16,24,11,962Videos generated
13,90,14,470Avatars generated
2,32,19,327Videos translated
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Turn long videos into short clips with HeyGen's free AI clip generator. Upload a recording, let the AI clip maker surface the best moments, and publish clips that are ready to post on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts.
Key FeaturesKey features of HeyGen's AI Clip Generator
AI Highlight Detection from Speech
The AI-powered clip generator automatically detects speech, pacing, and topic shifts to identify engaging moments that work on their own. Each clip starts and ends on a complete thought, so a strong quote never gets cut in the middle of a sentence. You choose from ranked key moments instead of manually scrubbing through a timeline.
Automatic Captions for Muted Streams
Most short-form viewing happens with the sound off. Every clip is generated with spacing that is ready for captions, and the built-in subtitle generator automatically applies accurate AI captions. Tweak the wording by editing the text directly, restyle fonts, and keep every word easy to read on a small phone screen.
Smart reframing for every platform
Clips are reframed automatically for vertical, square, and landscape viewing, with speakers kept centred as the shot changes. One upload produces clips for TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and LinkedIn, so you create video assets for all your social media channels without rebuilding the same clip three times.
Create Multiple Clips From a Single Recording
A single generation turns one long-form recording into multiple bite-sized video clips, each trimmed to its own natural boundary. Instead of cutting footage manually, you review a complete set of options, keep the strongest ones, and create clips that will last you for weeks of posting.
Clip translation in 175+ languages
Once you create clips with AI, the integrated AI video translator converts each one into 175+ languages in a single click, with lip-synced dubbing and the speaker's cloned voice. One powerful moment becomes a localised post for every market you serve, without re-recording or hiring voice artists.
Use cases
A one-hour episode can contain a dozen memorable, quotable moments. The video highlight engine works smoothly with podcasts, interviews, and panel discussions, bringing out the most impactful exchanges so podcasters get a steady flow of short clips that attract new listeners to the full episodes.
Full webinar recordings are rarely watched again. Create stunning, high-engagement highlight clips featuring the sharpest insights and audience questions, then share them across channels so the content keeps delivering value long after the live session ends.
Manually cutting a 40-minute video for short-form takes hours. Upload it once, turn the long video into 30-second vertical clips, and route them through the youtube shorts workflow to keep your channel growing without touching an editor.
Recorded training sessions tend to run long and completion rates drop. Break each session into short, bite-sized clips that focus on a single topic, so employees can watch them between tasks, and then update any clip by regenerating it instead of re-recording the entire session.
Prospects rarely watch a full demo. Break it into scroll-stopping clips, each highlighting one feature, and pair them with a polished product demo video so sales teams can share exactly what the buyer has asked about.
Most clipping tools stop at English captions. HeyGen turns a single clip into lip-synced versions for every market you serve, so global teams can create engaging video clips for each region in an afternoon instead of taking an entire quarter.
How it worksHow AI clip generator works
Move from a long-form recording to a set of publish-ready clips in four simple steps. The AI takes care of trimming, reframing, and captions while you always have the final say.
Upload a podcast, webinar, or any long recording to the online clip maker. The AI transcribes and maps the complete content.
The AI automatically brings up multiple clip options, each trimmed to a complete, standalone moment.
Adjust the clip length, add captions and your brand colours, and fine-tune any boundary within seconds.
Download clips as MP4 in vertical, square, or landscape formats, ready for social feeds on every platform.
An AI clip generator is an AI-powered tool that analyses a long video's transcript, pacing, and visual cues, then cuts the most engaging segments into short standalone clips. HeyGen's video clip generator works as an online AI clip maker in your browser, ranking each candidate so you can choose from strong options instead of manually scrubbing through footage.
No. Clip boundaries follow dialogue, emphasis, and topic shifts, so each clip opens and closes on a complete thought. If you want a different cut, extend or trim any clip in the AI video editor without starting again, and without any prior video editing experience.
Upload the full episode, use AI to generate a batch of candidates, then keep the five to seven with the strongest hooks. Add captions and reframe them for vertical feeds, export as MP4, and post one per day as Reels, TikToks, and Shorts.
Most clipping tools stop once you create viral clips with captions. HeyGen adds what comes next: translate a clip into 175+ languages with lip-sync, upscale it to 4K, or generate new scenes from text, all within one AI video platform used across 85% of the Fortune 100.
Yes. Vision Creative Labs increased client output from one or two videos a year to 50–60 per day using HeyGen. Batch generation and reusable brand styling speed up content creation enough to maintain that pace without needing to hire additional editors.
Yes. The Free plan lets you create AI clips with no credit card required. Paid plans start at $24 per month and include watermark-free exports, longer videos, and advanced AI features like voice cloning and higher resolution, which is important if you publish daily.
One generation produces multiple clips, and longer recordings with more distinct talking points give you more options. A typical one-hour episode gives you enough fresh clips to cover a full week of posting from a single upload.
Yes. Clips are generated with spacing that works well for captions, and the caption generator automatically adds and syncs the text. You can edit the wording, change fonts and colours to match your brand, and keep every clip easy to read even for viewers watching without sound.
Yes. The video clip maker keeps every clip editable: you can move its start and end points, swap caption styles, change the aspect ratio, or cut a section, all without timelines or plug-ins. Refining a batch usually takes a few minutes, not the whole afternoon.
Yes. If you have an idea for a clip but no footage, describe it in the AI video generator and HeyGen will take care of the entire video creation process, from script to scenes, narration, and captions. Many teams do both: they repurpose long recordings and also generate clips from scratch.
Yes. Export the strongest clips in the aspect ratio required by each platform, then use them as campaign assets. If you need creatives built specifically from product information, images, ad copy, or scripts, HeyGen's paid video ads workflow is the more focused option.
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