YouTube Shorts Maker

Paste a link and this YouTube Shorts maker picks the moments of your video that work as standalone Shorts, with a title and hook for each. Free, no signup.

Finish your Short in the app

Bitcut for iPhone cuts the chosen moment, reframes it to 9:16, adds animated word-by-word subtitles and exports the finished Short.

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How it works

Step 1

Paste your YouTube link

Add the URL of a video you want to turn into Shorts. It needs captions or auto-generated subtitles.

Step 2

Let AI pick the moments

The tool reads the transcript and returns up to 8 self-contained moments, each with a start, an end, a title and a hook line.

Step 3

Preview every candidate

Play each moment on the page. The preview runs the original YouTube video, so nothing is downloaded or uploaded.

Step 4

Build the Short in Bitcut

Open the app on iPhone to cut the moment, crop it to 9:16, add animated subtitles and export.

Make Shorts from a YouTube video

A good Short is a moment that makes sense without the rest of the video: a clear point, a story beat or a punchline. Finding those by scrubbing through a long recording takes longer than editing them. This YouTube Shorts maker does the finding for you by reading the captions and ranking the segments that stand on their own.

Each result comes with a suggested title and a hook line, so you know how the Short could open before you cut anything. Up to 8 moments are returned per video, for videos up to 3 hours.

A simple workflow for YouTube Shorts creators

If you publish long videos, the same recording can feed your Shorts feed for weeks. Run the video through the maker once, keep the moments you like, and build each one in the Bitcut app as its own vertical clip with subtitles. The tool is free, with a limit of 12 runs per hour and 50 per day.

An AI shorts workflow still needs your eye: preview each suggestion, drop the ones that miss, and pick the ones that match your channel.

FAQ

Is this YouTube Shorts maker free?

Yes. There is no signup, and the limit is 12 runs per hour and 50 per day.

How does the YouTube short maker choose moments?

It reads the video captions and picks up to 8 segments that make sense on their own, each with a title and a hook line.

Can I make Shorts from any YouTube video?

Any public video with captions or auto-generated subtitles, up to 3 hours long. Talking videos such as podcasts, interviews and tutorials give the best results.

Does the tool download my video?

No. It reads the captions only. The preview plays the original video from YouTube, and nothing is uploaded or stored.

Where do I create the finished Short?

In the Bitcut app for iPhone. It handles cutting, 9:16 framing, animated subtitles and export.

Is this an AI Shorts generator that edits the video for me?

It finds and previews the best moments. The editing itself, cropping, subtitles and export, happens in the Bitcut app.

Why did it return no Shorts?

The video may have no captions, very little speech, or be longer than 3 hours. Try another video.