--- title: "YouTube Clip Maker: clips from any YouTube link | Cliplala" canonical_url: "https://cliplala.com/tools/youtube-clip-maker" summary: "Make clips from a YouTube link. Ranked moments with reasons, 9:16 crop on the speaker, captions burned in, queued to 10+ platforms. 60 minutes free." --- # YouTube clip maker that picks the moments for you > Paste a YouTube link. Cliplala finds the clips worth posting, cuts them to sentence edges, crops them vertical around the speaker, captions them, and ranks them with a reason each. ## How do I use the YouTube clip maker? Any YouTube video you have the rights to clip. If the fetch is blocked, upload the file instead. Each clip carries the quote it was picked for and the reason it scored. Cuts snap to sentences; clips that need context are dropped. Ranked clips go into Schedulala for 10+ platforms. Fix a caption or a layout first if you want. Start at https://cliplala.com/tools/youtube-clip-maker: paste a youtube link, press "Make clips", and the first 60 minutes of video are free with no card. ## What are the steps? 1. **Paste the link.** Any YouTube video you have the rights to clip. If the fetch is blocked, upload the file instead. 2. **Clips are picked and explained.** Each clip carries the quote it was picked for and the reason it scored. Cuts snap to sentences; clips that need context are dropped. 3. **Queue them out.** Ranked clips go into Schedulala for 10+ platforms. Fix a caption or a layout first if you want. ## What does it do? ### Clips with the reason attached You do not have to scrub the video to find the moment; the maker shows the quote and why it scored. When you disagree, drop it. When you agree, it is already cut, cropped and captioned. ### Vertical without cutting you off The tracker follows your face through cuts and moves and picks one steady crop per shot. Walking, sitting, turning to a second camera: you stay in the short. [The full Shorts flow](https://cliplala.com/tools/youtube-to-shorts) ### No clip opens mid-word Every cut is padded to a word boundary from the transcript, and every clip is checked to make sure it reads alone. That check drops more clips than any other step, on purpose. ### Metered on hours of video Cliplala meters the video you upload, not the shorts it makes. Lite is $14 a month for 4 hours; Pro is $78 for 25. Every plan posts to 10+ platforms, and every plan from Starter up includes seats for a team. The first 60 minutes are free, with a small watermark on the clips; paid plans have none. [Full pricing](https://cliplala.com/#pricing) ## Who is it for? ### Vloggers: The line you said to the lens Vlogs hide their best moment in a sentence to camera. The picker weights it and the captions carry it for people watching muted. ### Reviewers: The reveal, the test, the verdict The picker scores what was on screen as well as what was said, so a demo moment can outrank the talking. ### Podcasters on YouTube: Both hosts in every clip Two people get a stacked frame; a close-up goes solo. Layout follows the picture about once a second. ## What is included? - **Link or file.** Paste a YouTube link, or upload the file straight from your machine. - **Ranked with reasons.** Every short says why it was picked, so you can disagree with it. - **Bad cuts dropped.** A short that starts or ends mid-thought does not reach you. - **Face tracking.** The crop follows the person, through cuts and camera moves. - **Burned-in captions.** Word-level, active word highlighted, ten styles. Rendered into the file. - **Queue to 10+ platforms.** Post from the results page. No export step. - **Seats included.** Share the plan with an editor or a co-host. Seats follow the plan, no extra charge. - **Shorts never expire.** Source files are kept 30 days. The shorts you made stay. ## What does it not do? - A fixed number of shorts. De-duplication and the coherence check drop shorts on purpose; a tight talk yields more than a rambling one. - A score that predicts views. Every short gets a rank and a written reason, and you can disagree with it. - A time. Long sources take longer; you see shorts as they finish. ## What else do people ask? ### How do I make clips from a YouTube video? Paste the link. Cliplala transcribes the video, picks the moments that stand alone, cuts them to 9:16 with the speaker in frame and captions burned in, and ranks them with a reason each. Queue the ones you like to 10+ platforms through Schedulala. ### Can I choose the moment myself? The maker picks and ranks; you approve, edit or drop. You can also set a target count and clip length before the run. Picking an exact start and end by hand is not part of this flow today. ### Can I clip a video that is not mine? It can process a public link, but you need the rights to post the result. For someone else's video, that means the copyright holder's permission. ### How many shorts do I get from one video? It depends on the video. The engine keeps the moments that stand on their own and drops near-duplicates and cuts that start or end mid-thought, so a tight talk can return more usable shorts than a rambling one. You can set a target count and a clip length before it runs. ### How long are the shorts? Between 15 and 90 seconds by default, snapped to sentence edges so nothing is cut mid-word. You can set the range before the run. ### Is the YouTube clip maker free? Your first 60 minutes of source video are free with no credit card. Those shorts carry a small Cliplala watermark. Paid plans start at $14 a month for 4 hours of video and have no watermark. ### Can I post the shorts straight to TikTok, Reels and Shorts? Yes. The results page queues them to 10+ platforms. You do not download and re-upload anything, though a download is there if you want it. ### Is my video used to train anything? No. Your uploads are used to make your shorts and for nothing else. Source files are deleted after 30 days; the shorts stay. ## Related tools - [YouTube to Shorts converter](https://cliplala.com/tools/youtube-to-shorts): Paste a YouTube link, get ranked Shorts, queue them back to the channel. - [YouTube to TikTok converter](https://cliplala.com/tools/youtube-to-tiktok-converter): YouTube link in, TikTok-ready vertical clips out, captions burned in. - [YouTube to Instagram](https://cliplala.com/tools/youtube-to-instagram): YouTube link to Instagram Reels, captioned and queued. - [AI clip maker](https://cliplala.com/tools/ai-clip-maker): Ranked clips with a reason for each pick, cropped and captioned. - [Viral clip generator](https://cliplala.com/tools/viral-clip-generator): Ranks the moments most likely to travel, and says why. - [AI caption generator](https://cliplala.com/tools/ai-caption-generator): Word-level captions, active word lit, rendered into every short. Make clips from a YouTube link 60 minutes free, no credit card. Every clip explains itself.