AutoClip for YouTube Shorts Clippers
Feed the Shorts shelf every day without cutting every clip yourself
The Shorts shelf puts your video in front of people who have never heard of your channel, and it does that most for accounts that keep publishing. Clip channels are well placed to supply that volume, since the source content already found an audience in long form. AutoClip handles the part that doesn't scale: watching the channel, finding the moment, reframing it to vertical, captioning it, and posting it as a Short.
The Problem
- Shorts rewards a daily habit, and hand-cutting one a day is a habit most people drop
- A single good 60-second moment can be anywhere in a two-hour upload
- A static center crop of horizontal footage cuts the speaker's head off half the time
- Watching several source channels means you find out about uploads late
The Solution
- Clips publish straight to YouTube Shorts once processing finishes
- Each moment is scored on how likely it is to hold attention, with the criteria shown
- 9:16 reframing tracks the speaker so they stay centered when the shot moves
- Monitored channels get clipped on every new upload without you submitting anything
Recommended Plan
Pro ($39.99/mo) — 500 credits, 25 videos, 3 monitored channels, 8 social accounts
View all plansFrequently Asked Questions
Can AutoClip post directly to YouTube Shorts?
Yes. Connect your YouTube account and finished clips publish as Shorts automatically — already vertical, already captioned, nothing to adjust on the way out.
What clip length works for YouTube Shorts?
Shorts allows up to 60 seconds, and most clips land in the 30–55 second range because completion is what drives shelf distribution. A 40-second clip that finishes strong beats a 59-second one that trails off. You can trim any clip in the timeline editor before it posts.
Do YouTube Shorts need to be vertical?
For full-screen placement in the Shorts feed, yes — 9:16 is what you want. AutoClip reframes horizontal sources to vertical and keeps the speaker in frame rather than locking to a fixed center crop, which is where most automatic cropping falls apart on multi-camera footage.
How often should I post Shorts from clips?
One or two a day is a realistic cadence that most growing clip channels run. Pro covers 25 source videos and 500 credits a month (1 credit = 1 minute of source), and a typical video produces around 9 clips — so a handful of sources covers the month.
Does clipping other channels' content risk copyright issues?
It can. Transformative, commentary-based use is the usual footing clippers stand on, and many creators openly encourage clipping because it feeds subscribers back to them — but fair use is decided case by case, and YouTube's Content ID acts before anyone weighs in. Check the source channel's stated policy first; the ones that want clippers usually say so.
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