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AI VIDEO EDITOR FOR AGENCIES
Upload client footage and give Shorty the creative brief. Add a reference for the style, then get a first cut ready for your team to review.
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How can an agency make a client’s first video cut from a creative brief?
Shorty lets an agency supply client footage, an optional reference and a written editing brief, then review a rendered first cut. Define one audience, message and output format per edit. Use the resulting MP4 as a reviewable draft and check it against the client’s factual and brand requirements.
What to upload
- Client-approved source clips with one clear subject or offer.
- An opening demonstration, supporting shots and a usable ending.
- An optional reference for pacing or captions, with permission for any audio used.
Convert the creative brief into editing instructions
Start with the viewer and the action or idea the video should communicate. Name the opening shot, supporting sequence and ending. State whether the supplied reference is about rhythm, text or transitions. This gives the first cut concrete decisions to follow and gives the account manager clear criteria for reviewing the result.
Separate each deliverable by its job
A product demonstration, founder introduction and event recap use different material and need different structures. Prepare an explicit source selection and brief for each. Reuse an agreed style direction when it fits, but do not assume the same shot order works for every client. Check the current credit estimate when planning several edits.
Make client review specific
Check the opening, brand accuracy, source usage, captions, framing and sound. Turn feedback into one concrete requested change at a time. The browser timeline supports preview and inspection; teams needing precise frame-by-frame finishing can use a traditional editor for that stage. This page does not promise a built-in client approval portal or automatic social posting.
Common questions
Can an agency use a written brief without a reference?
Yes. The brief can supply the story order, audience, format and constraints. A reference is optional.
Are edits and revisions unlimited?
No unlimited editing is promised. Edits and renders use credits; consult the current pricing page and the estimate in the app.
Is this a client approval or scheduling tool?
This workflow produces an MP4 for review. Use your existing process to collect client approval and publish or schedule the video.
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What Shorty is
Shorty is a browser-based, reference-driven AI video editor for creators, marketers and social teams. It analyses your raw video clips and either a reference video or a written editing brief, creates a shot plan, applies cuts, reframing, captions, transitions and colour treatment, then cloud-renders a downloadable MP4. If a reference contains music, its analysed soundtrack may be carried into the render.
Shorty is built primarily for social and creator video: TikTok, Instagram Reels and Feed, YouTube Shorts, YouTube, LinkedIn and X. It supports 9:16, 4:5, 3:4, 1:1, 4:3, 16:9 and cinematic 21:9 canvases.
The application is named Shorty and is published at shortyedit.com. It is operated by Tools Products FZ-LLC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Questions: support@tools-labs.com.
How Shorty works
- Set the direction. Upload a short reference video when you want a specific editing style, pick a reference from Discovery, or describe the desired cuts, pace, captions, mood and destination in words. A reference is optional.
- Add your footage. Upload the video clips Shorty should cut from. Shorty scans them for usable moments, faces, speech, motion and visual relationships to the reference.
- Get the finished video. Shorty builds the edit plan, processes the footage and delivers a downloadable MP4 in the canvas you select, including vertical, portrait, square, landscape and cinematic formats.
Which AI video editing workflow should you use?
Shorty is most useful when you have footage plus a clear visual target. Other editing workflows solve different jobs; the right choice depends on where the creative decisions should happen.
| Workflow | Best starting point | Choose it when |
|---|---|---|
| Shorty | Your footage plus a reference video or written brief | You want the system to infer the editing grammar and deliver a finished cut. |
| Timeline editor | Footage and a blank sequence | You want precise, frame-by-frame control over every cut, layer and effect. |
| Transcript editor | A spoken recording and its transcript | The words drive the edit and you want to cut by editing text. |
| AI clipping tool | One long recording | You want several short highlights extracted from a podcast, interview or webinar. |
| Template editor | A predefined layout or trend template | You want a repeatable design that you can customise manually. |
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Shorty product facts
- Editing modes
- Reference video, built-in reference, or written brief
- Reference upload
- MP4, MOV or WebM; up to 256 MB
- Footage upload
- Video files; up to 1 GB per file
- Output
- Cloud-rendered, downloadable MP4
- Canvas options
- 9:16, 4:5, 3:4, 1:1, 4:3, 16:9 and 21:9
- Account
- Required to upload, save projects and render
Shorty AI video editor — common questions
What is Shorty?
Shorty is a browser-based AI video editor for creators, marketers and social teams. It analyses raw footage plus an optional reference video or written brief, builds an edit plan, and cloud-renders a finished MP4.
Do I need a reference video to use Shorty?
No. You can upload a reference video when you want Shorty to match a specific editing style, or describe the cuts, pace, captions, mood and output you want in a written brief.
What does Shorty copy from a reference video?
Shorty analyses visual editing characteristics such as shot structure, pacing, cuts, captions, transitions, colour treatment and aspect ratio. It creates new visuals from your footage rather than reusing the reference's video frames. When the reference contains music, its analysed soundtrack may be used in the rendered output, so you must have permission to use that audio.
Which video aspect ratios can Shorty export?
Shorty supports 9:16, 4:5, 3:4, 1:1, 4:3, 16:9 and 21:9 canvases for destinations including TikTok, Instagram Reels and Feed, YouTube Shorts, YouTube, LinkedIn and X.
How is Shorty different from a traditional timeline editor?
A traditional timeline editor gives you manual, frame-by-frame control. Shorty is reference- and brief-driven: it analyses the inputs, makes editorial decisions, and renders the finished cut. Use a timeline editor when precise manual control is the priority.
Is footage uploaded to Shorty private?
Uploaded media is stored privately to your account. Shorty uses AI service providers, including Google Gemini and Anthropic, to process reference media, footage, derived media samples, analyses and instructions as needed to plan and render the requested edit. Shorty does not use customer content to train general-purpose AI models without notice and any consent required by law. Read the AI and media processing policy.
Accounts and sign-in
You need a Shorty account to save projects and render videos. You can create one with an email magic link, or by choosing Continue with Google. The Google consent screen shown during sign-in identifies the same application, Shorty, at this domain. When you sign in with Google, Shorty receives only your basic Google profile information — your name, email address, profile picture and Google account ID — and uses it solely to create and authenticate your Shorty account. Shorty does not request access to Gmail, Google Drive, Calendar, Contacts or any other Google service data, and never sells or shares your Google account data with third parties for advertising.
Your uploaded footage stays in your account's private storage and is processed to operate, secure, support and improve the service. Shorty does not use your content to train general-purpose AI models unless it first tells you and obtains any consent required by law. You can remove uploaded assets in Shorty and request account deletion at any time by emailing support@tools-labs.com.
Read the full Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.