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Six AI clip makers compared from their own pricing and feature pages: what each one scores, what's free, what costs extra, and which fits your kind of video.
Hookspring team5 d ago16 min read
Captions people actually read: two lines at most, high contrast, placed clear of app buttons and timed to each word. Plus burned-in vs closed captions and checking auto captions.
Hookspring team5 d ago12 min read
Speech-based clip pickers miss silent gameplay. Capture the moment, find peaks by sound and events, frame the HUD for 9:16, and add text hooks and sound captions.
Hookspring team5 d ago12 min read
Save the VOD before it expires, find the peaks with markers and chat, cut the reaction instead of the run-up, and frame facecam plus gameplay for 9:16.
Hookspring team5 d ago11 min read
What clipping campaigns pay per 1,000 views, with dated and attributed rates, how caps and minimums work, and why views get rejected or go unpaid.
Hookspring team5 d ago10 min read
Faceless news shorts can earn on YouTube when they're original, accurate and honestly labeled. A compliance-first workflow from research to the final check before you post.
Hookspring team5 d ago15 min read
Two lanes, one playbook: how to grow on Shorts and Reels with clips in 2026, from hooks and cadence to the metrics that matter and the originality rules.
Hookspring team5 d ago19 min read
Most hook lists assume you can re-film the opening. These 50 examples are patterns you can find in footage you already have, sorted by type.
Hookspring team5 d ago11 min read
Opus Clip leads on scheduling, API, 4K and idea-to-video. Hookspring gives free unwatermarked exports and a hook score with a reason on every clip. Here's who should pick which.
Hookspring team5 d ago11 min read
Crop, pad, split, track or blur: how to pick the right way to turn 16:9 into 9:16, keep the speaker framed, handle two people and slides, and export a clean file.
Hookspring team5 d ago11 min read
Clip scores rank moments before you post. Here's what Opus Clip, Vizard, Submagic and Hookspring say their scores measure, and why none of them can predict views.
Hookspring team5 d ago12 min read
YouTube hasn't set a Shorts posting number, and said in 2023 that quantity isn't a factor. Here's how to pick a cadence you can keep and fill a week from one video.
Hookspring team5 d ago11 min read
A clip cut from a long video can open on a run-up like 'So, um, yeah.' Here's how to find the line that stands alone and cut right on its first word.
Hookspring team5 d ago11 min read
Clipping other creators is legal when you have permission that covers your use. Here's how fair use, Content ID claims, strikes, music and paid-clip disclosure work.
Hookspring team5 d ago13 min read
One dated spec table for Shorts and Reels, each cell backed by the platform's own help page, plus safe zones and a single vertical export to start from.
Hookspring team5 d ago10 min read
A YouTube Short has one documented clickable path to your long videos: the related video link. Here's how to set it, what doesn't link, and how to see which format earns subscribers.
Hookspring team5 d ago12 min read
A short on-screen title can set up a clip whose first spoken words are slow. Seven text hook formulas, plus where to place them, how to size them and how long to leave them up.
Hookspring team5 d ago11 min read
A step-by-step workflow for turning one long video into postable shorts, from transcript and hook to 9:16 reframe, captions, export settings and the link back to your full video.
Hookspring team5 d ago18 min read
Viewed vs swiped away shows how often people kept watching your Short instead of scrolling on. Here's where to find it in YouTube Studio and what to fix when it's low.
Hookspring team5 d ago11 min read
A step-by-step method for turning webinars, lectures and course videos into vertical clips. Set the layout early, pick lessons that stand alone, frame the slide and speaker, and get permission.
Hookspring team5 d ago13 min read
Clipping is cutting someone else's long videos into shorts, often paid per view. Here's who hires clippers, how campaigns run, what they pay and the rules to know.
Hookspring team5 d ago11 min read
YouTube runs two separate originality policies, and most coverage blurs them. Here's what each one says, when it changed, and what it means for clip and faceless channels.
Hookspring team5 d ago12 min read
YouTube has said more about Shorts recommendations than most guides admit. Here's what's confirmed, what's only creator observation, and what has no source at all.
Hookspring team5 d ago13 min read
The two YPP tiers, how the Shorts Creator Pool pays 45%, what changes on February 1, 2027, and why clips of other people's videos may not earn at all.
Hookspring team5 d ago12 min read
By our math, a 45-second news Short is roughly 128 to 143 words, based on the pace one Spanish-language radio-news study rated normal. Get the 4-part structure and a fill-in template.
Hookspring team5 d ago13 min read
YouTube and Instagram both measure your opening, but only Instagram names a number. How to find, trim and test hooks in footage you already have.
Hookspring team5 d ago16 min read
A step-by-step method for turning one podcast episode into YouTube Shorts: pick answers that stand alone, rank them by the opening line, frame two speakers and credit your guests.
Hookspring team5 d ago14 min read
A four-pass edit for 9:16 clips: trim the hook, reframe the subject, caption for sound-off, and export once with settings sourced from YouTube and Instagram.
Hookspring team5 d ago12 min read
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