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Everything this site does

Twelve tools, all running in a browser, all free to try. Each one has its own page because each one is a different job, and the page tells you what it will not do as well as what it will.

The short answer

Vid2Shorts reads a long video and ranks the moments worth posting, reframes a wide picture into vertical by following whoever is speaking, captions it word by word in Latin and right to left scripts with real colour emoji, exports the transcript as an SRT or VTT file, and makes music visualizers. It does not do AI b-roll, team seats or an API, and it strips filler words from the captions rather than from the audio. The comparison pages here say which tools go further.

First Short free. No account, no software, nothing to upload.

The first Short is free and needs no account. Everything listed below is a capability the product has today, checked August 2026, not a roadmap.

The tools

12 tools, one job each

Tool

AI clip maker

Reads a long video and returns the moments worth posting, ranked.

OpenTool

Subtitle generator

Transcribes a video, lets you fix it, then gives you the file.

OpenTool

Add captions to video

Burns readable captions into the picture, timed per word.

OpenTool

SRT generator

Produces a standards clean SRT file you can use anywhere.

OpenTool

YouTube to TikTok

Takes a wide YouTube video and makes clips that work on TikTok.

OpenTool

Instagram Reel maker

Turns a long recording into Reels, captions and all.

OpenTool

Podcast audiogram maker

Makes a shareable video out of audio, with artwork and captions.

OpenTool

Caption translator

Translates the words on screen while the audio stays as it was.

OpenTool

Music visualizer with lyrics

Artwork pulsing to the bass, spectrum rings and bars, and the words burned in as they are sung. Fourteen presets, all on the free plan.

OpenTool

YouTube Shorts maker

A long upload turned into vertical Shorts, with the moments ranked and the framing following whoever is speaking.

OpenTool

Video to Shorts converter

Any public YouTube video, long or short, turned into vertical clips the same way, with the framing following whoever is speaking.

OpenTool

Podcast to Shorts

A long episode read end to end, with the moments that stand up without setup ranked ahead of the ones that do not.

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How these fit together

They are stages of one job, not twelve products

Almost nobody needs only one of these. A long recording becomes a posted clip by passing through several of them in order, and knowing the order is most of knowing which page you want.

01

Decide what is worth posting

The part that eats the afternoon. The AI clip maker reads the transcript end to end and ranks candidates on whether they hook, carry emotion, contain a quotable line and stand up without setup.

02

Make it fit the shape

Wide to vertical, following the speaker rather than cropping the centre. Which is the same work whether the destination is TikTok or an Instagram Reel, with different safe areas to respect.

03

Make it work with the sound off

Captions burned into the picture, timed word by word. If the source is audio rather than video, a podcast audiogram or a music visualizer gives it something to be.

04

Take the words with you

The same transcript downloads as a standards clean SRT or VTT for the long upload, and can be translated into another language while the audio stays as it was.

Straight answers

What these tools will not do

A tools page that lists only capabilities is a brochure. These are the gaps, named plainly, because finding one of them after paying is a worse experience for you and a refund for us.

No AI b-roll

Nothing is cut in behind you automatically. OpusClip, Submagic, quso.ai and SendShort all do this.

Filler words go from the captions, not the audio

The words on screen lose the ums. The audio still says them. Descript is the best in the category at cutting them out properly, and quso.ai and OpusClip both ship it.

No team seats or API

This is a single person tool by design. If several people touch the same clips, buy something built for that.

No desktop app

Browser only, which is a limitation and also why it works on any machine you sit at. Descript ships a real desktop editor.

Every one of those is written up properly on the comparison pages, which lead with what the other tool does better before they get to us.

Questions

What people ask before starting

What can Vid2Shorts actually do?
Six things, and it is worth being specific rather than listing adjectives. It reads a long video and ranks the moments worth posting, with the reason for each. It reframes a wide picture into vertical by following whoever is speaking rather than cropping the centre. It captions word by word, in Latin and right to left scripts including Arabic, with real colour emoji if you want them. It strips filler words out of those captions. It exports the transcript as an SRT or VTT subtitle file. And it makes music visualizers, with artwork pulsing to the bass and lyrics burned in as they are sung.
What does it not do?
No AI b-roll, no team seats, no public API, no desktop app, and no social scheduling with analytics behind it. Filler words can be stripped from the captions but not from the audio, which is the smaller half of what Descript and quso.ai do. Those are real gaps and other tools fill them. The comparison pages on this site name which ones and say plainly when the answer is to buy theirs rather than ours.
Which tool should I start with?
If you have a long recording and no idea which part is worth posting, start with the AI clip maker, because that is the work that actually eats the afternoon. If you already know the moment, go straight to the Studio and caption it. If what you publish is audio or music rather than a talking head, start with the visualizer, because that is the one thing here nothing else in this market offers.
Are any of these free?
All of them, at the free tier: one Short a day, up to thirty seconds, every caption style and every visualizer preset included, with a small watermark in the corner. Your first Short needs no account at all. Captions and subtitle files need a free account, because transcription costs real money and the account is how that is metered.
Do I have to install anything?
No. Everything runs in a browser, which also means it runs on a phone. There is nothing to download, nothing to keep updated, and the same tool works on a machine you have borrowed.
Is the subtitle file export really free?
Yes, on every plan including the free tier. By the time you ask for the file, the transcription has already happened; charging a second time for a format conversion would be charging for nothing.
Can I use these on videos I did not make?
That is a rights question rather than a software one. Clip what you made or what you have permission to use. The tool will process a public link, and that is not the same as permission to republish what comes out of it.

Start with one video

Two minutes and one recording tells you more than a page of description. The first Short is free and needs no account.

Open the Studio

Elsewhere on the site

ComparisonsTen tools, compared honestlyWhat it costsFree, a day pass, or ProGuidesThe Shorts JournalThe main toolAuto Clips, ranked moments