Magic Clips
One upload or YouTube link becomes a batch of vertical clip candidates.
Use: Create → Long video → Find clips
Features
Every feature, and exactly how you use it.
What it does, the clicks to reach it, and whether it’s live today. No fine print, no “AI magic” hand-waving.
Live 15 shipping todaySoon 7 on the roadmap
A session, start to finish
Long video to posted short in about ten minutes.
Your move marks the only places you touch anything. The slog in between is automatic.
- 01~30 sec
Drop in your long video
Drag a file onto the dropzone or paste a YouTube link. You see the length and the credit cost up front. Nothing runs until you say go.
Your moveHit “Find clips” - 02~2–5 min
Hookspring transcribes & scores
Every word is transcribed with timestamps, candidate moments are hunted, and each one is hook-scored on its opening 1–3 seconds.
AutomaticWait for “Ready” - 03~2 min
Review ranked clips
The strongest hooks float to the top with a score and a plain-English reason. Open the keepers in the editor. No scrubbing through hours.
Your moveEdit - 04~3 min
Polish in the editor
Trim on the timeline, drag the subject-focus box so faces stay framed in 9:16, pick a caption template. A guided tour walks you through.
Your moveTrim → frame → caption - 05~1 min
Export & post
One click renders a vertical MP4 right in your browser, with nothing uploaded. Post it to TikTok, Reels and Shorts.
Your moveExport → Download
01
Find the moments
From a full-length video to a ranked shortlist. The choosing is done for you.
Word-level transcription
Every word timestamped, so cuts land exactly on the word.
Use: Automatic. Powers trimming & captions
Hook score + reason
Each clip ranked by its opening 1–3 seconds, with a plain-English why.
Use: Review list → sort by score
Cost up front + progress
The credit cost is shown before you start, then each step reports as it runs.
Use: Create → Long video → check the cost → Find clips
02
Cut & frame
A simple timeline and a subject box. No keyframes, no learning curve.
Trim, split & reorder
Cut, trim, split, delete and reorder clips on a simple timeline.
Use: Editor → timeline handles
Click-to-focus 9:16
Drag the focus box and the subject stays framed vertically, tracked across the shot.
Use: Editor → drag the box on stage
Layouts & aspect ratios
9:16, 1:1, 4:5 or 16:9. Fill, fit or blurred background, and split layouts of up to four parts.
Use: Editor → Focus → Layout
Cut from the transcript
Spot a dead line in the captions and cut that range straight out of the video.
Use: Editor → Captions → ✂ on a line
Silence & filler removal
Strip dead air, “um”s and bad takes in one pass.
Use: Editor → cleanup tools
Auto-zoom emphasis
Smooth punch-ins on the payoff line for extra retention.
Use: Editor → zoom track
03
Captions & polish
Word-timed captions and the extras that make clips look edited, not raw.
Word-timed captions
Synced captions in Hook, Minimal or News templates, editable line by line.
Use: Editor → Captions tab → pick template
Text overlays
Add titles and callouts on top of any clip, burned into the export.
Use: Editor toolbar → Text
Image & video inserts
Add your own PNG, JPG, WebP, MP4, WebM or MOV as an intro or between clips.
Use: Editor → Clip → Upload image or video
Transitions
Fade, dip to black, slide, wipe or zoom between clips, matched in preview and export.
Use: Editor → Clip → Transition
Volume & mute per clip
See the waveform and set the volume of each clip, or mute it.
Use: Editor → Clip → Volume
Auto B-roll
Transcript-matched stock cutaways over slow stretches.
Use: Editor → B-roll track
Music & sound effects
Background music and timed sound effects.
Use: Editor → audio track
Hook titles + hashtags
AI-drafted titles, descriptions and hashtags per clip.
Use: Clip → Generate titles
04
Export, privacy & what’s next
Render locally today; the rest of the pipeline is on the way.
One-click MP4 export
720p or 1080p vertical MP4, captions burned in, rendered on your device.
Use: Editor → Export → Download
Edited on your device
Your video is stored privately for transcription. Cutting, reframing, captions and export run in your browser.
Use: Nothing to do — it’s structural
Idea → video agents
Research → Script → Fact-check → Real images → Assemble → Voiceover → Render.
Use: Create → Idea (Coming soon)
Publish, analytics & 4K
Scheduled posting, performance stats, 4K export, team workspaces and API.
Use: On the roadmap
Built different on purpose
Four rules we don’t bend.
Hook-first, not moment-first
Candidates are ranked by their opening 1–3 seconds, the part that stops a scroll. Not loudness, not silence.
Real images, never generated
Idea-to-video sources actual photos and footage. No fake AI imagery, no slideshow look.
Edit on your device
Your video is stored privately so it can be transcribed. Every edit, preview and export runs in your browser, so there is no render queue.
Open pipeline
When Idea → video ships, every agent prompt will be visible, versioned and editable, and you can add your own agents.
Your best moments are buried in that video
Hookspring finds them in minutes. Free to start, no card.
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