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AI EVENT VIDEO EDITOR
Turn your event footage into a teaser for the next date or a recap of the last one. Add a brief or reference, then review and revise the first cut.
Shorty is an AI video editor for creators, agencies and small businesses: upload raw clips, describe the edit or paste a reference, get a rendered MP4. Plans start at $19 per month, or $13 per month billed annually. See pricing
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How can I make an event teaser or recap from footage I already have?
Shorty edits your existing event clips into a first cut for a teaser or recap. For a promo, supply the next event’s verified date, venue and ticket message; for a recap, tell the story of the event you filmed. Add a reference for pacing if useful, then review the MP4 and request changes through the revision chat before publishing.
What to upload
- A wide opening shot that establishes the place and event.
- Representative performances, activities and audience reactions.
- A closing moment, plus any recorded speech essential to the recap.
Make a repeatable teaser and recap pair
Give each video its own job. A teaser sells the next date using suitable existing footage; a recap shows what happened. Reuse the reference and brand direction, then update the source clips and factual details for each event. After the first cut, use Revisions to request a specific title or timing change and review the new version. Each render uses credits.
Organize attendee clips before the edit
For a recap built from attendee contributions, agree on one collection destination and a submission deadline. Ask contributors to identify the event, session and approximate moment, and keep the original file with that information. Have an organizer select material approved for the intended publication. Group the selects by activity, remove duplicate submissions, and flag missing context or unclear names before uploading to Shorty. Give the edit a deliberate mix of establishing shots, complete actions and reactions. A large collection can still miss the opening or ending the story needs; request those shots while the event is happening. Shorty starts from the footage you supply, so collection and curation need their own owner.
Plan the event video package before editing
List the separate files the event needs: a registration promo, speaker introduction, sponsor loop and post-event recap. Give each a destination, canvas, duration, approved wording, owner and delivery date. Supply the actual speaker and sponsor assets, then brief each cut separately. A change to the event date should trigger a review of every file that displays it.
Rehearse the file in its playback setting
A social promo, streamed speaker introduction and venue screen loop have different delivery needs. Ask the organizer for the actual file and playback requirements before editing. Test the exported file in the intended player, check titles from the expected viewing distance, and listen to the start and ending. For a loop, inspect the join between the last and first frame. Keep an approved local copy with the event operator and use a clear version name so an earlier draft is not played by mistake.
Give the recap a beginning and an ending
An event recap should explain what happened to someone who was not there. Open on the place or central activity, show a small number of representative moments, and finish with a closing performance or group scene. Pick clips that represent the event instead of repeating the same energetic moment to fill the duration.
Preserve the meaning of the event
Tell the brief which names, cultural moments and spoken facts must remain accurate. A school performance, a public workshop and a festival need different pacing and context. Include applause or a short spoken moment when it helps tell the story, then listen to the full result to check that the music and cuts do not obscure it.
Review for the publication channel
A municipal website may need a landscape recap while an organizer’s social account may use a vertical cut. Check factual captions, participant permissions and whether the selected shots are appropriate for public release. This workflow does not establish public-sector procurement, accessibility or data-residency compliance; check the product documentation and your team’s requirements separately.
Review and revise the next version
Use the revision chat to explain what should change and what should stay. Select an editable element when available; objects inside a flattened clip may not be separate layers. Check the next render before delivery.
Common questions
Can a municipality use Shorty for an event recap?
The editing workflow can fit a communications team with approved event footage. The team must separately assess its procurement, privacy and accessibility requirements; this page makes no government certification claim.
Can I edit a school celebration or festival?
Yes. Supply the relevant clips, explain the event and review participant permissions, factual captions and the final sequence before publication.
Does Shorty automatically publish the recap?
No. Download and review the MP4, then publish it through your own website or social account.
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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.
Compare the workflows · See six clips, a first cut and one revision
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. 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.
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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. Questions: Help.
How Shorty works
Prefer to work from an AI conversation? Connect Shorty MCP to your AI assistant, or follow the video editing tool documentation.
- 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
- Up to 150 video clips or supported photos per edit, 1 GB per uploaded video and 8 GB in total
- 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.