Two speakers, one short exchange
10 seconds · A woman speaks into a microphone before the camera switches to her guest. The captions stay low in the portrait frame.
Opus Clip alternative for podcast and interview shorts
Opus Clip finds shorts in long recordings. This independent editor lets podcast creators cut their own footage into 15-, 30- or 60-second 720p MP4s. Local exports and imported captions are free, with no monthly cap or added watermark. Optional AI captions cost 4 site credits per excerpt.
Example clip · 10sMP4, MOV or WebM · up to 2 hours and 2 GiB. Choose a file saved on your device.
MP4, MOV or WebM · up to 2 hours and 2 GiB. Choose a file saved on your device.
Export cost · 0 credits
Result
9:16 · 30s · 720pTwo speakers, one short exchange
Does OpusClip actually generate new videos from scratch, or does it only cut and edit footage that already exists?
OpusClip’s clipping workflow selects and reframes moments in existing footage. To make a Short here, start with a recording you can play on your device. Listen to a suggested passage, move its start to the beginning of a thought, and check the final sentence. The exported clip keeps the voices, camera moves and events in that passage.
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Find the start of an answer
Open your recording and audition a suggested start. Suggestions sample audio activity across the file. You can type an exact start time in seconds.
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Frame the conversation
Choose 15, 30 or 60 seconds and a frame shape. Keep whole frame preserves both speakers. Center crop works for a single person near the middle. A shorter recording ends at its last frame.
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Check the words and export
Import timed SRT or VTT captions, request AI captions for this passage, or keep the original picture clean. Export the clip and download the MP4 before closing the tab.
Is OpusClip actually free, or does the free version stop working after the trial?
OpusClip lists an ongoing free plan with 60 processing credits a month. Free clips can reach 1080p, carry its watermark, and have a three-day export window. For a long interview, check the minutes in the recording before counting how many posts you want. This editor offers a separate free option when you have a local file and can choose the excerpt yourself.
| Tool or plan | Price in USD | Included processing | Output | Added watermark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This editor · local | $0 | Unlimited local exports. Files up to 2 hours / 2 GiB. | 720p MP4 · original audio · optional SRT / VTT burned in | None |
| This editor · automatic captions | 4 site credits per excerpt | Up to 60 seconds per excerpt. Eligible gift and paid credits can be combined. | 720p MP4 with timed, burned-in speech captions | None |
| OpusClip Free | $0 | 60 input minutes per month | Vertical MP4 up to 1080p · download within 3 days | Yes |
| OpusClip Starter | $15/month | 150 input minutes per month | Edited, captioned MP4 | None |
| OpusClip Pro | $29/month | 300 input minutes per month | Edited, captioned MP4 | None |
| Vizard Free | $0 | 60 input minutes per month | 720p video clips · 3-day project storage | Yes |
| Vizard Creator | $29/month | From 600 input minutes per month | Captioned video clips up to 4K | None |
I have a 60-minute YouTube video and only want three clips for a school project. Would the free OpusClip plan cover that, and can I export the videos in 1080p without paying?
One 60-minute upload can use the full monthly allowance on OpusClip Free and yield several watermarked clips at up to 1080p. On this page, open a saved copy and pick three passages. Three local MP4 exports cost $0. Requesting automatic captions for three different excerpts costs 12 site credits altogether, whether each excerpt runs 15, 30 or 60 seconds.
For a weekly 90-minute interview, four uploads total 360 source minutes. That workload exceeds the listed monthly allowance on both OpusClip Starter and its base Pro plan.
Compare plans and costsHow do I get OpusClip to keep both speakers visible when turning a landscape podcast into a vertical video?
For a two-person wide shot, a vertical center crop can cut off the speaker at either edge. In OpusClip, review the layout at each speaker change. In this editor, select Keep whole frame to fit the entire shot inside the vertical canvas. Use Center crop for a seated speaker near the middle, and watch the handoff before exporting.
A seated answer in close-up
10 seconds · A seated speaker leans forward and gestures as the words change beneath his hands. Listen for the original pacing.
A point made across a workbench
10 seconds · A speaker in sunglasses gestures over a gridded desk. Orange captions punctuate the explanation.
Can OpusClip handle videos with very little talking, like cooking demonstrations, dance rehearsals, sports highlights, or cinematic travel footage?
OpusClip offers visual moment search through ClipAnything. This editor instead samples sound levels to suggest starting points. Crowd noise can outrank a quiet punchline, and a silent recording needs a manual start time. It has no face tracking, view prediction, link import or publishing scheduler. You can still cut silent footage by watching it and choosing the moment yourself.
What exactly is OpusClip, and why do I keep seeing creators recommend it for making YouTube Shorts?
OpusClip is the video repurposing product at opus.pro. Searches for Opus Clip AI, Opus Pro or an “Opus AI video editor” often refer to that product. Claude Opus is a language model. For Shorts, the practical choice is whether you need cloud highlight discovery for an entire episode or want to export a particular passage from your own recording.
What's the deal with the virality score in OpusClip? Is it predicting how many views a video will get, or is it just rating how engaging the clip looks?
OpusClip scores characteristics of a clip, such as its opening and flow. Use it to shortlist drafts. Audience fit, distribution and what happens after publication still determine the view count. The suggested timecodes here use audio activity and carry no virality score.
Is there an official OpusClip app for iPhone or Android, or do I have to use opus.pro in a browser?
OpusClip offers official iOS and Android apps as well as its web editor. This independent clip maker runs in a browser with video decoding and H.264 encoding support. If a phone cannot open your file, try the same recording on a desktop.
Can I download videos from OpusClip without a watermark for free, or do I need a paid subscription?
OpusClip includes its watermark on Free exports. Its Starter and Pro plans offer watermark-free downloads. This editor adds no mark to your source recording. Logos, text and graphics already present in the original remain in the picture.
Are there any genuinely free alternatives to OpusClip that automatically find highlights, add captions, and let me export vertical videos without watermarks?
Here you can use suggested starts, import a timed caption file and export a vertical MP4 for free. Listen before choosing a suggestion because a loud passage may lack context. If you need new captions from speech, the optional transcription costs 4 site credits per excerpt.
Why does OpusClip keep cropping people's faces or focusing on the wrong speaker, and how can I fix the framing?
Two people on opposite sides of a landscape frame rarely fit inside one narrow crop. Review speaker changes in the OpusClip layout editor. Here, switch to Keep whole frame or export in landscape if the distance between the speakers matters to the scene.
The subtitles OpusClip generated for my interview are sometimes out of sync with the speaker's mouth, especially after it removes pauses. How can I correct the timing without manually editing every word?
Match the subtitle file to the same edit of the recording. Removing a pause after transcription shifts every later cue. Keep the original timestamps when importing SRT or WebVTT here. The editor subtracts the chosen start time from the cues that overlap your excerpt.
Does OpusClip charge based on the length of the original video, the number of clips it generates, or the total duration of the exported videos?
OpusClip clipping credits generally follow the input minutes processed. One processed recording can produce multiple clips. This page meters only optional automatic transcription. Manually exporting three different passages from the same recording uses zero site credits when you supply captions or leave them off.