Trim and cut video
Cut out mistakes, awkward pauses, or anything you don't need. Drag to trim a clip, or delete a sentence from the transcript and the video cuts with it.
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YouTube Shorts Editor
Whether you're turning a podcast into shorts, editing a vlog, creating a tutorial, producing a skit, or repurposing long-form content, our YouTube shorts editor helps you get from raw footage to a polished Short faster with complete creative control.
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Crop and resize video
Make your video vertical for TikTok, square for Instagram, or fit any other aspect ratio. Keep the important part of the shot in frame as you resize.
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Add subtitles and captions
Add captions automatically and keep them synced to what's being said. Choose a style, edit the text, and your captions update as you keep cutting.
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Add music and voiceover
Add a song, record your own voice, or use an AI voiceover. Adjust the mix so the music gets quieter when someone speaks.
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Speed up or slow down video
Speed through the boring parts or slow down the moments you want to emphasize. Create smooth slow motion without choppy playback.
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Swap video backgrounds
Replace the background without needing a green screen. Add a new image, video, or scene behind your subject and keep it in place as they move.
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Merge and combine clips
Put videos, photos, music, and other media into one edit. Drag them into order, trim them down, and layer them on the timeline.
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Stabilize shaky footage
Smooth out handheld or shaky footage to make your shots steadier and easier to watch.
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Edit Shorts with AI Agents
Every word in your footage is typed out for you. Delete a sentence and that part of the video is gone, umms and pauses included. Search the words to find any moment.
Edit Youtube Shorts collaboratively
The timeline is multiplayer, like a Google Doc. Send a link, edit the same video at the same time, and drop comments on the exact moment you mean.
Take your project anywhere
Export an editable project for Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, or DaVinci Resolve. Your whole timeline goes with you, media included.
Edit Youtube Shorts with AI agents
Logging the footage
The agents watch every take so you don't scrub hours of footage. Each line, moment, and angle is logged and the best deliveries picked.
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The first assembly
Filler, silences, and flubbed takes come out, and a first draft builds from the best takes on your multitrack timeline. Days of watching and assembling, done before you sit down.
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Cutting to the beat
Landing every cut on the music is hours of frame-by-frame nudging. Mark the first few beats and the agents carry the pattern through the track, your shots on it.
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Matching a reference
Recreating an edit you admire means studying it cut by cut. Point the agents at the reference, and its pacing, structure, and style land on your footage.
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How to use invideo's YouTube Shorts editor
Upload your footage
Bring in your long-form YouTube video, raw clips, screen recordings or audio files. The editor accepts everything you would drop into a desktop suite.
Extract or start fresh
Let the AI agent pull the best moments from an existing video, or start with raw footage and build a Short from scratch. Both paths land on the same multi-track timeline.
Reframe and edit
The editor reframes horizontal footage to 9:16 vertical. Trim, split, add B-roll, transitions and text. Adjust the reframe on any shot where the auto-crop missed.
Grade, mix and add captions
Correct your colors, balance your audio, and burn in styled captions for muted autoplay. Add a CTA end card or subscribe animation. This is where a clip starts looking like a finished Short.
Export and publish
Export in up to 4K and publish to YouTube from the editor. Or download the file and post it wherever vertical video plays: Instagram Reels, TikTok, Facebook Reels.
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Youtube Shorts Editor FAQS
What is a YouTube Shorts editor?
A YouTube Shorts editor is a tool built for vertical, sub-60-second videos in YouTube's short-form format (9:16 aspect ratio, with text, transitions, and music). InVideo's YouTube Shorts editor takes you from idea to finished video without a timeline or editing experience.
How do I make YouTube Shorts without editing skills?
Use an AI YouTube Shorts generator like invideo AI. Give it a topic or script and it puts together a full Short with clips, captions, voiceover, and music. You refine the output with follow-up prompts instead of dragging clips around on a timeline, so it works as a YouTube Shorts maker even if you've never opened an editor before.
What's the best video editor for YouTube Shorts?
It depends on how you work. For fast, AI-assisted creation, InVideo AI handles scripting, editing, and formatting in one place. Traditional editors give you more manual control but take longer per video. If you're producing Shorts on a regular schedule for a channel or brand, speed and template access usually matter more than fine-grained timeline control.
Can I use an AI video editor for YouTube Shorts?
Yes. An AI video editor for YouTube Shorts like InVideo AI can generate a full video from a text prompt: it selects stock footage, adds subtitles, matches music to pacing, and exports in the right format. You give directions instead of scrubbing a timeline.
Is there a free YouTube Shorts video editor online?
Invideo offers a free YouTube Shorts online video editor with AI-powered creation, templates, and a stock media library. Free exports carry a watermark; paid plans remove it and add longer exports and more stock.
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WAV, AAC, or Opus when the mix is the deliverable.
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