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EDIT LIKE IMAN GADZHI
Dark, cinematic and deliberate — luxury b-roll breathing between talking-head lines, clean bold sans-serif captions in the Montserrat mould, and a grade that sits in the shadows. Shorty studies a reference in this style and rebuilds it from your own footage.
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Iman Gadzhi: shot order, pacing and details
The Iman Gadzhi editing style is one of the most copied looks in the business-creator niche, and it is deliberately hard to fake with stock templates: the effect comes from restraint. Cuts are slower than the average short, captions appear only when a line deserves weight, and the colour grade does most of the storytelling. Recreating it by hand means grading every clip dark without crushing skin tones, hunting for b-roll moments worth slowing down, and typesetting captions that feel expensive.
- Pacing Measured talking-head segments broken by slow cinematic b-roll interludes — the edit breathes instead of sprinting.
- Captions Sparse, clean geometric sans-serif type — Montserrat-style — landing on key phrases only, never subtitling every word.
- Colour A dark, desaturated grade with deep shadows and controlled highlights — the signature moody look.
- Sound Ambient, understated tracks under speech, swelling only for the b-roll moments.
- Caption font
- A clean geometric sans-serif in the Montserrat family, medium-to-bold weights, frequently set lowercase — never a serif, never a novelty font.
- Caption rhythm
- Key phrases only — a handful of captioned lines per minute, not word-by-word subtitling.
- Colour grade
- Dark and desaturated with lifted blacks and cool, teal-leaning shadows; skin tones kept warm against the moody background.
- Pacing
- Noticeably slower than clip-style edits: talking-head runs of several seconds broken by slow-motion b-roll interludes.
- B-roll
- Luxury and lifestyle material — cars, cityscapes at night, gyms, watches — usually slowed and graded into the same palette.
- Music
- Ambient, cinematic instrumentals kept low under speech, swelling under b-roll.
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What music does Iman Gadzhi use in the background?
The Gadzhi-style soundtrack is ambient cinematic instrumental music: soft piano, warm pads and slow, melancholic electronic textures rather than beats with a heavy drop. The track sits low in the mix while he talks and rises under slow-motion b-roll, which is what gives the edits their reflective, expensive feel.
To get the same effect, pick an instrumental with a slow build and no vocals, and let the edit duck it under speech. When Shorty rebuilds a Gadzhi-style reference, the music is levelled the same way — under the voice, swelling only between lines.
What do Iman Gadzhi style captions look like?
Gadzhi-style captions are sparse and typographic: a clean Montserrat-style sans-serif, medium or bold weight, often lowercase, placed on a key phrase rather than subtitling every word. The restraint is the point — a caption appears when a line deserves weight, then the screen goes clean again.
That is the opposite of Hormozi-style word-by-word captions, and it is why the two styles read so differently even at feed size: one shouts every word, the other underlines a few.
How to try Iman Gadzhi-style editing with Shorty
- Choose a prompt above. Load an Iman Gadzhi-style editing brief into the composer, tweak it, or upload a short reference video in the style you admire and Shorty analyses its pacing, captions, transitions and colour grade.
- Add your footage. Upload the video clips Shorty should cut from. Shorty scans them for usable moments, faces, speech and motion; your files stay private to your account.
- Get the finished video. Shorty plans, edits and renders the cut in the canvas you choose — vertical 9:16 for TikTok, Reels and Shorts through cinematic 21:9 — ready to download and post.
Editing like Iman Gadzhi with AI — common questions
What footage works best for a Gadzhi-style edit?
A talking-head take plus any slower lifestyle b-roll — a city at night, a desk, a car, a gym. Shorty finds the moments worth slowing down and grades everything into the same dark palette.
Do I need to grade my footage first?
No. Upload flat or phone footage; the colour treatment is applied during the edit to match the reference's moody look.
Can I use my own reference video?
Yes — pick any short in this style you admire, upload it as the reference, and Shorty rebuilds its pacing, captions and grade from your clips.
More editing styles
Shorty is an independent AI video editing tool. It is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by the creators, brands or rightsholders referenced here. Named styles are editorial starting points, not official templates or a promise of exact replication. Upload only footage and reference media you own or have permission to use.
Your footage. Your reference. Your edit.
Bring separate clips from your shoot and give them one creative direction. Upload a reference for the pace and treatment, or describe the result. Create separate briefs for different versions, then request a focused change after the first cut.
- Show the style. Your own reference can guide the shot structure, pacing, transitions and colour.
- Direct each version. Reuse source material across separate briefs with different hooks, formats or endings.
- Shape the result. Request a revision; supported compositions also let you target an editable element.
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Can AI turn my raw footage into a finished video?
Yes. Shorty assembles your own clips into an edited MP4 from a written brief or optional reference video. Upload clips from your device or select videos from an accessible shared Google Drive folder. Tell Shorty the story, format and captions you want, then review the result and request changes.
For a week of business content, prepare a separate brief and footage selection for each video. Use batch editing within your plan limits, review every output and publish the approved files. Folder import does not automatically monitor new files or publish videos for you.
Turn your exam lessons into tutorial videos
Bring your recorded explanation, choose a prompt and shape the edit. Start with a worked solution, speaking practice or a short revision lesson.
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. Questions: Help.
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
- Source media
- Video clips up to 1 GB per uploaded video, or supported photos; selected videos can also come from an accessible shared Google Drive folder
- Revisions
- Follow-up instructions and targeted changes to editable elements in supported compositions
- 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
Can I revise the finished video?
Yes. Request a follow-up revision and, in supported editable compositions, select an editable element for a targeted change. Review the new version before sharing. Objects flattened into source footage are not automatically separate editable layers.
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 through Help.
Read the full Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.