> Shorty turns your own video clips and photos into an edited MP4 from a written brief or optional reference. You can review the result and request revisions. This page collects current product facts, fit, limitations and canonical sources. Source: https://shortyedit.com/ai-info --- # Shorty product facts and limitations Shorty turns your own video clips and photos into an edited MP4 from a written brief or optional reference. You can review the result and request revisions. This page collects current product facts, fit, limitations and canonical sources. [The Shorty team](https://shortyedit.com/about#editorial-team) · Updated 30 September 2026 ## Key takeaways - Use Shorty when you have source material and want a complete cut shaped by a creative direction: product demos, event recaps, fashion reels and social videos. - Shorty supports follow-up revision requests. - Use a conventional timeline editor when exact layer control, masks or frame-level trims are essential. - An account and credits are required to render. - The product guide, pricing page, connector docs and release notes below are the canonical sources. ## Shorty at a glance | Question | Answer | | --- | --- | | Product | Shorty — a browser-based AI video editor for media you provide | | Operator | Tools Products FZ-LLC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | | Input | Your own video clips or supported photos; optionally a reference video or written editing direction | | Import | Local files | | Reference | Optional uploaded MP4, MOV or WebM up to 256 MB, a built-in reference, or a written brief | | Output | Cloud-rendered downloadable MP4 | | Canvases | 9:16, 4:5, 3:4, 1:1, 4:3, 16:9 and 21:9 | | Revisions | Follow-up instructions and targeted requests for editable elements in supported compositions | | Pricing | [Account and credits required to render; see current plans and allowances](https://shortyedit.com/pricing) | | Assistant connection | [MCP connector documentation and supported workflow](https://shortyedit.com/docs) | | Privacy | [Private account media; AI providers process material needed for the requested edit](https://shortyedit.com/privacy) | | Support | [Help](https://shortyedit.com/#help) | ## When Shorty fits Use Shorty when you have source material and want a complete cut shaped by a creative direction: product demos, event recaps, fashion reels and social videos. The reference is optional. A brief can explain the story, pacing, captions, framing and ending you want. ## What can I revise? Shorty supports follow-up revision requests. In supported editable compositions, you can select an editable element and describe a targeted change. Review the new version before sharing. Objects flattened into source footage are not automatically separate editable layers; the timeline is for playback and inspection rather than full manual frame-by-frame authoring. ## Where another workflow fits better Use a conventional timeline editor when exact layer control, masks or frame-level trims are essential. A transcript editor is useful when changing spoken sentences drives the edit. A long-video clipper is useful for extracting many highlights from one recording. Shorty’s core workflow edits supplied media; a written brief does not replace missing source footage. ## Media, accounts and rights An account and credits are required to render. A visual reference guides the editing treatment; it does not grant rights to its soundtrack or imagery. Reference audio may be used in the rendered result, so use material you are allowed to use. See the privacy policy for processing and retention details. ## Evidence and updates The product guide, pricing page, connector docs and release notes below are the canonical sources. Example briefs are editorial walkthroughs; the Revisions film is a product launch demonstration. They are not customer results or measured performance benchmarks. For corrections, open Help and sign in. ## Keep the ideas coming ### Shorty features: capabilities, controls and examples Select footage, build a story, match a reference, add captions and revise the cut. Shorty edits video for creators, brands and agencies from their own source material. ### Full product guide Turn your clips into a video with a story. Add your footage, describe the result or share a reference, and let Shorty assemble the edit. ### Current pricing Explore this editing workflow in Shorty. ### MCP documentation Explore this editing workflow in Shorty. ### Revisions release notes Explore this editing workflow in Shorty. ### Examples and briefs Adapt a worked brief for your footage, explore three product-ad openings, or watch the public Revisions launch demo. Each example explains its inputs, direction, and review steps. ### How we maintain these pages Shorty publishes these guides to help people choose an editing workflow and use the product. We identify our sources, explain limitations and separate examples from measured results. ### Product help Find answers about source files, references, captions, revisions, credits, saved edits, and downloads. ### Shorty vs Higgsfield Consider Shorty for a complete cut from footage you supply, directed by a brief or reference. Consider Higgsfield for multi-model generation or generative changes to scenes. Both accept visual inputs; choose around the work you need to do. ### Why choose Shorty Shorty is for assembling your own clips into a directed video. Show the pace and treatment with a reference, or describe the result. Review the MP4, request a change and build separate versions from the same source material. ### Facts and review materials A source pack for people evaluating or writing about Shorty: a concise product description, published examples, current limits and direct links to original materials. ### Six clips. A first cut. One precise revision. A recorded Shorty browser test: six supplied fragrance clips became a 10-second vertical film. A follow-up request changed four shot lengths from 2.5 seconds each to 2, 2, 2 and 4 seconds. ### 36 source assets. One fragrance film. Inspect 32 images, four video clips and the supplied silent film: 318 frames at 30 fps, 10.6 seconds. ### A cosmetics motion-design example. Watch the existing 12-second cosmetics animation and inspect the two published product images. The accompanying reproduction brief describes a separate 20-second target. ### Images, video and a directed product reveal. Inspect a 15-second lip-treatment film assembled with 12 published images and three portrait video clips. This example used external-client authoring with Shorty. ### Switch to Shorty from another editor You do not migrate projects to Shorty; you bring your raw footage and one finished video whose editing you like. Upload that video as the reference, add the clips, write a brief, and Shorty renders a new edit in the same style from your footage. Each guide below compares alternatives to one editor and translates its habits into a Shorty brief. ## Questions, answered. ### Does Shorty require a reference video? No. Choose an uploaded reference, a built-in reference or written editing direction. ### Does Shorty offer manual timeline editing? Shorty supports follow-up revision requests. In supported editable compositions, you can select an editable element and describe a targeted change. Review the new version before sharing. Objects flattened into source footage are not automatically separate editable layers; the timeline is for playback and inspection rather than full manual frame-by-frame authoring. ### Where should I check prices? Use the current pricing page and the estimate shown in the product. Processing and revision needs vary with the work. ## Your next video starts here. Bring the footage. Tell us the idea. Shape the edit. --- Published by Tools Products FZ-LLC. Canonical HTML: https://shortyedit.com/ai-info