Zencastr Clips is a paid feature that uses AI to transform English-language longer videos into several shorter video clips, optimized for a variety of social media platforms. Clips supports content in English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish.
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Clips Pricing
Clips is available to users on the Growth plan and above and operates on postproduction credits. All of Zencastr’s paid subscription plans come with a monthly allowance of postproduction credits. See this article for complete information about the credits allowance, calculations, and purchases.
1. Navigating To Your Clips Dashboard
To access your clips dashboard:
Log into your Zencastr account.
On your Podcast Dashboard, click your avatar in the top right corner.
Select Clips Dashboard from the dropdown.
2. Creating Your Clip Profile
What Is A Clip Profile?
A clip profile is your representation of the content you are clipping. Our AI incorporates the information provided in your clip profile in its decision-making process, determining which parts of your videos to highlight and how to present them. The clip profile is also the collection that the individual clips are organized under.
Creating your Clip Profile
To create a new clip profile:
Enter your clip profile’s details in the form.
Upload your clip profile image.
Click the Create button to add.
Title
Enter a title that describes what podcast or content your clips are for.
Example if you have a podcast:
Show name and clips description, e.g. “Magnificent Animals Podcast: Conservation Clips”
Example if you’re a video creator:
Video series name and clips description, e.g. “Food Tours: Best Things I Ate Clips”
Description
Describe what you are creating and who it is for, highlighting what makes it unique.
Example of a bad description:
“A podcast about animals to raise awareness about threats to global biodiversity”
Example of a good description:
"Magnificent Animals is a podcast dedicated to exploring the awe-inspiring diversity of the world's wildlife. We aim to shed light on the profound significance of every living creature within our intricate global ecosystem and to highlight the pressing challenges they and we all confront due to climate change. This podcast is designed to be inclusive, welcoming nature enthusiasts, wildlife advocates, and anyone with even a passing interest. Our objectives are to inform, inspire, and cultivate support for essential conservation and sustainability initiatives."
Optimize Clips For
Select which social platforms you want your clips to be optimized for and posted on. Which platforms can be connected depends on your plan.
Post-Roll Link
The post-roll link is a clickable link that appears at the end of each of video clip. Set one to direct your audience to discover more about your podcast, brand, or content in another site.
None: No link appears in the post-roll
Link In Bio: Links to your Zencastr profile page, e.g.
https://zencastr.com/@[YOUR USERNAME]
Custom: Any link added by you
Post-Roll Image
An image that identifies your clip profile. This image will also be appear at the end of each video clip.
Must be a JPG, JPEG, or PNG file.
Resolution must be at least 1400 x 1400 pixels.
Recommended resolution is 3000 x 3000 pixels.
3. Selecting Videos To Clip
You can clip videos that are recorded on Zencastr or upload your own.
Selecting Videos Recorded on Zencastr
To select a video recorded on Zencastr to clip:
On your Clips Dashboard, from the Rooms tab, hover over a room.
Click the Get Clips button on the room name.
Click the tabs in the left sidebar to customize the video’s aspect ratio, layout, background, watermark, and title and caption styling.
Click the Next button at the top right of the Produce page.
On the Produce insert, under AI Generated Clips, make sure the correct aspect ratio video is selected under Short Form Clips and Social Feed Clips.
Note: If you are on the Thought Leader or ZenAI plan you can add and customize two separate videos with different aspect ratios in one clip run.
Click the Create Clips button.
Result: A message indicates that clips are processing.
Uploading Videos
To upload a video to clip:
Click Create at the top right of your Clips Dashboard.
Click Upload and upload your file.
Note: The file type must be MP4.
After the video finishes uploading and processing, click the tabs in the left sidebar to customize the video’s watermark and title and caption styling.
Click the Next button at the top right of the Produce page.
On the Produce insert, under AI Generated Clips, make sure the correct aspect ratio video is selected under Short Form Clips and Social Feed Clips.
Note: If you are on the Thought Leader or ZenAI plan you can select two different aspect ratios in one clip run.Click the Create Clips button.
Result: A message indicates that clips are processing.
4. Editing Clips
After a clip is generated, you can adjust its start and end times, edit the post title and caption, and change the title and caption styling.
Adjusting Start and End Times
To adjust the clip’s start and end times:
On your Clips Dashboard, click the Clips tab.
Click the image of the clip grouping the clip is in.
Locate the clip you want to update.
Click the pencil icon next to the clip.
On the Adjust Clip tab, click the Start Time.
Result: The clip, highlighted in green on the playbar, plays from the beginning.When the clip stops playing, click and hold the circle on the playbar and drag it to the point before or after the clip that you wish to edit the start or end time to.
Copy the timestamp and paste in into either the Start Time or End Time field.
Note: The time should be entered as hh:mm:ss.sss (hours, minutes, seconds, milliseconds).
Result: The clip boundaries, highlighted in green on the playbar, adjust.Click the play button and watch the clip again to make sure you are satisfied with the changes.
Click the Next button at the top right of the Clips page.
On the Publish insert, click the Save changes button.
Result: A message indicates that edits are in progress. Edits can take a few seconds to a few minutes to complete.
Editing the Video and Post Title
When you edit the title of the post, you also edit the title on the video itself. To edit these:
On your Clips Dashboard, click the Clips tab.
Click the image of the clip grouping the clip is in.
Locate the clip you want to update.
Click the pencil icon next to the clip.
Click the Clip Info tab.
Edit the post title.
Click the Next button at the top right of the Clips page.
On the Publish insert, review your changes.
Click the Save changes button.
Result: A message indicates that edits are in progress. Edits can take a few seconds to a few minutes to complete.
Editing the Post Caption
To edit the post caption:
On your Clips Dashboard, click the Clips tab.
Click the image of the clip grouping the clip is in.
Locate the clip you want to update.
Click the pencil icon next to the clip.
Click the Clip Info tab.
Edit the post caption.
Click the Next button at the top right of the Clips page.
On the Publish insert, review your changes.
Click the Save changes button.
Result: A message indicates that edits are in progress. Edits can take a few seconds to a few minutes to complete.
Editing the Title Styling
To adjust the title styling:
On your Clips Dashboard, click the Clips tab.
Click the image of the clip grouping the clip is in.
Locate the clip you want to update.
Click the pencil icon next to the clip.
Click the Captions tab.
Locate the title section to adjust its individual elements.
Position: Select the position of the title - top, center, or bottom of the video.
For top or bottom positions, further adjust the title’s placement using the Vertical, Left, and Right spacing sliders.
Font: Change the title’s font, size, and color.
Outline: Opt for an outline or box style for the title, modifying the outline color, size, shadow color, and shadow offset.
Click the Next button at the top right of the Clips page.
On the Publish insert, click the Save changes button.
Result: A message indicates that edits are in progress. Edits can take a few seconds to a few minutes to complete.
Editing the Caption Styling
To adjust the caption styling:
On your Clips Dashboard, click the Clips tab.
Click the image of the clip grouping the clip is in.
Locate the clip you want to update.
Click the pencil icon next to the clip.
Click the Captions tab.
Locate the caption section to adjust its individual elements.
Position: Select the position of the captions - top, center, or bottom of the video.
For top or bottom positions, further adjust the captions placement using the Vertical, Left, and Right spacing sliders.
Font: Change the caption’s font, size, and color.
Outline: Opt for an outline or box style for the captions, modifying the outline color, size, shadow color, and shadow offset.
Highlight Active Word: Toggle on/off to determine how many words display in the captions at a time.
‘Off’ displays one word at a time.
‘On’ displays two to six words at a time, highlighting the spoken (“active”) word in a different color. When selected, you can define the color and scale of the active word.
Click the Next button at the top right of the Clips page.
On the Publish insert, click the Save changes button.
Result: A message indicates that edits are in progress. Edits can take a few seconds to a few minutes to complete.
5. Downloading Clips
Once you have clicked the Create Clips button, a message indicates that your clips have been queued for generation. You can either close the Clips Dashboard or stay on it as the clips will be generated in the background and you will receive an email when they complete.
To download your clips:
On your Clips Dashboard, click the Clips tab.
Click the image of the clip grouping the clip is in.
Locate the clip you want to download.
Click the download arrow icon next to the clip.
Result: Your clip files will be zipped and then a zip file will download to your computer.
After Clipping - What’s Next?
Post your clips to social media right from your Clips Dashboard.
Embed your clips on your website.