Viral Shorts Generator — Turn Long Videos into Clips for TikTok, Reels & Shorts

Turn one long video into a week of viral shorts.

Paste a link or upload a file, and VidGen Viral Shorts finds the most engaging moments in your long video or podcast, reframes them to vertical 9:16 with automatic face tracking, and burns in animated word-by-word captions. Up to 20 ready-to-post clips from a single source — no editor, no timeline scrubbing.

Paste a link or upload up to 4 GB

AI-ranked best moments

Auto-reframe with face tracking

Animated word-by-word captions

Bring any source

Paste a link, or upload the file directly.

Drop a link from YouTube, TikTok, Instagram Reels, X / Twitter, Facebook, Vimeo, or any direct video URL. Prefer to keep it private, or hit a platform that blocks downloads? Upload the file straight from your device — up to 4 GB — and it streams directly to secure storage. Either path feeds the same AI clipping engine.

Link support: YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook, Vimeo, direct MP4
Direct upload up to 4 GB — MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM, M4V
Source videos up to 4 hours long
Cost is previewed before you spend a single credit

AI does the editing

The best moments, found and framed automatically.

The AI watches the whole source, scores every moment for hook strength and shareability, and pulls out the clips most likely to perform. Each one is reframed to vertical and the crop follows the speaker’s face so nobody drifts out of frame. Pick how many clips you want and how long they should run — the rest is automatic.

Up to 20 clips ranked by viral potential, per job
Set clip count and min / max length (5–180 seconds)
Face-tracking reframe keeps the speaker centred
Static centre-crop option for the fastest turnaround

Ready to post

Animated captions, multiple ratios, instant download.

Every clip ships with burned-in, word-by-word animated captions — the format proven to lift watch-time on muted feeds — with dozens of styles, fonts and colours to match your brand. Export 9:16 for Shorts, Reels and TikTok, or 1:1, 4:5 and 16:9 for everywhere else. Captions follow the spoken language of your source.

Burned-in animated word-by-word captions
Dozens of caption styles, fonts, colours and positions
Multilingual caption support — captions match your audio
Aspect ratios: 9:16, 1:1, 4:5, 16:9

Viral Shorts — length, formats & credits at a glance.

Clips per job: Up to 20 AI-ranked clips from a single source
Clip length: Configurable, 5–180 seconds each
Source length: Up to 4 hours per source video
Aspect ratios: 9:16 (Shorts / Reels / TikTok), 1:1, 4:5, 16:9
Reframing: Automatic face-tracking crop, or static centre-crop
Captions: Burned-in animated word-by-word, multilingual, dozens of styles
Inputs: Link (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook, Vimeo, direct MP4) or upload up to 4 GB
Credit cost: 2 credits per source minute + 1 credit per clip (minimum 4 credits)
Turnaround: Typically 3–10 minutes, depending on source length

Credits are shared across every VidGen studio and 1 credit ≈ Rs. 1. Example: a 30-minute podcast clipped into 8 shorts costs about (30 × 2) + (8 × 1) = 68 credits. The exact cost is always shown before you generate. Unused credits roll over for 30 days.

Real workflows it replaces.

Podcasters

Turn every episode into 10–15 vertical clips for Shorts, Reels and TikTok in one pass.

YouTubers

Repurpose long uploads into a feed of vertical teasers that drive viewers back to the full video.

Course creators

Slice webinars and lessons into bite-size promo clips with captions baked in.

Agencies

Bulk-clip client footage into branded shorts without booking an editor.

Founders & speakers

Carve keynote talks and interviews into quotable, shareable moments.

Faceless channels

Feed long-form source video and ship a daily stream of captioned vertical clips.

Asked, answered.

How does Viral Shorts pick the clips?+

The AI analyses the entire source video, scores moments for hook strength and shareability, and surfaces the segments most likely to perform. You choose how many clips you want (up to 20) and the minimum and maximum length per clip.

What can I use as a source?+

Paste a link from YouTube, TikTok, Instagram Reels, X / Twitter, Facebook, Vimeo, or any direct MP4 URL — or upload a file directly (MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM, M4V) up to 4 GB. If a link ever fails because a platform blocks it, the upload path always works.

How long can the source video be?+

Up to 4 hours per source. That covers full podcast episodes, webinars, livestream recordings and long interviews.

What does it cost?+

Viral Shorts costs 2 credits per minute of source video plus 1 credit per clip generated, with a 4-credit minimum. The exact figure is shown before you generate, so there are never surprises. Credits are shared across all VidGen studios.

Are the captions automatic?+

Yes. Every clip ships with burned-in, word-by-word animated captions in the spoken language of your source, and you can choose from dozens of styles, fonts, colours and positions.

Which aspect ratios can I export?+

9:16 vertical for Shorts, Reels and TikTok is the default; 1:1, 4:5 and 16:9 are also available for feeds and landscape placements.

How long does it take?+

Most jobs finish in 3–10 minutes depending on source length. You can close the tab — processing continues in the background and the clips wait for you in your library.

Topics covered: viral shorts generator, AI shorts generator, video to shorts, podcast to shorts, long video to clips, auto reframe, AI captions, repurpose video content, clip maker