PricingBrief in, finished video out
Three exports from Shorty’s Discovery gallery. Each caption quotes the saved brief; the footage link opens the original clip. Turn the sound on.
The Alps
Brief: “Dynamic fast travel reel in the Alps. Cut on the beat of the clip’s own audio… speed ramps, quick punch-in zooms, flash/whip transitions… text placed behind the man/mountain… never cover faces. Exactly 10s.”
Vietnam, day to night
Brief: “Dynamic fast Vietnam travel reel, day to night… keep the original soundtrack… max two words on screen at once… text behind the man / cathedral… exactly 12s.”
Fashion recap
Brief: “Calm fashion recap with varied editing techniques and no repeated footage: each of the 9 distinct scenes appears exactly once.”
What you can ask for in words
Write it the way you would brief an editor. Anything you name is followed; anything you leave out, Shorty decides.
| Say | What happens |
|---|---|
| “30 seconds, vertical, for Reels” | Length and canvas are set before the cut is planned. |
| “Open on the result, then show how it was made” | Shot order follows your story, using the clips you supplied. |
| “Cut to the beat” and attach a song | The song becomes the soundtrack and the cuts land on it. |
| “Captions in yellow, key words highlighted, off the face” | Captions are styled, placed and timed as asked. |
| “Speed ramps on the jumps, titles behind me” | Speed changes and text behind the subject are applied to those shots. |
| “No slow motion, don’t repeat clips” | Negatives are followed as written. |
Sources: Shorty News: brief and negatives · Cut clips to a song · Revise by chat. Shorty release notes and product pages.
How it works
- Add your clips or photos. One edit takes up to 150 clips and 8 GB in total; each video can be up to 1 GB.
- Write the brief: who it is for, the length and format, the opening, what must be shown and how it should end. A reference video is optional.
- Check the credit estimate and submit. Shorty selects shots, builds the cut and renders an MP4.
- Revise by message: name the moment and the change, or select an editable title in the preview. Shorty renders a new version to compare with the last.
Make a 30-second vertical Reel from my clips for people who have never tried our coffee. Open on the latte art pour, then the beans, the grinder and the first sip. Cut to the beat of the song I attached, captions in white with key words in yellow, never over faces. End on the shop sign. No slow motion, don’t repeat clips.
Revisions are part of the job
The first cut is a draft you direct. Ask for “a faster opening”, “hold the product shot two seconds longer” or “change the title to Spring Sale”, and say what should stay the same. Send a review link so a client can comment at exact moments without a Shorty account, then combine their notes into one request.
Prompt editing, text-to-video and transcript editing are different jobs
Text-to-video generators create new footage from a prompt. Transcript editors cut a recording by editing its words. Shorty edits the footage you filmed from a written brief: it chooses shots, orders them, adds captions, titles, music and transitions, and renders the video. Use a generator for scenes you could not film, and a transcript editor for word-level cuts in a long interview.
What a prompt cannot do
A prompt does not create footage you did not shoot; supply every shot the story needs. For frame-exact control of every cut, finish in a timeline editor. Attach your song as an MP3, WAV or M4A file and confirm you have the rights, or ask for music and Shorty finds a library track or creates an original one. It cannot fetch a song by its name.
Rendering needs a Shorty account and credits. Plans start at $19 a month; current plans and the estimate for each edit are shown before you submit.