Use Cases

The AI Clipping Tool for Clippers

Paste a YouTube link or upload a stream VOD or podcast. StoryCut finds the moments worth posting, cuts them to 9:16 around whoever is speaking and adds captions, so you spend your time posting clips instead of scrubbing footage.

  • 1 long video a month free
  • YouTube link or upload
  • No credit card

StoryCut for clippers: key facts

What it does
AI clips turns one long video into 3 to 12 vertical clips, each with captions, a title and a 0–100 virality score so you post the strongest ones first.
Input
A YouTube link (up to 120 minutes) or an upload of a stream VOD, podcast or long video in MP4, MOV, AVI, MKV or WebM (2 to 150 minutes).
Speed
About 5 minutes per hour of video: the median run on a 58-minute video took under 4 minutes (50 runs, October 2026).
Reframing
Every clip is cut to 9:16 around faces and the active speaker, with a split layout when two people matter.
Volume
Long videos per month: Free 1, Starter 10, Pro 50, Business 100. Each one gives 3 to 12 clips.
Price
Free: 720p exports with a watermark. Starter: $7/mo billed yearly, 1080p, no watermark. Pro: $14/mo billed yearly, adds sound effects, magic zoom and music.

What a clipper needs from a clipping tool

Clipping pays per view, so the job is volume and speed: find the moments that stand on their own, cut them before everyone else does, and make each clip worth watching to the end. StoryCut reads the whole transcript of a stream, podcast or interview, picks moments with a strong opening and a complete thought, and scores each one. Then it does the slow part of the edit for you: the vertical crop that follows the speaker and animated word-by-word captions in the style you picked. Open any clip in the editor to change a word, add a hook title, a zoom on the punchline, a sound effect or music, then export the MP4 for TikTok, Reels, Shorts or X.

Edits that make a clip yours

Platforms reward clips that add something to the original. YouTube said in October 2026 that channels re-uploading other people’s videos without significant changes get less distribution in Shorts, and its monetization rules exclude repetitive, mass-produced content. Captions in your own style, a hook title, zooms on the key line, sound effects and a cut that keeps only the best moment are the kind of changes that turn a re-upload into your clip. StoryCut adds the captions and the reframing to every clip, and the rest in a click in the editor.

How It Works

How to clip a stream or podcast with StoryCut

From a long video to clips ready to post, in your browser.

  1. 01

    Paste the link or upload the VOD

    Paste a YouTube link, or download the stream VOD and upload it (2 to 150 minutes). Pick a clip length: auto, under 30 s, 30–59 s or 60–89 s.

  2. 02

    Get scored clips

    In a few minutes you get 3 to 12 vertical clips with captions, sorted by virality score. Watch the best ones first.

  3. 03

    Make each clip yours, then post

    Change the caption style, add a hook title, a zoom or a sound effect, then export the MP4. Add the campaign’s required tag when you post.

How clipping campaigns pay

Typical terms of clipping campaigns on platforms such as Whop Content Rewards, from public reports and listings
TermWhat it looks likeExample
Rate per 1,000 viewsMost campaigns pay about $0.50 to $2; a few pay much morePolymarket paid $0.50 and MLB $1 per 1,000 views; one AI startup paid $25 (NPR)
Cap per clipA maximum per video, and a minimum view count before it paysAn AI video brand on Content Rewards: $2 per 1,000 views, $1 minimum and $500 maximum per video
Streamer programsSome streamers pay their own clippersN3on paid $1.4M to 303 clippers in five weeks, about $40–50 per 100,000 views (Tubefilter)
RulesThe brand approves clips; most ask for a tag such as #ad and an audience in given countriesPaid clips need #ad or the platform’s paid-promotion label

Checked on October 11, 2026 from each product’s public pages. Sources: NPR: The clipping economy (May 2026), Tubefilter: N3on’s clipping program (Apr 2026), Content Rewards: example campaign listing, YouTube: paid product placements and endorsements.

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