YOUTUBE CLIP MAKER

Clip a YouTube video into short vertical clips, from the link

This YouTube clip maker starts from a link you are allowed to reuse: ClipFlap transcribes the video, finds the passages that make sense on their own, cuts them on full sentences, reframes them to 9:16 and burns in captions. No download, no screen recording, no timeline.

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    Paste the YouTube link

    Public videos and unlisted links you have access to both work. The language is read from the video; you can change it, pick a clip-length preference and select a time range if you only want part of the episode.

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    Let the clip maker find the moments

    The transcript is read for complete thoughts with a clean start and end. A quote that depends on the sentence before it is extended; a passage that only works with the whole video is skipped.

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    Check the vertical clips

    Each clip comes back reframed around the speaker, captioned word by word in the video's language, with a cover title and a score. A two-person conversation can use a stacked split screen.

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    Download or publish

    Grab the MP4 for TikTok and Reels or publish to YouTube Shorts, TikTok and Instagram from the results page, with the suggested title and description already written.

Clipping a YouTube video by hand versus with an AI clip maker

Clipping a YouTube video the manual way means downloading it, scrubbing through an hour of footage to find the moment, trimming it, cropping to vertical, adding captions and exporting once per platform. The AI clip maker collapses that into one step: the transcript does the scrubbing, the boundaries are chosen on sentences, and the vertical frame and captions are rendered with the clip.

What you keep is the editorial call. ClipFlap shows the transcript of every candidate so you can see why it was chosen, move a boundary when the machine cut a beat too early, or drop a moment that does not represent the video. The number of clips follows the content: a dense talk returns more than a long stream with housekeeping.

Rights, ranges and long videos

A YouTube link is an intake method, not a licence. Clip your own channel, a client's channel you manage, or content you have permission to reuse; the terms of service say the same. For a long episode, select the range you want so only that part is processed and counted against your minutes.

Multi-hour sources are transcribed and cut like any other. If the video is a podcast with two hosts, the two-voice split screen keeps both people visible; if it is a stream with a webcam over gameplay, the webcam and the game share the frame instead of a moving crop.

CLIPPED FROM A YOUTUBE LINK, UNEDITED

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YouTube clip maker questions

Is the YouTube clip maker free?+

10 minutes of processing are free, without a card, and trial clips carry a visible ClipFlap watermark. Paid plans remove the watermark and count minutes of source video, so clipping a long video has a known price before you start.

Do I need to download the YouTube video first?+

No. Paste the link and ClipFlap fetches the source itself. If a link is not supported, or the video is not on YouTube, upload the file (up to 8 GB) or use a Google Drive link instead.

Can I clip only part of a long YouTube video?+

Yes. Select a start and end on the timeline before processing. Only the selected range is transcribed, cut and counted against your minutes, which is the right way to test a two-hour episode on a trial.

Can I clip a YouTube video that is not mine?+

Only with the rights or permission to clip and republish it. A public URL by itself does not grant reuse rights, and creators who run clipping campaigns usually state what may be clipped and where it may be posted.

Which formats come out?+

Vertical 1080×1920 MP4 files with captions burned in, ready for YouTube Shorts, TikTok and Instagram Reels. The same file works on all three; you can also choose 1:1 or 16:9 when a platform needs it.

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The free trial includes 10 minutes of processing and needs no card. Trial clips carry a visible animated ClipFlap watermark; paid plans remove it.