Long to Shorts Converter
Long Video to Shorts AI: Repurpose Long Content into Shorts
Repurpose your long-form video content into viral short-form clips. Extract key insights from podcasts, webinars, and YouTube videos, then generate polished Shorts with AI voiceover, footage, and animated subtitles.
Last updated: February 23, 2026
How It Works
Identify key moments
Pick the best insights, quotes, or takeaways from your long-form content. Extract the text or script.
Paste into FluxNote
Enter the extracted script or key points. GPT-4o can adapt the content for short-form viewing.
AI generates the Short
Content becomes a polished short-form video with voiceover, relevant footage, and animated subtitles.
Export in vertical format
Download in 9:16 for YouTube Shorts, TikTok, and Instagram Reels. Post across all platforms.
Key Benefits
Maximize existing content
Every long video, podcast, or webinar contains dozens of short-form clips. Extract maximum value from content you've already created.
Cross-platform distribution
Turn one podcast episode into 10+ Shorts distributed across YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram — reaching entirely new audiences.
Professional short-form quality
AI-generated Shorts with fresh footage and animated subtitles often outperform simple clips cut from long videos.
Drive traffic to long-form
Use Shorts as teasers that drive viewers to your full-length content, growing your long-form audience through short-form discovery.
Why repurposing long content matters
If you're creating long-form content — podcasts, YouTube videos, webinars, or presentations — you're sitting on a goldmine of short-form content. Every 30-minute video contains 10-20 moments that can stand alone as compelling Shorts.
Most creators never extract this value because traditional clipping is tedious. Cutting, resizing, adding subtitles, and optimizing each clip takes hours.
FluxNote streamlines this by letting you paste key excerpts and generating fresh, polished short-form videos with professional production quality. The result often performs better than simple clips because it includes HD footage, natural voiceover, and trending subtitle styles.
How to extract short-form content from long videos
The best moments to extract from long-form content include:
- Surprising insights — Statements that make viewers stop and think
- Actionable tips — Specific, practical advice viewers can apply immediately
- Strong opinions — Hot takes and contrarian views that drive engagement
- Emotional moments — Stories and revelations that create emotional response
- Key statistics — Data points that are shareable and memorable
- Quotable lines — Punchy statements that work as standalone content
A 30-minute podcast episode typically yields 10-20 extractable moments. Each becomes a Shorts-ready video with FluxNote.
The repurposing content strategy
Top creators use a content pyramid strategy:
1. Create one long-form piece — Podcast, YouTube video, or webinar
2. Extract 10-20 key moments — Best insights, tips, and stories
3. Generate Shorts from each — FluxNote turns each into a polished video
4. Post Shorts across platforms — YouTube Shorts, TikTok, Instagram Reels
5. Shorts drive long-form traffic — Viewers discover Shorts, visit profile, watch long-form
This strategy multiplies content output by 10-20x without creating new content from scratch. FluxNote makes step 3 take minutes instead of hours.