Make Reels from a long video

Can I make Reels from a landscape video?

Yes, as long as you make it vertical. A Reel fills the screen in 9:16: a landscape video posted as is looks small with big empty margins.

Clipotte reframes each clip to 9:16 following the main face, or places the whole video on a blurred background if you'd rather keep everything. Both approaches are compared in horizontal to vertical video.

Which parts of a video make good Reels?

The same as for TikTok and Shorts: a practical tip, a crisp answer, a story with a punchline. On Instagram, useful content that people want to save or send to a friend does well, like tips and lists.

To steer the selection, Clipotte's brief accepts things like “tips people will want to save”.

How do I do it with Clipotte?

It takes a few steps:

• upload your video file (up to 3 hours and 4 GB);
• pick the useful range and the clip length;
• tick animated captions if you want them readable on mute;
• review the suggested clips and fine-tune them in the editor;
• download in 1080p with no watermark and post from Instagram.

What should the Reel caption say?

Clipotte suggests a title, description and hashtags for each clip, which you can edit and copy in one tap. On Instagram, keep a first line that makes people want to read on.

You pick the Reel's cover in Instagram when posting.

Can one clip work on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube?

Yes, a 9:16 1080p clip fits all three. Just adapt the caption and hashtags to each, and check each platform's current maximum length in its help pages, as they change.

For TikTok specifically, read a YouTube video into TikToks; for length, the ideal length of a short.