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Highlight Reel Maker

Paste a long video, get back the handful of minutes that were actually worth watching — cut, captioned, and vertical.

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Features

AI Moment Detection

Reads the full transcript and the audio to find the peaks — reactions, clutch plays, quotable lines — and ranks them so you post the best one first.

Auto Reframing to 9:16

Landscape footage becomes vertical with the crop following the speaker, and gaming sources can use a facecam split so the reaction and the play both stay visible.

Burned-In Captions

Word-synced captions in karaoke, pop, or bounce styles, with emoji support, so a highlight still reads with the sound off.

Multi-Platform Posting

Send highlights to TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, X, and 9+ other destinations from one dashboard.

How It Works

1

Paste a YouTube URL

Submit a gaming stream, sports VOD, or any long-form video — or add the channel and stop submitting.

2

AutoClip picks the highlights

Every segment gets scored and the top moments come back ranked with in and out points already set. A typical video takes about 10–15 minutes; a multi-hour VOD takes longer in proportion.

3

Post highlights across platforms

Approve them in the dashboard or leave it on auto-post and let the highlights go out to TikTok, Reels, and Shorts.

Frequently Asked Questions

What types of videos work best for highlight generation?

Gaming streams, sports, interview podcasts, and reaction content. What they share is emotional peaks and moments that make sense out of context. Slow vlogs and single-thread tutorials are genuinely hard to highlight automatically — if that's your material, expect to do more picking by hand.

How long does it take to generate a highlight reel?

A typical video comes back in about 10–15 minutes. Long sources scale up from there — a multi-hour stream takes proportionally longer, since the whole thing gets read rather than sampled.

Can I make highlight reels from channels I don't own?

Yes, from any public YouTube, Twitch, or Kick channel. Monitor a creator and highlights are generated from each new upload without you submitting anything.

Is there a limit on how many highlight reels I can make?

It's per plan. Starter covers 10 videos and 50 clips a month on 200 credits, Pro 25 videos and 200 clips on 500 credits, Scale 50 videos and 500 clips on 1200 credits. One credit equals one source minute, and monitored channels draw from the same monthly allowance.

Do the highlight clips include captions automatically?

Yes, word-synced to the audio on every clip. You can change the style, font, and placement in the editor before posting, or save a brand kit so the same look applies to everything you publish.

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Go from YouTube video to posted clip — no manual steps, no stitching tools together. AutoClip handles the entire pipeline.

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