Turn a long recording into short vertical clips
Ask the Tella Agent to find the best moments in a webinar, podcast or demo and turn each into a 1080×1920 Short with captions, ready to post.
Try it in Tella
Paste a prompt into the Tella Agent in the editor, or into Claude or ChatGPT connected to Tella, then ask for changes.
Find the three best 30 to 60 second moments in this recording for YouTube Shorts. Show me each one's timestamps and opening line. Then make a Short from the one I pick.
From this 45-minute episode, make a Short from the part where we talk about pricing for our first customers. Open on the most surprising number, keep it under 45 seconds, and cut every pause.
Turn my answer about setting up SSO, around 31:00, into a 40-second clip for LinkedIn. Keep my screen and my camera both in view, and turn on captions.
How do I turn a long video into short clips for Shorts, Reels and TikTok?
Open the long video in Tella and ask the Tella Agent to make a Short, or run the built-in tella-short skill. It picks the strongest 15 to 60 seconds and shows you a plan with the hook. Once you approve, it makes a trimmed 1080×1920 copy with captions. Ask again for each clip you want, then post them from Share → Publish.
How to do it
- Open the long video in the Tella editor and open the Tella Agent chat.
- Ask for a Short, or type / and pick tella-short. Name a topic or time range if you have one.
- Approve the plan, or ask for a different moment or hook.
- Repeat for each clip, then post each one from Share → Publish.
Good to know
- Needs a paid plan or the 7-day trial. Messages use your workspace's credits.
- Each Short is a new copy. Your long video is never changed.
- The agent aims for 15 to 60 seconds. Tell it if you want a different length.
- You can schedule each post up to 30 days ahead.
Frequently asked questions
YouTube Shorts, TikTok, Instagram Reels, Facebook Reels, LinkedIn and X, from Share → Publish. Pick several platforms and Tella posts to all of them at once.
Yes. Ask the Tella Agent for a layout with your screen on top and your camera below, or full camera for the talking parts. It can use a different layout for each section.
Yes. An AI app connected to Tella's MCP server can copy a video between a start and end time, switch the copy to 1080×1920, turn on captions and publish it to YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels or LinkedIn.