The AI clip maker that actually ships posts

ClipEmber covers the whole loop, not just the cut: find the moments, render captioned 9:16 clips, write per-platform copy, then schedule the posts from a calendar. One credit per source video with all its clips included, 5 videos a month free, and every action is also a REST call.

Not just cuts: hook titles, CTAs, AI post copy per platform and a scheduling calendar — the whole shorts workflow in one place.

Get clips

Open the app to run it — 5 free videos every month, no card required.

1

Drop in a video

YouTube, direct link or upload. Channel Automation can also watch your channel and clip every new upload.

2

Polish in the editor

Text-based cutting, 9 caption styles, hook title on top, CTA at the bottom — undo/redo included.

3

Schedule the posts

AI writes platform-specific titles, descriptions and hashtags; the calendar queues everything.

A real run

5 clips from 7:00 – 10:00 of a real video

Run on 2026-08-17 · source: Keynote speech: Preparing students for a tech-driven world by European Schoolnet · Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

Scores the model gave
7877767268
Time per stage · 38 min 36 s end to end

Run while our own queue was backed up, so fetching and rendering spent most of that time waiting for a worker. Our quiet-queue runs on this site finish in 4 to 5 minutes.

  • Fetch source12 min 56 s
  • Transcribe11 min 17 s
  • Score moments3 s
  • Plan the crop52 s
  • Render 5 clips13 min 29 s

One number here is worth more than the rest: scoring the whole three-minute window took 2.5 seconds. The part people call "the AI" is the cheap part — the time goes on pulling the source down and rendering video, which is why a busy queue shows up as slow fetching and slow rendering rather than slow thinking. All five clips came out between 15 and 23 seconds, and the scorer favoured the speaker's argumentative turns over the framing around them.

Request 53cecc91-2c8d-4bb6-8ad9-c602733377b4 — every number above comes from that run, not from an average.

FAQ

What does a clip cost?

One credit per source video (all its clips included). Every account gets 5 free credits a month — no card required.

Is there an API?

Everything the app does is a REST call — see the API reference. Webhooks fire when processing finishes.

Can it run on autopilot?

Yes: connect a YouTube channel and every new upload is clipped automatically with your settings.