Guides to Turning Long Videos into Clips
How long Shorts should be, which moments work, how to go vertical and where captions go: short, sourced guides for every kind of video.
These guides answer the questions that come up when you turn a long video into clips: how long they should be, which moments to pick, how to go from horizontal to vertical without leaving anyone out, where to put text so the interface doesn't cover it and how often to post.
They're short and practical. Whenever they give a YouTube, TikTok or Instagram fact, they link the official page it comes from and the date we checked it, because those rules change often. Each one ends with the steps to do it with ClipMix on your phone, but the advice works with any tool.
They're grouped by what you want to do: Shorts, podcasts, TikTok, Reels, your channel, vertical framing or captions.
YouTube Shorts
How Long Should a YouTube Short Be in 2026?
The YouTube Shorts length limit, the best length for each kind of clip and how to decide with your own video, with the official source. Updated for 2026.
Grow your channel
How Often to Post Shorts (and How Many a Day)
How to spread one long video's clips across the week, which order to post them in and how to lead each one back to the full video. No magic number: a plan.
Podcast clips
How to Make Podcast Clips That Bring in Listeners
Which parts of an episode work as a clip, how many to cut from each one and how to send viewers to the full episode. A practical guide for video podcasts.
TikTok clips
How to Split a Long Video into Parts for TikTok
Split a long video by fixed length or by idea, why cuts in mid-sentence lose viewers and how to make parts that stand on their own. With Android steps.
Instagram Reels
TikTok and Reels Safe Zone: Where Text Goes (2026)
What TikTok and Instagram's buttons cover on a vertical video, Meta's official numbers and where to place titles and captions. With a 9:16 safe zone template.
Horizontal to vertical
How to Make a Horizontal Video Vertical on Android
Three ways to turn a horizontal video vertical on your phone, what you lose with each and when to fill the frame instead of cropping. Step by step on Android.
Auto captions
How to Add Subtitles to a Video on Android
Two ways to caption a video on your phone, how many words to show at once, where to place them and what to check before you post. Step by step on Android.
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