Example
The mic that recorded me thinking
- Hook
- “I bought a really nice mic.”
- Why this clip
Find the moment worth posting.
Paste a YouTube link, review the best moments as free previews already cut, captioned and framed, and pay 1 credit only for the clips you keep.
3 clips free, no watermark, no card. Clip on.
Example footage, drawn for this page
Where auto clips let you down
The usual ways auto clipping wastes your evening or your money, and what ClipOn does about each.
You pay for clips you delete
Previews are free. A clip costs 1 credit only when you press Keep, and a final render that fails gives the credit back.
Clips start mid-sentence or cut the punchline
Cuts snap to full sentences. The end stretches through the laugh or the pause that follows, so the joke lands. Not happy with a cut? Trim it word by word in the transcript.
Captions that break your language
Captions come from the video's own YouTube captions, timed word by word. Fix a typo and its timing stays put.
The crop follows the wrong person
Framing follows whoever is talking. Pin one speaker, split the screen for two people, or letterbox the whole frame. You can change it clip by clip.
See why a clip was picked
Every pick comes with its reason, so you review in minutes: keep it, discard it, or trim the cut yourself. The cut keeps the setup, the payoff and the laugh after it.
- 00:19:21So what did you spend the first money on?
- 00:19:27Rent, mostly. Some software.
- 00:19:31And then?
- IN 00:19:34:1200:19:34I bought a really nice mic.Setup
- 00:19:37I did not have a podcast.
- 00:19:40It just recorded me thinkingPayoff
- 00:19:43about starting one.
- 00:19:46(laughs) Great mic. Terrible plan.Laugh keptOUT 00:19:49:12
- 00:19:50So when did the show start?
- 00:19:54Eleven months later. Different mic.
Framing that follows the talk
A vertical clip crops a wide frame, so the crop has to follow the conversation. Try each layout on a two-person recording and see what the vertical clip gets.
16:9 source
Example recording, drawn for this page.
Auto. The crop follows whoever is talking. Host is talking.
BenchMontserrat Black, white, amber active word, black outline SlateBebas Neue, white on a black box PencilPoppins Bold, bone text, no highlight LoudAnton, uppercase, yellow active word
Example. The same sentence in each preset.
Captions timed to every word
Today the words come from the video's own YouTube captions, timed word by word. A wrong word is fixed in the editor and its timing stays where it was.
Pick a preset once and save it to your brand kit.
You pay for the clips you keep
Credits are the only thing you buy, and one credit keeps one clip. Everything before that is a free preview.
| What you do | What it costs | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Preview a pick | Free | Every pick renders first as a 480x854 preview marked PREVIEW · clipon. Free within your monthly video allowance: 10 videos a month, 60 once you have bought credits. |
| Keep a clip | 1 credit | Renders the final: 720x1280, no watermark. |
| Discard a clip | Free | Change your mind later and restore it. Restoring is free too. |
| Edit a kept clip | Free | Re-render as often as you need, up to 10 final renders per clip. |
It learns what works on your channel
Paste the link where you posted a clip. ClipOn checks its public view count every six hours for the first 45 days, then shows which kinds of clips work for you, by category and by length. Future picks lean toward them.
Median views by clip category
Example- story2,400 (4 posts)
- funny1,150 (7 posts)
- how to640 (3 posts)
- hot take380 (5 posts)
Tracked posts
- The mic that recorded me thinking
Questions about paying and keeping clips
What do I pay for?
One credit for each clip you keep. Every pick first renders as a free, watermarked preview, and discarding is free. Previews are free within a monthly allowance of videos.
What happens to the clips I don't keep?
Nothing is charged. A discarded clip stays in the project and you can restore it for free. Projects and kept clips are never deleted if you stop buying credits.
Do credits expire?
No. Credits never expire.
Which videos work?
YouTube links that have captions, between 5 and 90 minutes long. A video without captions can't be processed.
Can I edit a clip?
Yes. Pick the start and end by selecting words in the transcript, fix caption words, change the caption style and the framing, then render again. Re-rendering a kept clip is free, up to 10 final renders per clip.