Trim your video: split one video into separate clips

What Video Cutting does

Video Cutting is useful when you do not need to find the best moments. You simply need to split one video into several files.

For example, you may have a long recording and want to receive 6 separate clips. Or you may want to split a video into parts of about 5 minutes. In that case, you do not need to open an editor, set cut points manually and export each file one by one.

ClipThemAll makes this easier: you upload your video, choose the cutting method, check the settings and create an order.

When this type of cutting fits

Video Cutting fits when you already understand how the video should be split.

For example, you can use it to:

• split a long recording into several parts;
• prepare a file for further work;
• divide a webinar or lesson into separate fragments;
• create several clips of similar length;
• split a video by the number of parts;
• prepare short files for sharing, archiving or publishing.

This is simple technical processing. It is useful when the file structure matters more than automatic best-moment selection.

Cutting methods

Cut by clip count can be useful for long recordings, lessons, webinars, presentations or materials that need to be divided into equal fragments. Cut by clip duration fits when convenient clip length matters more than the exact number of output files.

Overlap clips by 3 seconds

Overlap clips by 3 seconds is an additional option that adds a small overlap around each cut point.

Each next clip starts a little earlier, and the previous clip ends a little later. This helps avoid losing important words, movement or context at the boundary between two clips.

This option is especially useful for talking videos, lectures, interviews and educational materials where an important thought can appear right at the cut point.

Convert clips to vertical social format

Convert clips to vertical social format lets you prepare additional vertical versions of the cut clips.

This is useful if you want to use the result for:

• TikTok;
• Instagram Reels;
• YouTube Shorts;
• other mobile platforms.

In this case, ClipThemAll not only splits the source video into parts, but also prepares additional vertical versions of those clips.

Smart face tracking for vertical versions

Smart face tracking is used when you enable vertical versions for social platforms.

This option helps keep the face or main person inside the vertical frame. It is especially useful when the source video is horizontal and includes a speaker, host, teacher, interview guest or another main person.

If vertical conversion for clips is not enabled, Smart face tracking may be unavailable because it belongs to vertical framing.

How Video Cutting differs from AI Clip Creation

Video Cutting does not choose the best moments.

It does not analyze the video to find bright episodes, emotions or strong fragments. It simply splits the file by the rule you choose.

If you want AI to find the best moments and create short clips automatically, choose AI Clip Creation.

If you want to set the cutting rule yourself — by clip count or by duration — choose Video Cutting.

How Video Cutting differs from Vertical Conversion Only

Vertical Conversion Only creates one vertical version of the source video.

Video Cutting splits a video into several parts. If needed, vertical versions can be added to those parts, but the main task of the service is file splitting.

If you only need to make a video vertical, choose Vertical Conversion Only.

If you need to split a video into clips, choose Video Cutting.

What videos work well for Video Cutting

Video Cutting works for almost any video that needs to be split into parts.

For example:

• webinars;
• lessons;
• lectures;
• interviews;
• podcasts;
• presentations;
• YouTube videos;
• event recordings;
• work video materials;
• long family recordings.

The main thing is to understand in advance how you want to split the file: by the number of clips or by the duration of each clip.

How Video Cutting affects the price

The cost depends on the video parameters and selected options.

The price can be affected by:

• video duration;
• video resolution;
• selected cutting method;
• number of clips;
• clip duration;
• use of overlap;
• whether vertical versions are needed;
• use of Smart face tracking for vertical versions;
• processing volume.

After you upload the file, ClipThemAll automatically reads the video parameters and forms the order price.

This amount is the final service price from ClipThemAll for the selected order. During payment, the final amount may change only because of factors on the payment platform side, such as taxes that are added automatically depending on the user's country, payment method and payment provider rules.

A mandatory subscription is not required. You pay only for the selected processing of a specific video.

Frequently asked questions about Video Cutting