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Break up long videos into engaging clips. Our AI auto-curates your most shareable snippets
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Turning long videos into shorts doesn’t have to take up hours of your time. Our AI generates clips in minutes. Customize caption styles, and set maximum clip lengths and your video goals. Need viral shorts or highlight reels? You got it! Split your video into the best segments and polish them with our editor.
Whether you're a podcaster creating shareable snippets or an educator breaking down complex topics into bite-sized videos, VEED is your all-in-one solution. Our user-friendly interface and powerful AI tools make it easy to convert long-form content into engaging shorts that keep your audience engaged. Best of all, you can access VEED right from your browser.
How to convert long video to short video:
Step 1
Upload your long-form video to VEED. You can also drag and drop your file into the editor.
Step 2
Customize your clips by choosing the caption style, video goal, and max clip length. Our AI will choose your best segments and turn them into shareable shorts.
Step 3
Preview and download your AI-generated shorts. Or load a clip in our video editor to change the captions, add stock footage and your brand assets, and more.
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Learn how to cut long videos into shorts:
Extract shorts from long videos
Our video-to-shorts converter saves you hours of manual editing. Turn long videos into shareable clips in minutes. Generate shorts with auto-captions in your preferred style, perfect for YouTube shorts and TikToks. Then, load our video editor to add your finishing touches like text titles, stock music, and your podcast logo.
Enhance your clips with ease
VEED not only helps you trim clips but also enhances them. Get creative with our wide range of video editing tools, such as text, motion graphics, and automatic translations. Achieve polished, professional-looking videos; no need to switch between different platforms or learn complicated software.
Keep your short videos on-brand
Maintain a consistent and professional look across all your short videos with VEED's brand kit feature. Upload your brand assets in one place, and easily apply them to your videos. This way, you can establish brand recall through cohesive visuals. You can also take your branding to the next level with intro videos – whether for corporate videos or YouTube content.
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With VEED, you can do so much more than generate short videos with AI. Our comprehensive video editor helps you create all kinds of content, from training videos to highlight reels. Explore our wide range of content creation tools, like our AI text-to-video generator, video collaboration software, and animated avatars. VEED streamlines your workflow so you can create polished, professional-quality videos in a few clicks. No need to switch between different platforms! Get it all done with VEED.