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How to edit your clips automatically (captions, cuts and zooms done for you)

Paste a Kick, Twitch or YouTube link (or drop a video file) into Clipscrybe, open a clip in the studio, pick a caption style, and the captions, jump cuts, zooms and vertical crop are done for you in about a minute.

What “automatic editing” actually means

Most of the time spent on a clip isn't creative. It's typing captions, trimming dead air, nudging the crop so the face stays in frame, and exporting. An automatic editor does those jobs from the transcript and the audio, so you only make the decisions that matter: which moment, which style, which hook.

Clipscrybe does it in this order. It transcribes the video and notes where the audio gets loud (a shout, a laugh, a crowd). It picks the moments that make sense on their own. Then, when you open a clip, it builds the edit: word-by-word captions, jump cuts, punch-in zooms and a 9:16 crop that follows the face.

Step by step

1. Add the video

   Go to clipscrybe.com and paste a public Kick, Twitch or YouTube link, or drag a video file from your computer onto the page. You don't need an account to try it. Free covers videos up to 30 minutes; Pro takes any length.

2. Let it find the moments

   Clipscrybe reads the whole transcript and listens for where the audio gets loud. Each clip is scored on its hook, its payoff and whether it stands on its own. Free gives you your best clips; Pro cuts up to 15 from one video. If you don't like one, swap it for a different moment.

3. Open the clip studio

   Click a clip. The studio shows it as a 9:16 video with the first caption style applied. Nothing has been downloaded or uploaded; Twitch and Kick clips are cut straight from the stream.

4. Pick a caption style

   Choose from Pop, Bold, Karaoke, Clean, Neon or One word. Captions are word-by-word, so each word appears as it's said. Pick a size and a position too. Your brand kit (Pro) adds your logo, handle and colours.

5. Turn on auto edit

   Auto edit cuts the pauses, adds jump cuts between sentences, punches in on the key lines and keeps the camera on the face with face-tracking. If something is wrong, use the simple manual editor to move where the clip is cut, or type what you want in "Describe your edit".

6. Add a hook and download

   Pick one of the hook lines it suggests or write your own. Copy the posting caption for TikTok, Shorts or Reels. Then download. There's no watermark on a free account.

What you can still change

• Where the clip is cut. The manual editor is a simple one: drag the start and end, or tap a word in the transcript to cut it. You don't need to know a timeline.
• Which moment. Swap any clip for a different moment from the same video. Thumbs up or down on a clip teaches the picker what you like for next time.
• The look. “Describe your edit” takes a sentence like “captions in the middle, orange, bigger” and applies it. Free accounts get a few prompts a day; Pro has no limit.
• The voice. Pro can add an AI voiceover for a hook line at the start of the clip.

When automatic editing isn't enough

Be honest with yourself about the clip. If it needs b-roll, a second camera angle or a joke built from three separate moments, you still want a proper editor. Automatic editing is for the 80% of clips that are one good moment with captions on top. For those, doing it by hand is a waste of an evening.

It also depends on the audio. If the microphone is poor or two people talk over each other, the transcript gets worse and the captions follow. Check the captions on one clip before you post ten.