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Short-form field guide
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Face-Aware Reframing Explained: How AI Converts 16:9 Video to 9:16

Face-aware reframing turns landscape footage into vertical video by following the speaker instead of cropping the centre. How it works, where it fails, and what to check before you export.

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Creator filming a vertical short-form video on a phone
Short-form field guide
Playbook • August 28, 2026 • 9 min read

How to Turn a Webinar into Short Clips for LinkedIn, Reels and Shorts

A practical workflow for repurposing a recorded webinar into short vertical clips: what to extract, what to skip, how to handle slides, and how to get approval without re-rendering.

Creator wearing headphones reviewing long-form footage at a computer before cutting it into YouTube Shorts
Long to short
Playbook • August 3, 2026 • 10 min read

How to Turn One Long Video into a Week of YouTube Shorts

Turn long-form video into YouTube Shorts (and Reels/TikTok) with a repeatable workflow: find complete moments, cut the runway, caption for sound-off, and publish on a schedule.

Close-up of a video editing timeline interface showing clip segments on a track
AI clipping explained
Explainers • August 3, 2026 • 9 min read

What Is an AI Clip Generator? How It Works and What to Expect

An AI clip generator finds self-contained moments in long videos and turns them into short-form clips. Learn how AI clipping works, how it differs from auto-splitting, and what to review before publishing.

Host recording a podcast episode into a studio microphone, source material for short-form clips
Podcast repurposing
Podcasting • August 2, 2026 • 11 min read

How to Repurpose a Podcast into Reels, Shorts, and TikToks

A step-by-step system to repurpose podcast episodes into Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and TikToks—built around complete ideas, vertical framing, captions, and a weekly publish plan.

Editor working across dual monitors on a video editing and audio mixing workstation
Edit smarter
Editing • August 1, 2026 • 9 min read

Automatic Video Editing Explained: What AI Can Clean Up Reliably

Learn what automatic video editing can and cannot do: silence removal, filler-word cleanup, audio normalization, captions, reframing, and where human review still matters.

Hand scrolling a vertical 9:16 short-form video feed on a smartphone
Vertical video guide
Reference • July 31, 2026 • 8 min read

Video Sizes for Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and TikTok (2026)

Use the right vertical video size for Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and TikTok: 9:16 aspect ratio, 1080×1920 export, safe areas for captions, and how to reframe landscape footage.

Two people recording a video podcast on microphones in a modern studio workspace
Podcast playbook
Podcasting • July 28, 2026 • 9 min read

Podcast to Reels Workflow: From Episode to Weekly Clips

A practical podcast-to-Reels workflow: mark high-payoff moments, edit for the vertical feed, caption for sound-off, and publish a weekly sequence without an editing backlog.

Creator filming a vertical video on a phone, the format animated Reels captions are designed for
Caption lab
Editing • July 19, 2026 • 8 min read

Animated Captions for Reels: What Helps Retention (and What Becomes Noise)

Learn how animated captions affect Reels retention: phrase length, emphasis, contrast, safe areas, accessibility, and when motion helps versus when it distracts.