Repurpose Long-Form
Repurpose YouTube Videos Into Shorts, Automatically
You already did the hard part. ForgedClips takes your long-form YouTube videos and turns them into captioned, vertical clips ready for Shorts, Reels, and TikTok — automatically, so every upload keeps working long after you hit publish.
- Turn one long upload into a week of Shorts
- Word-by-word captions, hooks, and auto-reframe included
- Auto-post to TikTok, Reels, Shorts, and Facebook
- Monitor your channel and clip new uploads automatically
- Best moments, auto-selectedForgedClips transcribes your video, ranks every moment, and cuts the segments most likely to perform as Shorts — no scrubbing the timeline yourself.
- Animated captions built inEvery clip ships with word-by-word animated captions and a hook headline, styled and burned in automatically to earn the watch time.
- Auto-reframe to 9:16Horizontal footage is reframed to vertical with the action kept centered, so long-form uploads become native Shorts, Reels, and TikToks.
- Channel monitoring on autopilotConnect your channel and ForgedClips auto-clips every new upload the day it goes live, so repurposing runs without you touching it.
- Auto-post everywherePublish finished clips straight to TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and Facebook Reels without leaving the app.
How it works
Up and running in three steps
- 1
Drop in your YouTube video
Paste a link to any upload or connect your channel. ForgedClips downloads and transcribes it for you in the background.
- 2
Let it find and cut the best moments
It ranks every moment and cuts vertical clips with animated captions, hook headlines, auto-reframe, your logo, and music.
- 3
Export and auto-post
Preview the exact render, export the MP4, then schedule or auto-post to TikTok, Reels, Shorts, and Facebook.
Everything included
Why creators use ForgedClips
Best moments, auto-selected
ForgedClips transcribes your video, ranks every moment, and cuts the segments most likely to perform as Shorts — no scrubbing the timeline yourself.
Animated captions built in
Every clip ships with word-by-word animated captions and a hook headline, styled and burned in automatically to earn the watch time.
Auto-reframe to 9:16
Horizontal footage is reframed to vertical with the action kept centered, so long-form uploads become native Shorts, Reels, and TikToks.
Channel monitoring on autopilot
Connect your channel and ForgedClips auto-clips every new upload the day it goes live, so repurposing runs without you touching it.
Auto-post everywhere
Publish finished clips straight to TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and Facebook Reels without leaving the app.
Schedule and drip campaigns
Line up clips on a schedule and drip them across platforms to keep your feeds active from a single long-form video.
Use cases
In practice
Mine your back catalog
Every old upload is raw material. Feed ForgedClips your archive and pull a steady stream of fresh Shorts out of videos you already published.
Clip every new upload automatically
Turn on channel monitoring and each new video gets cut into vertical clips the day it goes live — no manual editing, no lag.
Repurpose podcasts and interviews
Long episodes become dozens of quotable, captioned clips that hook new viewers and send them back to the full video.
Grow on TikTok and Reels without reshooting
Go native on short-form using the footage you already have, then auto-post everywhere at once from one dashboard.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How do I repurpose YouTube videos into Shorts?
Paste a YouTube link or connect your channel. ForgedClips transcribes the video, ranks the best moments, and cuts captioned 9:16 clips you can export and post as Shorts, Reels, or TikToks.
Can it repurpose my whole back catalog of long-form videos?
Yes. Run any existing upload through ForgedClips to turn long-form video into short clips. There's no limit to how many past videos you can repurpose.
Do the clips come with captions and reframing?
Every clip includes animated word-by-word captions, a hook headline, and auto-reframe to vertical, plus optional brand logo and music — all applied automatically.
Can it auto-post to TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts?
Yes. Connect your accounts and ForgedClips publishes finished clips to TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and Facebook Reels, on a schedule or automatically.
Will it clip new uploads for me automatically?
Turn on YouTube channel monitoring and ForgedClips auto-clips each new upload as it goes live, so you get more from every video without lifting a finger.
Do I need editing skills to repurpose long-form video?
No. The clipping, captions, reframing, and styling are automated, and the live preview matches the exported MP4 exactly, so what you see is what you post.
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