EDIT A VIDEO FROM A SHOT LIST AND TRANSCRIPT

Upload your clips and narration, then paste the exact shot order and caption wording. Make a client story that follows your brief.

Try a prompt

Choose a reference for your edit.

How do I edit a video from a shot list and transcript?

Upload your clips and narration, then paste the exact shot order and caption wording. Make a client story that follows your brief. Edit one client story following my supplied numbered shot list and caption script exactly. Use the named clips in the given order and match them to the supplied voiceover. Keep the approved wording, names and sequence. If a named clip is missing, do not substitute an unrelated event or invent a claim. Choose one of the prompts above, add the listed source material, and review the rendered MP4.

What to upload

  • Clips labeled to match your numbered shot list.
  • The supplied voiceover and exact subtitle wording pasted into the brief.
  • Timing notes, approved names and any brand assets.

Give the edit a specific job

Edit one client story following my supplied numbered shot list and caption script exactly. Use the named clips in the given order and match them to the supplied voiceover. Keep the approved wording, names and sequence. If a named clip is missing, do not substitute an unrelated event or invent a claim.

Review this before using the video

Compare the output with the numbered shot list, voiceover and caption wording. Check names, timing, speaker context and every requested shot before delivery.

Make three versions together

Use + in the editor to add another version. Change the language, hook or format in each edit, then select Edit all.

Common questions

What do I need to upload for this edit?

Clips labeled to match your numbered shot list. The supplied voiceover and exact subtitle wording pasted into the brief. Timing notes, approved names and any brand assets.

What should I check in the finished video?

Compare the output with the numbered shot list, voiceover and caption wording. Check names, timing, speaker context and every requested shot before delivery.

How do I supply the transcript?

Paste the subtitle wording and timing notes into the prompt, with clip names beside each shot. Choose a story that fits within 60 seconds.

What file do I receive?

Review and download the rendered MP4. This workflow does not promise an editable Premiere project or a separate subtitle file.

Can I make these versions in batch mode?

Yes. Use + to add up to four edits, set each prompt and footage selection, then choose Edit all. Shared uploads can be reused. Rendering requires an account and credits.

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, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Questions: support@tools-labs.com.

How Shorty works

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

WorkflowBest starting pointChoose it when
ShortyYour footage plus a reference video or written briefYou want the system to infer the editing grammar and deliver a finished cut.
Timeline editorFootage and a blank sequenceYou want precise, frame-by-frame control over every cut, layer and effect.
Transcript editorA spoken recording and its transcriptThe words drive the edit and you want to cut by editing text.
AI clipping toolOne long recordingYou want several short highlights extracted from a podcast, interview or webinar.
Template editorA predefined layout or trend templateYou 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 by emailing support@tools-labs.com.

Read the full Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.