How to Turn Long Videos into Shorts with Opus Clip

Repurposing long-form content into short videos starts with identifying moments that can stand alone and then adapting framing, captions, and pacing for vertical viewing.

Workflow

1. Upload the source video.
2. Identify clips with a complete idea, strong hook, useful explanation, or memorable moment.
3. Review the automatically selected segments rather than publishing them without inspection.
4. Check vertical framing, speaker tracking, captions, cuts, and context.
5. Rewrite the opening caption or title when necessary to make the short understandable without the original video.
6. Export and review the final clip on a mobile-sized screen.

Final check

A good short should make sense on its own, deliver its main idea quickly, and avoid captions or crops that hide important information.