Free tools for creators
Generators that write, calculators that count, and a check of your channel. All free, with no account.
Generators
Say what your video or channel is about and get something you can use.
Video idea generator
Tell it what your channel is about and get 8 video ideas, each ready to become a video.
OpenShort video script generator
Give it a topic and get a 45 to 60 second narration script, written to be read aloud over a vertical video.
OpenHook generator
Tell it what your video is about and get 10 opening lines that make people stay past the first second.
OpenTitle and hashtag generator
Tell it what your video is about and get 5 titles, a description and 10 hashtags to post it with.
OpenQuiz question generator
Give it a topic and get 6 multiple-choice questions that get harder, each with three options, the right answer and a fact about it.
Open"Would you rather" generator
Give it a theme and get 10 "would you rather" questions, each two choices that are hard to pick between.
OpenChannel name generator
Tell it what your channel is about and get 10 names, each easy to say and remember, with why it fits.
OpenHorror story generator
Give it a place, a character or a fear and get a short horror story, written to be narrated.
OpenCalculators and checks
The calculators run in your browser, so what you type stays with you.
YouTube monetization checker
Paste your channel and see what a YouTube reviewer is likely to notice, in about a minute.
OpenYouTube Shorts earnings calculator
Your monthly Shorts views times your RPM: an estimate of what Shorts could pay you.
OpenYouTube watch hours calculator
Your monthly views and how long people watch: the watch hours you earn, and how far you are from the Partner Program.
OpenScript length calculator
Paste your script, or type how many words it has, and see how long it runs when read aloud.
OpenWhat does your video tool stack cost?
Tick the tools you pay for, change any price to yours, and compare the total with one Clip-Short plan that does all of it.
OpenClipping earnings calculator
Clips a month, views a clip and your rate per 1,000 views: an estimate of what clipping could pay you.
OpenTikTok Creator Rewards calculator
Your qualified views a month times your RPM: an estimate of what TikTok Creator Rewards could pay you.
OpenSnapchat earnings calculator
Your monetized views a month times your own rate per 1,000 views: an estimate of what the Snapchat Monetization Program could pay you.
OpenAspect ratio calculator
Type a video size to get its aspect ratio, the size it needs in another shape, and how much of the picture a crop from one shape to the other keeps.
OpenVideo file tools
Check a video or a frame before you post, or convert subtitles. Your file is read in your browser and never uploaded.
Video size checker
Pick a video to see whether its length, shape and size fit TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, Facebook Reels, Snapchat Spotlight and Kwai, rule by rule, with each rule’s source.
OpenSafe zone checker
Pick a picture or a frame of your vertical video and see where the apps’ tabs, captions and buttons cover it, so your text and faces stay in view.
OpenSubtitle converter: SRT, VTT and TXT
Turn an SRT file into WebVTT, a WebVTT file into SRT, or either into plain text, in your browser. Any cue it cannot read is listed with its line.
OpenMade for clippers
Turn long videos into Shorts, Reels and TikToks. Sign-up needed; the free plan has a small watermark.
YouTube video to Shorts
Paste a YouTube link and get the best moments as vertical clips with captions.
OpenPodcast clip maker
Cut a long episode into short clips with captions and the speakers in frame.
OpenStream clip maker
Find the best moments of a long stream and export them as vertical clips.
OpenFor clippers
Clip long videos faster, with captions and a clean 9:16 frame.
OpenLearn
What YouTube pays for, and the words creators use for it.
The best AI video generators in 2026, by what you want to make
There is no single best AI video generator: a tool that narrates a story from an idea is not the tool that turns a text prompt into realistic footage, or the one that cuts a podcast into clips. Here are 26 tools in five groups, each with what it makes in its own words, whether its pricing page showed a free plan on 10 October 2026, and the languages it claims. Clip-Short is one of them, placed where it belongs.
ReadWhat is an AI short drama (micro-drama)? The numbers, the rules and how to make one in 2026
An AI short drama is a serialized vertical story, in episodes of about 1-2 minutes, made fully or partly with AI. Here is what the format is, the numbers with their sources and scope, China's labels, the rules of YouTube and TikTok, and what makes one work.
ReadCan you make money with AI videos in 2026? Every platform's rules
YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, X and Kwai side by side: what each pays for, who can join, what it says about original and AI content, which label it asks for and where it pays. Every fact is from the platform's own pages.
ReadHow to start a faceless YouTube channel, step by step
Pick one niche, write a script that hooks in 3 seconds, make each video with a voice and pictures instead of a camera, post 3 to 5 a week, and apply to the Partner Program when you reach its bar. YouTube does not pay for "inauthentic content", repetitive or mass-produced videos, or reused content with nothing of your own. The whole path, with YouTube's own words.
ReadHow to make AI videos YouTube will monetize
YouTube can pay for AI videos, on the same rules as any video. It does not refuse a video for being made with AI: what it will not pay for is inauthentic content (repetitive or mass-produced, its name since July 15, 2025) and reused content with nothing of your own, and the channel must first be in the Partner Program. From YouTube's own help pages, read 29 October 2026.
ReadHow to label AI videos on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat in 2026
Only when the AI content looks real: YouTube and TikTok ask for a label on realistic AI video, audio or music, not on a clearly unreal animation. Here is when each platform asks, how to turn the label on, what happens if you skip it, and what each says about reach and earnings, from the platforms’ own pages.
ReadHow YouTube pays creators besides ads in 2026: memberships, Supers and Shopping
500 subscribers: that is where YouTube opens channel memberships, Super Chat, Super Stickers, Super Thanks, gifts and Shopping, with 3 uploads in 90 days and 3,000 watch hours or 3 million Shorts views, and the creator gets 70% of the net from memberships and Supers. Here is who can turn each one on, which countries are on YouTube’s lists and how the money arrives, from YouTube’s own pages.
ReadWhat changes in the YouTube Partner Program in 2027
From February 1, 2027, a channel joining the YouTube Partner Program needs 1,000 subscribers plus 8,000 watch hours in 365 days or 20 million Shorts views in 90 days, and Shorts pay needs 10 million views every 90 days. Here is what changes, who it affects and what to do before then, from YouTube’s own pages.
ReadHow YouTube, TikTok and Facebook pay creators
None of the three publishes what a view pays, so nobody can honestly say which pays more. What differs is who can join and where: YouTube's Partner Program runs in 138 countries and regions, TikTok's Creator Rewards in 8, and Facebook's content monetization in about 70, by invitation only. Side by side, from each platform's own pages.
ReadCreator platform rule changes, 2025–2026: what changed, when, and where it is written
The rules that changed most for clip and AI-video makers in 2025 and 2026 are about originality, AI labels and which programmes still pay, not about AI as such. Here are 16 dated changes on YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat and X, each with the platform’s own page and the day we read it.
ReadHow to earn from Facebook videos in 2026
Facebook pays creators through one programme, content monetisation, and only by invitation: Meta sends invitations to qualified creators in the Facebook app, Meta Business Suite, the Creator or Business Dashboard or by email, and says it plans to open sign-up to everyone soon. Here is who it pays, where, for what, and what gets a page demonetised, from Meta's own pages.
ReadFacebook Stars in 2026: what a Star pays and who can earn
Meta pays you one cent, US$0.01, for each Star a fan sends on your reels, videos, Live, photos and text posts, before deductions. Here is who can earn, the countries, how payouts work and how Subscriptions compare, from Meta’s own pages.
ReadTikTok's Creator Rewards Program: who can join and what earns
TikTok publishes no amount per view. Its Creator Rewards Program pays only for original videos over a minute long, in 8 countries only. Here is who qualifies, which videos count, what gets an account ruled out, and what is open to creators elsewhere, from TikTok's own pages.
ReadHow TikTok pays creators besides Creator Rewards: LIVE Gifts, Super Fan, Series and Shop
TikTok publishes no rate for a Diamond: what a LIVE pays depends on Diamonds, LIVE time, new followers, engagement and quality. Besides LIVE Gifts and the Creator Rewards Program, it pays through Super Fan, Subscription, Series and Shop. Here is what each asks for, how the money moves and what TikTok does not say, from TikTok’s own pages.
ReadHow Instagram pays creators: gifts, subscriptions, badges and bonuses
Instagram pays creators, but not a set rate per view: it pays through gifts, subscriptions, live badges and invitation-only bonuses that reward how reels and posts perform, and it points to Partnership Ads and the Creator Marketplace for brand deals. Here are the rules, from Instagram's own pages.
ReadHow YouTube pays for Shorts: the Creator Pool, the 45% and what you need
Yes. YouTube pays creators in its Partner Program for Shorts from a monthly Creator Pool of Shorts Feed ad revenue, and you keep 45% of the revenue allocated to you, with or without music (YouTube Help, read 29 October 2026). How much is not fixed: YouTube gives no rate per view, and YouTube decides who is accepted. Here is how it works, what you need, and what changes on February 1, 2027.
ReadHow Snapchat pays creators in 2026: who qualifies and what earns
Snapchat states no amount per view or per million views. It shares ad revenue with creators it invites, in 43 countries, from 50,000 followers and 15,000 hours of view time in 28 days. Here are the rules, the payouts and what Snap says about AI videos, from Snap's own pages.
ReadHow Kwai pays creators in 2026: the programs, the rules and the payout
Yes, Kwai pays creators, through several separate programs, but it publishes no rate per view or per 1,000 views. Here is how each program works, what Kwai’s own pages require, how a payout reaches you in Brazil and what Kwai says about original content and AI.
ReadDoes X pay creators? How X pays in 2026, and what replaced Revenue Sharing
Yes, X pays some creators, through Original Content Rewards and Creator Subscriptions, but it publishes no rate per impression. Here are the requirements, how a payout is worked out, which countries are covered and which rules can cost you your place, from X's Help Center (read 8 October 2026) and its program terms (read 29 October 2026).
ReadVideo sizes for YouTube Shorts, TikTok and Instagram Reels
Use vertical 9:16 at 1080 x 1920 pixels, 1080 wide and 1920 tall, for all three. A Short is square or vertical and up to 3 minutes (YouTube Help, read 29 October 2026); TikTok's ad specification recommends 9:16 at 540 x 960 or more (read 29 October 2026); Instagram takes reels from 1.91:1 to 9:16 at 30 frames per second or more (Instagram Help, read 11 October 2026). Here are the sizes, the lengths and the one setting that works on all three.
ReadHow to add captions to TikTok, Reels and Shorts
There are three ways: switch on the app's own automatic captions, add a caption file (SRT or VTT) on YouTube, or put captions on the picture so they show everywhere. What each does and how to turn it on, from the platforms' own help pages, and what Clip-Short's Auto Caption does for free.
ReadHow to dub a video in another language
There are three ways: record the voice again in the new language, let AI dub it, or keep your voice and add captions. What YouTube's automatic dubbing, your own audio tracks, Instagram's voice translation and Clip-Short's Dub each do, from the platforms' own help pages.
ReadHow to start a clips channel
Clips channels cut the best moments of podcasts, streams and interviews into Shorts and TikToks. What YouTube's and TikTok's own rules say about them, why permission alone does not get you paid, and how to make clips that add something of yours.
ReadHow Spotify pays podcasters in 2026: 50% of ad revenue plus Premium video revenue
Spotify pays shows in its Partner Program 50% of the ad revenue from their episodes, plus Premium video revenue, with no set rate per stream: Spotify decides what each show earns. To apply you need 3 episodes, 2,000 hours and an audience of 1,000 in 30 days, in one of 56 countries. The rules and the payouts, from Spotify's own pages read on 29 October 2026.
ReadYouTube Shorts video size and dimensions
A Short is a square or vertical video up to 3 minutes long, and the usual format is 9:16 at 1080 x 1920 pixels (YouTube Help, read 29 October 2026). Here is what YouTube says makes a video a Short, the pixel size that follows from it, and what it does not say.
ReadTikTok video size, dimensions and length
A TikTok video is vertical 9:16, which is 1080 x 1920 pixels at 1080 on the short side; TikTok's ad specification sets 540 x 960 as the 9:16 minimum (TikTok for Business, read 29 October 2026). Here are the sizes, the lengths, which numbers belong to ads, and the one setting that works everywhere.
ReadInstagram Reels size, dimensions and length
A reel is made for vertical 9:16, which is 1080 x 1920 pixels at 1080 on the short side; Instagram takes any shape from 1.91:1 to 9:16, at least 720 pixels and 30 frames per second, up to 20 minutes (Instagram Help, read 11 October 2026). Meta's ads guide lists Reels ads at 9:16 and 1440 x 2560 (read 29 October 2026). Here are the sizes, the cover, the safe zone and the length Instagram recommends to new audiences.
ReadFacebook Reels size, dimensions and length
A Facebook Reel is vertical 9:16 at 1080 x 1920 pixels, and since Meta's 2025 change it can be any length; reels published through Meta's API are 3 to 90 seconds (Meta, read 29 October 2026). Here are the shape, resolution, frame rate, length and file settings, and what Meta's pages do not say.
ReadSnapchat Spotlight video size and length
A Snapchat video is vertical 9:16, which is 1080 x 1920 pixels at 1080 on the short side; Snap's ad formats list 9:16 at 720 x 1280, from 3 to 180 seconds (Snap for Business, read 29 October 2026). Spotlight takes vertical videos with sound, from 5 seconds. Here are the shape, the lengths, which numbers belong to ads, and what Snap does not state.
ReadPinterest video Pin size, ratio and length
For a full-screen video Pin, Pinterest recommends 9:16, or 1080 x 1920 pixels, and it also accepts 1:2, 2:3, 3:4, 4:5 and 1:1; a video Pin runs from 4 seconds to 5 minutes (Pinterest Help, read 29 October 2026). Here are the ratios, the safe zones, the file types, the ad numbers, and what the page does not say.
ReadLinkedIn video size, aspect ratio and length
A LinkedIn video can be any shape from 1:2.4 to 2.4:1, from 3 seconds to 10 minutes and up to 5 GB (LinkedIn Help, read 29 October 2026). For exact pixels, LinkedIn's ad specification gives 1920 x 1080 for 16:9, up to 1080 x 1920 for 9:16 and up to 1080 x 1350 for 4:5. Here is which numbers belong to Pages and which to ads, and what LinkedIn does not say.
ReadX (Twitter) video size, length and file limits
X recommends 1280 x 720 for a landscape video, 720 x 1280 for portrait and 720 x 720 for square, and takes any aspect ratio from 1:3 to 3:1 (X developer documentation, read 29 October 2026). A video can be 140 seconds long for everyone and up to 4 hours with Premium (X Help Center, read 8 October 2026). Here is what each page says, where they disagree, and the file to make.
ReadCreator glossary
The words YouTube, TikTok and creators use, explained in a sentence or two, with what each means for your channel.
ReadYour next video starts with an idea
Write it, and in a few minutes you have a video ready to post.