Drop in any video file or paste a URL from YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch, Google Drive, or Dailymotion. Klap's clip maker handles videos up to 4 hours long — perfect for podcasts, livestreams, and full episodes. No software install.
8.5M clips made by 3.5M creators
AI Clip Maker — Turn Any Video Into Viral Clips
Klap's free AI clip maker generates 10+ viral-ready short clips from any video in 30 seconds. Virality Score on every clip, speaker tracking, transcript editor, animated captions. No watermarks, no editing skills needed.
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How to use Klap's AI clip maker in 3 steps
The AI scans the full video for hooks, punchlines, and emotional peaks, then extracts 10+ short clips ranked by Virality Score (0-100). Each clip is reframed to 9:16 vertical with speaker tracking, captioned automatically — ready to post without manual editing.
Tweak any clip by editing its transcript — highlight a sentence to keep it, strike one to remove it. The video updates instantly. When ready, export individually, batch-export, or publish straight to TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts.
Turn hours of editing into 30 seconds of AI
Manual clipping eats your week. Klap's AI clip maker scans your video in about 30 seconds and returns 10+ ready-to-post clips — already trimmed, captioned, reframed, and scored. Upload once and walk away. Come back to a full week of content. The AI does the work that used to take an editor or hours of your own time. See the AI clip generator for the long-video-specific flow.
Every clip gets a Virality Score from 0-100
Klap doesn't just cut your video into chunks — it ranks every clip on hook strength, pacing, retention signals, and topic relevance. Each one gets a Virality Score, surfaced before you ever click play. Post the 90+ scoring clips first. Test the 70-80s. Skip the rest. Stop guessing what will hit and start posting with data behind every decision. Teams running this at scale use the video clipping tool.
Edit by typing — not by dragging a timeline
Klap turns your video into an editable transcript. Highlight any sentence to keep it, strike one to cut it, and the video updates instantly. No timeline scrubbing, no guessing where the cut should land, no waveform peering. Trim a 90-second clip down to 45 seconds in 10 seconds. It's the fastest editing workflow ever made, built right into the AI clip maker.
Direct the AI with plain-English prompts
Type prompts and Klap pulls exactly what you ask for. "Find the best Q&A moments." "Get every product mention." "Extract all the laughs." The AI understands natural language and surfaces the matching clips without you scrubbing the timeline. It's the only clip maker that works like an editing co-pilot.
AI Reframe 2 — content-aware vertical reframing
AI Reframe 2 (Klap's content-aware reframer) detects content zones — webcam overlay, gameplay backdrop, screen recordings — then focuses on the active speaker face when there is one or the saliency point when there isn't — no awkward cropping, no missed faces, no jump cuts that lose the talking head. Multi-layout support handles split-screen interviews, picture-in-picture gameplay, and 3- or 4-screen podcast layouts automatically. One algorithm, every clip type.
Who uses Klap's AI clip maker
Klap works for any creator who needs more short-form content from less work. Pick the persona closest to you to see how creators in your space use the AI clip maker.
YouTubers
Podcasters
2-hour episode → 20 viral clips
Your best podcast moments are buried inside long episodes. A 2-hour episode has 20+ viral clips hiding in it. Klap's AI finds the insights, laughs, and quotable takeaways automatically — turning one episode into weeks of social content. Multi-host podcasts get multi-screen layouts. Dedicated flow: podcast clip maker.
Streamers
4-hour stream → 50 viral moments
Stream for 4 hours, post for a month. Every epic play, funny fail, and chat reaction becomes a TikTok-ready clip. Klap's AI finds 30-50 highlights from a typical 4-hour stream — your content keeps working between streams, growing your audience while you're offline. Build a full reel with the highlight video maker.
E-commerce
Why Klap is the best AI clip maker
One-click viral clips
Generate 10+ viral clips in 30 seconds. Upload once, get a week of ready-to-post shorts back.
Virality Score 0-100
Every clip scored on hook quality, pacing, and relevance. Post the winners first.
Transcript editor
Edit your clip by editing the text. Highlight, strike-through, done. No timeline scrubbing.
Custom AI prompts
Tell the AI exactly what to find. "Best Q&A moments." "All product mentions." Done.
Speaker tracking
AI Reframe 2 detects content zones and focuses on the active speaker or saliency point — works on talking heads, gameplay, and product shots.
Captions in 52 languages
98% accurate captions with animated keyword highlights baked into every clip.
Direct publish + schedule
Connect YouTube, Instagram, TikTok. Publish from Klap or schedule weeks ahead.
No watermarks, ever
Clean clips on every plan, including free. Post them anywhere with no Klap branding.
Frequently asked questions
How do I make clips for free with an AI clip maker?
Upload a video or paste a YouTube link into Klap's free AI clip maker. The AI generates 10+ viral-ready clips in about 30 seconds — no credit card needed to start, and no watermarks on any clips you export. Each clip is reframed to 9:16 vertical with auto-captions baked in, ready to post on TikTok, Reels, or YouTube Shorts.
Does Klap's AI clip maker add watermarks?
No. Klap never adds watermarks, even on the free plan. Your clips are clean and 100% yours — post them anywhere without Klap branding in the corner. Most free clip makers gate watermark removal behind a paid plan; Klap doesn't.
What is the best free AI clip maker?
Klap is the highest-rated free AI clip maker with 3.5M+ creators using it daily. It's faster than alternatives (30 seconds vs minutes), ranks every clip by Virality Score, never adds watermarks, has speaker tracking and a transcript editor built in, and supports videos up to 4 hours long. Combined with direct publish to TikTok, Reels, and Shorts, it's a full clip-to-post workflow in one tool.
How does Klap's AI clip generator work?
Klap's AI clip generator scans your full video for hooks, punchlines, emotional peaks, and quotable moments. It extracts the strongest segments, applies speaker tracking and 9:16 reframing, adds animated captions, and assigns each clip a Virality Score from 0-100. The result: 10+ ready-to-post shorts ranked from most to least likely to perform — all in about 30 seconds. For the long-form-specific flow, see the long video to short video converter.
What video formats and sources does Klap support?
Klap accepts MP4, MOV, AVI, MKV, WMV, and FLV file uploads up to 4 hours long. You can also paste URLs from YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch, Google Drive, Facebook, Dailymotion, Zoom, Loom, and Riverside. No software download required — the AI clip maker runs entirely in your browser.
How many clips can I generate from one video?
Typically 10+ clips from a 30-minute video, 20+ from a 2-hour podcast, and 30-50 from a 4-hour livestream. The AI clip generator picks the strongest moments based on hook quality and topic density — so videos with lots of distinct talking points or action peaks generate more clips. You can adjust the target clip length and count before exporting.
Can I use the AI clip maker for podcast clips?
Yes — podcast clips are one of Klap's strongest use cases. The AI scans full episodes (up to 4 hours), finds the most quotable insights and exchanges, applies multi-screen layouts for multi-host podcasts, and exports vertical clips ready for Reels and TikTok. Many podcasters generate 20+ promo clips from each new episode. Note: Klap requires video podcasts — see our podcast clip maker page for details.
Is there an API for the AI clip maker?
Yes. The Klap API gives teams and agencies programmatic access to the AI clip maker — same Virality Score, reframing, and captioning, available via REST. Used by podcast networks, media companies, and SaaS products that need to process video at scale. See klap.app/api for documentation.
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