull one from Picsart Drive. The tool is built for videos of 10 minutes or longer. Stay on the page while the file uploads. After that, you can close the tab and come back within 24 hours.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n 2.<\/span>\n Set the clip count, length, and format <\/p>\n

Set the clip count anywhere up to 12, and give a rough target length or keep it on Automatic. For the frame, the four options are Original, Square 1:1, Landscape 16:9, and the phone-friendly Vertical 9:16. Asking for a dozen clips costs no more than asking for one, so request the full set.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n 3.<\/span>\n Style the captions and the opening <\/p>\n

Browse the caption tabs (Educational, Meme, Podcast, Creator, Cinematic, Luxury, and SaaS) and pick the look that matches the video's tone. You can also switch on karaoke captions. Write an opening title, then decide how each clip opens: a frozen frame, an AI-made backdrop, or an AI-made thumbnail.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n 4.<\/span>\n Generate, refine, and export <\/p>\n

The Generate clips button displays what the run will cost before you press it. Processing moves through three stages: preparing the video, finding moments, and creating clips. Every finished clip shows how long it runs, where it sits in the source, and its score out of 100. Fine-tune the captions, timing, and first frame without leaving the tool, then export as MP4, MOV, WebM, or MKV, with an optional SRT subtitle file. An empty run costs nothing.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n