Turn any long video into YouTube Shorts — automatically
Short.now finds your most engaging moments, adds animated captions, and reframes everything to 9:16. One upload becomes a week of Shorts in under 5 minutes.
From video to published — in four steps
Paste your YouTube link
Drop in any YouTube URL — or upload a video file directly. Short.now fetches it instantly.
AI finds your best moments
Our AI scans every second, scores hooks, punchlines, and insights — and picks the clips most likely to stop the scroll.
Review your Shorts
See all candidates ranked by virality score. Captions are already added. Reframing is done. Adjust anything you want.
Publish to YouTube Shorts
Post directly from Short.now or download and upload manually. Scheduling included on paid plans.
Everything you need, nothing you don't
AI moment detection
Analyzes audio energy, speech patterns, and visual peaks to surface your most engaging clips.
Automatic 9:16 reframe
Crops and reframes your footage to vertical format — keeping the speaker in frame at all times.
Animated word captions
Word-by-word captions that sync to speech and keep viewers watching even with sound off.
Virality scoring
Each clip gets a score based on hook strength, pacing, and engagement signals — so you know which to post first.
Common questions about YouTube Shorts Maker
Long-form talk content works best: podcasts, interviews, webinars, tutorials, vlogs, and commentary videos. The more spoken content there is, the more strong moments the AI can identify.
A typical 30-minute video produces 4–8 Short candidates. A 60-minute podcast or interview usually generates 8–15. You choose which ones to publish.
No. Short.now's free tier (3 videos per month) exports without a watermark — your Shorts look professional from day one.
Yes. Every caption is editable — fix transcription errors, change words, restyle the font and colors, or switch languages before you export.
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No editor needed. No credit card. Three free videos every month.
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