TikTok Clip Maker
Upload any video — generate share-ready TikTok clips
Turn raw footage into endless TikToks — zero editing
Get dozens of vertical videos without touching the timeline
Create share-ready TikTok clips from any video
Instantly transform long videos into TikTok-ready clips using simple text prompts. Upload any video or paste a video URL, then describe the clips you need — AI handles the rest.
Kapwing TikTok Clip Maker analyzes your footage, identifies highlights matching your prompt, and generates fully customizable clips in 9:16 format within minutes. Need a different aspect ratio? Just adjust your prompt.
Scale your social media strategy from occasional posting to a library of clips ready for scheduling. Create 30-second highlights from 16:9 YouTube videos or generate multiple clips from long livestreams in minutes, not hours.
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Multiply your content output by repurposing for TikTok
Don't let any of your videos go to waste. Boost engagement by automatically converting podcasts, interviews, webinars, and YouTube videos into high-performing TikTok clips.
Kapwing's AI clip generator eliminates manual editing, helping you grow your audience faster with a steady stream of fresh content.
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Create on-brand clips with trending TikTok styles
On TikTok, brand identity is everything. Viewers should instantly recognize your content. Kapwing's Brand Kit lets you save logos, fonts, colors, and presets for consistent aesthetics across every clip.
Add trending elements like emojis, stickers, and memes while maintaining your unique style. Whether you're an influencer, marketer, or content team, create clips that feel authentically on-brand and perfectly suited for TikTok's fast-paced feed.
Apply a professional finish — AI centers speakers automatically
Our online Auto Speaker Focus automatically centers subjects in your TikTok clips, keeping them perfectly framed throughout. Resize videos to TikTok's 9:16 format without worrying about cropped faces or awkward positioning — the AI adjusts the framing for you.
With preset sizes for every social platform, your clips always look polished and professional, no matter where you post them.
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Already transforming video creation across industries
Hear directly from the teams who publish faster, collaborate better, and stay ahead.
Generate TikTok clips for every niche and need
Extract the best moments from tutorials, reactions, gaming, reviews, and more
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Gaming Streams
Streamers take their full-length live recordings and use Kapwing to engage their audiences with highlights, funny reactions, and impressive gameplay highlights
Tutorial Highlights
Tutorial creators and vloggers find their videos' best moments — like insightful statements or emotional peaks — and extract bite-sized highlight clips to post on TikTok
Bitesize Education
TikTok is great for sharing knowledge in bite-sized, easily digestible formats, making Kapwing's AI TikTok Clip Generator perfect for lecturers and online coaches with vast video content
Interviews
Combined with our Auto Speaker Focus tool, content creators split long interview videos into multiple highlight clips ranging from 15 seconds to 3 minutes — perfect for TikTok
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Food Recipes & Demos
Take a full recipe, live stream recording, or cooking class video and break it down into smaller sections. That's how food influences focus on specific techniques and moments on TikTok.
Split Testing
Marketers use Kapwing's AI TikTok Clip Maker to create and edit different versions of the same clips. They alter pacing, captions, and transitions to find what works best with their audience.
LIVE Highlights
After a live stream ends, creators use our TikTok clip generator to automatically detect and extract the engaging clips, repurposing live streams as multiple TikTok's to post over time
Demos & Showcases
Content creators highlight key moments from product demos by creating TikTok clips that feature shorter snippets, like “top 3 features”
Fitness Videos
Health and fitness influencers provide actionable tips and demonstrations by recording full workouts or classes and cutting the content into individual clips using Kapwing's free AI clip creator
How to Make Video Clips for TikTok
- Step 1Upload video
Upload a video from your device or paste a published URL, such as a YouTube link, into Kapwing's online AI TikTok Clip Maker
- Step 2Generate TikTok-ready clips
Tell the AI what clips you need. Include topics, clip length, and format (like 9:16 for TikTok), then hit "Generate."
- Step 3Export and upload
Once you're finished editing, export your project and download a ready-to-share file of your TikTok video
Earning audience attention just got 2x easier
Hook viewers instantly with auto-subtitles, stickers, emojis, and effects
Keep people watching with customizable subtitles
Subtitles boost TikTok watch times — but default fonts won't make you stand out. Kapwing auto-generates subtitles instantly with hundreds of unique styles and animations that catch attention. Customize colors, fonts, and effects to match your brand while keeping viewers hooked.
Access millions of royalty-free assets instantly
Enhance clips with royalty-free images, videos, music, and sound effects — no copyright worries. Can't find the perfect footage? Generate custom videos with AI by typing what you need.
From stock content to AI-generated visuals, everything you need is built into Kapwing's editing studio.
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What's different about Kapwing?
Frequently Asked Questions
We have answers to the most common questions that our users ask.
Is the TikTok Clip Maker free?
Yes, Kapwing's TikTok Clip Maker is free for all users. The free plan includes some limitations to other editor features and applies a small watermark to the final video.
Is there a watermark on exports?
If you are using Kapwing on a Free account, then all exports — including from the TikTok Clip Maker — will contain a watermark. Once you upgrade to a Pro account, the watermark will be completely removed from your creations.
Can I turn a Twitch clip into a TikTok?
You can definitely turn your Twitch live streams into TikTok videos. With Kapwing's AI TikTok Maker, you don’t even have to cut the video into clips — this is handled for you by the AI Assistant. Simply upload your Twitch video to Kapwing and tell the chatbot what you need.
How do I make a TikTok video with multiple clips?
If you want to create a TikTok video with multiple clips, using a video editing platform like Kapwing makes it easy to resize and optimize content for TikTok and repost it anywhere without a TikTok watermark. Upload your clips to Kapwing, trim them as needed, and stitch them together. You can do this either manually in the studio for full control or automatically by using the AI Assistant.
Can you import clips to TikTok?
Yes, you can import clips to TikTok. However, if you use TikTok to edit your video, you’ll be stuck with the TikTok watermark when you download it and post it elsewhere. It's recommended that you use a video editor that allows you to create and repurpose content across all platforms.
Why should I repurpose video content onto TikTok?
It's easy to get burned out by video creation when trying to post across multiple platforms. Here are three major reasons to repurpose video content into TikToks:
- Create More Content Faster: Quickly turn one long video to multiple versions or snippets for TikTok without starting from scratch to keep a consistent content flow and reduce time investment.
- Reach New Audiences: Tailor video content to TikTok's audience to increase visibility and engage with viewers effectively.
- Avoid Burnout: Repurposing video as TikTok clips maximizes each video's value, helping reduce the pressure to endlessly produce new content and giving you an active TikTok presence without burning yourself out.
Does Kapwing support online collaborative video editing?
Yes, Kapwing supports collaborative video editing by allowing users to create free, shared workspaces they can invite team members to join. 100+ collaborative video editing tools to streamline the creative process are also available in the online video editor. Teams can also upload a Brand Kit to their workspace or set one up together in real time, helping ensure that assets are readily available and organized.
What fonts does TikTok use?
TikTok typically uses a handful of fonts, including:
- TikTok’s Classic font, which is an open-source font known as Proxima Nova - Semibold.
- TikTok Sans, the platform’s very own custom font.
- TikTok’s Typewriter font, which is custom-made but closely resembles the font Source Code Pro - Bold.
- TikTok’s Serif font, which is Georgia Bold, another open-source font.
What aspect ratios can the Clip Maker resize to?
Kapwing's TikTok Clip Maker is built for social media, allowing you to easily resize content to fit any platform.
- 9:16 (TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, LinkedIn Short-form videos)
- 16:9 (YouTube)
- 1:1 (Instagram post square)
- 4:5 (Instagram post portrait)
Read our social media aspect ratios blog to discover the best video sizes for every platform.
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