Highlights that actually hit
How to Use an AI Highlights Generator to Go Viral
Don't let your best moments get lost in long videos. Our AI instantly detects, scores, and extracts the most engaging highlights for you.
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Shorts by CrabCut
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What is an AI shorts maker?
AI Highlights Generator for Long Videos
An AI shorts maker finds strong moments in long videos and turns them into ready-to-post 9:16 shorts for TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts.
- AI highlight detection
- Auto captions and hooks
- 9:16 reframing with face tracking
How it works
From long video to sharper, ready-to-post Shorts in five steps.
Workflow
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Transcribe
We transcribe your video with high accuracy in 16+ languages.
Why Every Creator Needs an AI Highlights Generator
The difference between a video that flops and one that trends is often just a few seconds of pure gold. But finding that gold in a 2-hour raw recording is like finding a needle in a haystack.
Why They Matter
In an era of short attention spans, nobody watches 60-minute videos unless they are already a superfan. Highlights are bite-sized proof of value that hooks new viewers and converts them into subscribers.
The Challenge
Finding these moments manually is exhausting. You have to re-watch your own content, note down timestamps, and guess what people will like. Our AI solves this by objectively analyzing the content for you.
How Our AI Highlight Detection Works
Our AI uses advanced language models to analyze your video's transcript, audio cues, and speech patterns to find what viewers actually want to watch.
Speech Patterns
Identifies changes in pitch, volume, and speed. When a speaker gets excited or emphasizes a point, the AI takes note.
Emotion Analysis
Detects laughter, applause, or intense emotional moments that are highly likely to keep viewers watching.
Topic Shifts
Understands the flow of conversation. It identifies where a new interesting topic begins and finds the punchline or conclusion.
From Raw Highlights to Exportable Shorts
Detecting the highlight is just step one. Our tool takes that raw timestamp and transforms it into a polished piece of content ready for social media.
- Smart Trimming (No awkward cut-offs)
- 9:16 Vertical Reframing
- AI-Generated Captions
- Intro/Outro Removal
Who This Is For
Podcasters
Upload your full episode and instantly get the shorts for your "Shorts Channel" on YouTube and shorts for TikTok.
Educators
Summarize hour-long lectures into 60-second key takeaways that are easy for students to digest and share.
Coaches
Find the most inspiring moments from your coaching calls to use as testimonials or value-first marketing assets.
The Guide: How AI Finds the Best Highlights in Your Videos
If you've ever spent a whole Sunday scrubbing through a podcast recording just to find three good shorts, you know the pain of manual editing. Now imagine an AI that finds highlights in videos while you work on your next script. That's what CrabCut does.
An AI highlights generator is built to understand human speech. It doesn't just look for the loudest parts of the audio. It looks for the parts where the speaker is most engaged, where the energy is highest, and where a complete thought is delivered.
Using Automated Video Highlights for Social Media
Social media algorithms are hungry. To stay relevant on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube, you need to post often. Automated video highlights let you turn one podcast episode into a week's worth of content for social media.
When you use an AI highlight generator, you save time and increase your hit rate. By posting the most engaging moments of your video first, you give the algorithm exactly what it wants: high retention and high engagement.
Ready to try it? Start making shorts for free.
Start freeThree things. Done well.
A focused tool that finds moments, captions, and reframes. Built for solo creators.
Reframing that actually tracks faces
Multi-speaker podcast? We follow whoever's talking. Single host moving around? We stay locked on. No cropped foreheads, no jaw-cut edges.
Captions in 16+ languages
Animated, accurate, customizable. Pick fonts, colors, position, and animation style. Keyword highlighting and emoji auto-placement included.
Your brand, every short
Add your logo, fonts, and colors. Save style presets per channel. Every short exports looking like yours.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I approve the highlights before they are generated?
Are the highlights editable?
What file types are supported?
How accurate is the highlight detection?
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