3 AI tools that turned my 2-hour streams into 30 viral clips
Most creators are still manually scrubbing through footage trying to find "the moment." Meanwhile, AI is doing it in seconds.
Here's my actual workflow:
Step 1: Feed the long-form. I take a 1-2 hour video (stream, podcast, vlog — anything) and run it through an AI clip detector. It scans for energy spikes, laughs, key moments, and cuts them automatically.
Step 2: Reframe for vertical. The raw clips come out horizontal. I use an AI reframing tool that tracks the speaker's face and auto-crops to 9:16. No manual editing.
Step 3: Add captions + hooks. AI-generated captions with word-by-word highlighting. Then I punch up the first 2 seconds with a hook — that's the only manual part, and it takes 30 seconds per clip.
The result? 30+ ready-to-post clips from a single piece of content. Some clips have hit 500K+ views on Reels with zero ad spend.
The tools change fast, so I keep an updated list inside AI Clip Studio. If you want the full workflow + tool recommendations, come check it out.