How to repurpose long-form video into captioned shorts

Long-form video is the highest-effort content most teams make — and the most under-used. One podcast, AMA, or YouTube episode contains a dozen short, platform-native clips. The problem is the workflow: clipping in one app, captioning in another, reframing in a third, then exporting and re-uploading to post. Every hop loses time and context.

This guide shows how to turn one long-form video into a batch of captioned vertical shorts with TheContentForge Video Forge, without leaving the workspace. The five steps below are summarized underneath; the walkthrough video covers the same flow end to end.

1. 1

   Import the long-form video

   Upload or link your long-form source in Video Forge. The transcription worker generates word-level captions automatically.

2. 2

   Find the moments worth clipping

   Use the AI clip finder to surface high-signal segments, or scrub the word-accurate transcript and mark the moments you want.

3. 3

   Reframe to vertical

   Auto-reframe each clip to 9:16 with subject tracking, or set the framing manually for talking-head and screen-share shots.

4. 4

   Add captions and styling

   Apply a caption style and brand styling. Captions are burned in from the word-level transcript, so they stay in sync.

5. 5

   Export and publish

   Render each short and publish or schedule it from the same workspace — no round-trip through separate clipping and posting tools.