YouTube Shorts Maker
Turn long videos into YouTube Shorts with AI
Skryber finds the best moments, reframes them to vertical with speaker tracking, adds karaoke captions and reaction GIFs, generates the thumbnail — and publishes straight to your YouTube channel.
Free plan • Paid from $15/mo • Publishes natively to YouTube
Long video → published Short in 3 steps
Paste your video
Drop a YouTube link or upload a file — a podcast, a stream VOD, a talking-head video. Skryber transcribes it in minutes.
AI cuts the Shorts
It scores the video for hooks and highlights, then auto-reframes each clip to 9:16 with AI speaker tracking — two speakers get stacked automatically.
Publish to YouTube
Add captions and a thumbnail, connect your channel, and post or schedule — Skryber publishes Shorts natively via the YouTube API.
Everything a Short needs to perform
From the cut to the caption to the publish button — one tool, start to posted.
Vertical reframe that follows the speaker
Dense AI face tracking keeps the person centered as they move, and stacks both people when two are on camera — no manual cropping.
Captions built for Shorts
Word-by-word karaoke captions in 25+ styles keep muted scrollers watching — the single biggest retention lever on Shorts.
Auto-GIF reactions
AI reads your transcript and drops a reaction GIF on the punchlines and big moments automatically — your words trigger the GIFs.
Thumbnails + cover frames
Generate a poster-style thumbnail with AI, and optionally burn it in as the Short's opening cover frame so it shows in the Shorts feed.
Publish natively to YouTube
Connect your channel and post Shorts directly — public by default, scheduled from a content calendar, alongside TikTok, Reels and more.
Clean up the audio
Automatic silence and filler-word removal tightens the clip; profanity beeping keeps it advertiser-friendly.
YouTube Shorts maker — FAQ
How do I make YouTube Shorts from a long video?+
Paste the video's YouTube link or upload the file into Skryber. AI finds the most engaging moments, cuts them into vertical 9:16 clips with speaker tracking and captions, and you export or publish each one as a Short — directly to your connected YouTube channel.
What makes a video count as a YouTube Short?+
A Short is a vertical (9:16) video up to 3 minutes long. Skryber's exports fit that automatically: clips are reframed to 9:16 and you control the length, so anything you publish through Skryber's YouTube connection is classified as a Short by YouTube.
Can Skryber post the Short to YouTube for me?+
Yes. Connect your YouTube channel once, then publish or schedule Shorts natively from Skryber's content calendar — no manual uploading. You can also set a custom thumbnail and even burn it in as the opening cover frame.
Do Shorts get custom thumbnails?+
YouTube shows custom thumbnails for Shorts in search, watch pages and embeds — but the Shorts feed itself always uses a frame from the video. Skryber handles both: it sets your custom thumbnail via the YouTube API and can burn it into the video as a brief opening cover frame so the feed shows it too.
Will it work for podcasts and interviews?+
Yes — that's a sweet spot. Skryber's speaker tracking follows whoever is talking and automatically stacks both people on screen when they appear together, which is exactly what interview and podcast Shorts need.
Is there a free way to try it?+
Yes — Skryber has a free plan so you can make your first Shorts before paying, with paid plans starting at $15/month. It runs entirely in the browser.
Make your first Short in minutes
Paste a YouTube link or upload your video — Skryber clips, captions, reframes and publishes it for you.
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