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Who it's for

The AI video editor for Shorts you talk to

A Short is a talking video that has to land in under three minutes, upright, with nothing hidden behind YouTube's title and buttons. Upload the takes, say what you want, and Krafto makes it: retakes and pauses out, captions on, 9:16.

What a Shorts talking video needs

A Short is judged in the first two seconds and watched in a loop, so the opening line and the last line matter most: trim right up to the first word, and end on the line you want remembered. Shorts over a minute with a copyright claim on them are blocked worldwide, so music needs care.

YouTube shows the title, your channel and a subscribe button over the bottom of a Short, buttons down the right, and search and menu over the top. Shorts also live beside your long videos, so a talking Short is often the same take as a 16:9 video, reframed.

YouTube Shorts numbers Krafto exports to

From YouTube's own pages, read on 02/10/2026; the linked tool pages list every source. Krafto's 9:16 export already fits them.

WhatValueNote
Size1080 × 1920 pixels, 9:16Export at this; the size page checks a file against it.
Longest3 minutesShorts over 1 minute with a copyright claim on them are blocked worldwide.
Comfortable length1 minuteShorts over 1 minute with a copyright claim on them are blocked worldwide.
Clear of the app's buttonsTop 15%, bottom 35%, sides 4%YouTube publishes no safe zone for Shorts, for ordinary posts or ads. Google's Shorts ads guide only names the right-hand buttons. These margins (15% top, 35% bottom, an 18% button column on the right) are an estimate from the current app: check them against your own phone. The safe zone page draws it on your video.

What Krafto does, and what is still yours

The honest split. Krafto does the part most people put off; it doesn't film for you or decide what the video is about.

JobWho does itHow
Writing and filmingYouSay each line as its own take. A phone on a stand is enough.
Picking the best take of each lineKraftoIt listens to every take and keeps the best one, usually the last.
Cutting the retakes and pausesKraftoThe first cut comes with the dead air and repeated lines out.
CaptionsKraftoWritten from what you said, timed to your voice, placed clear of the app's buttons.
Titles, motion graphics, diagramsKrafto, when you ask"Put the key words behind me", "draw what I'm explaining": each ask adds a layer.
The shape for each platformKrafto9:16 for Reels, TikTok and Shorts; 4:5 and 1:1 for feeds; 16:9 for YouTube.
Checking the cutYouPoint at a part and say what to change, or drag it on the timeline yourself.
Thumbnail, title, postingYouThe free tools help with the thumbnail and the sizes.

What it costs, and who it's not for

Krafto is $25 a month, with unlimited exports and no free plan or trial. That's about the price of one short video from a freelance editor, and less than a $19.99 editor plan plus the evenings you'd spend in it. If you post once a month, it's not worth it; if you film every week and the editing is why videos never go out, it is.

It isn't for everything. If you enjoy editing and want templates, effects and trending sounds, CapCut is a better fit. If your work is colour grading, multi-camera shoots or long documentary cuts, you want a professional timeline. If you have one long recording and want many clips from it, OpusClip is built for exactly that. Krafto is for the video where you talk to the camera and want it finished.

If you'd rather edit it yourself

You can. CapCut and InShot edit Shorts on a phone; Clipchamp and iMovie are free on a computer. The free tools on this site give you the size, the length and the safe zone for Shorts, and the guides walk through the cut. Start with the Shorts editing guide. Krafto is for the week you'd rather not.

Questions

Asked often

Last checked 7 October 2026

1080 × 1920 pixels, 9:16. Krafto exports at that when you ask for 9:16; the size page checks any file against it.

3 minutes. Shorts over 1 minute with a copyright claim on them are blocked worldwide.

Yes. It keeps text clear of the top 15% and the bottom 35% of the frame, where Shorts draws its own text and buttons.

Yes. Ask for 9:16 and Krafto reframes the video with you centred and lays the captions out again. Filming upright is still better, because a wide video cropped to 9:16 loses most of the picture.

YouTube treats an upright video of three minutes or less as a Short. Over that, it's a regular video. Krafto's 9:16 export at 1080 × 1920 is a Short as long as the cut stays under three minutes; the length page checks a file.

Free tools

Useful before you upload

YouTube Shorts safe zoneWhere the title, channel and buttons sit on a Short, as a template you can download.YouTube Shorts sizeCheck whether a video will post as a Short, and at the right size.YouTube Shorts lengthCheck a video against the 3-minute Shorts limit and the 1-minute claim rule.Silence removerFind the silence in a clip, hear it skipped, and get it cut.

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Also for

Talking-head videosFor creators who film themselves talking and would rather not edit.Instagram ReelsTalking-head Reels at 1080 × 1920, captions clear of Instagram's buttons, from your takes and a sentence.TikTokTalking-head TikToks at 1080 × 1920, cut tight, captions clear of TikTok's buttons, from your takes and a sentence.

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