Zencastr Clips is a paid feature that transforms longer-form content into several shorter video clips optimized for a variety of social media platforms. Clips supports content in English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish. With AI Clipping, Zencastr’s AI selects the best moments for you, while Manual Clipping lets you choose segments yourself.
Once you have created clips, you can connect your social media accounts and post clips directly to supported platforms from Zencastr.
Connecting social media accounts and posting to them is only available on active Grow, Scale, and Business plans. This functionality is not accessible on the trial versions of these plans.
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Before You Post - Important Points
Which social media platforms you can connect and post clips to depends on your plan.
The Grow plan allows you to post to Instagram Reels, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts.
The Scale and Business plans allow you to post to Instagram Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Facebook, LinkedIn, and X (formerly Twitter).
Auto scheduling is available on the Scale and Business plans.
Edit your clips before posting them. Once a clip is posted, edits must be made manually on the social media platforms.
Clips can only be posted once through Zencastr, so choose all desired platforms before posting. If you decide to post to additional platforms later, you’ll need to upload the clip manually, as social media platforms restrict reposting the same content.
Connecting Your Social Media Accounts
To connect your social media accounts:
On your Dashboard, click the Clips tab on the left sidebar menu.
In the ‘Destinations’ list on the right side, click the + Connect button next to the social media platform that you want to connect.
Result: You are directed to a social media authentication dashboard.
Click on Click to Link for the platform.
Log in to your social media account.
Click all authorization prompts to complete the process.
Repeat steps 4-6 for each social media platform.
Click the Close button after connecting all accounts.
Result: Your linked accounts show as “Connected” under Destinations on the Clips tab.
Posting a Clip Immediately
To post a clip to social media platforms right away:
On your Dashboard, click the Clips tab on the left sidebar menu.
Click the clip grouping that contains the clip.
Locate the clip and select or deselect social media platforms by clicking their icons above the clip title.
Selected platforms are indicated by a blue outline.
Click the +Schedule Post button below the clip.
Select Post Now.
Result: A message confirms that your clip will post within one minute. The Schedule Post button changes to Scheduled, and a clock icon appears next to each selected platform's icon. The posting date and time also appear at the bottom of the listing. Once the clip is posted, the Scheduled button changes to Published, and a green checkmark appears next to each platform where the clip was successfully posted. You may need to refresh the page to see these updates.
Scheduling a Clip to Post
To schedule a clip to post to social media platforms at a later time and/or date:
On your Dashboard, click the Clips tab on the left sidebar menu.
Click the clip grouping that contains the clip.
Locate the clip and select or deselect social media platforms by clicking their icons above the clip title.
Selected platforms are indicated by a blue outline.
Click the +Schedule Post button below the clip.
Select Custom Schedule.
Under Date, select the post date from the calendar.
Under Time, select the time to post.
Under Timezone, make sure the default timezone is correct or change it.
Click the Schedule button.
Result: A message confirms that your clip is scheduled. The Schedule Post button changes to Scheduled, and a clock icon appears next to each selected platform’s icon. The posting date and time appear at the bottom of the listing. Once the clip is posted, the Scheduled button changes to Published, and a green checkmark appears next to each platform where the clip was successfully posted.
Auto Scheduling a Clip
The auto scheduler helps maintain a consistent posting schedule by automatically setting clips to post daily at 10 AM in your local time. If a platform already has a scheduled post for that day, the next available day is selected to keep your content spaced out and engaging.
To auto schedule a clip to post to social media platforms:
On your Dashboard, click the Clips tab on the left sidebar menu.
Click the clip grouping that contains the clip.
Locate the clip and select or deselect social media platforms by clicking their icons above the clip title.
Selected platforms are indicated by a blue outline.
Click the +Schedule Post button below the clip.
Select Auto Schedule.
Result: A message confirms that your clip is scheduled. The Schedule Post button changes to Scheduled, and a clock icon appears next to each selected platform’s icon. The posting date and time appear at the bottom of the listing. Once the clip is posted, the Scheduled button changes to Published, and a green checkmark appears next to each platform where the clip was successfully posted.
Changing or Canceling a Scheduled Post
For scheduled posts, you can change when the clip will be posted or cancel the post altogether. If you cancel a post, you can change the social media platforms where you would like it to be posted by selecting/deselecting them.
Change Post Date or Time
To change the date and time a clip will post to social media platforms:
On your Dashboard, click the Clips tab on the left sidebar menu.
Click the clip grouping that contains the clip.
Locate the clip and click the Scheduled button below it.
Select Edit Schedule.
Under Date, select the post date from the calendar.
Under Time, select the time to post.
Under Timezone, make sure the default timezone is correct or change it.
Click the Schedule button.
Result: A message confirms that your clip has been rescheduled.
Cancel Post
To cancel the scheduled post:
On your Dashboard, click the Clips tab on the left sidebar menu.
Click the clip grouping that contains the clip.
Click the Scheduled button below the clip.
From the dropdown, select Cancel Schedule.
Result: A message confirms that your clip has been unscheduled. The Scheduled button reverts to Schedule Post, and the clock icons next to each platform disappear. You may need to refresh the page to see these updates.
Viewing Clips By Post Status
Clips are organized into groupings based on the date and time they were processed. Within each grouping, clips display in order of their clip rating by default.
To view clips by post status, go to the Clips tab in the left sidebar of your Dashboard and click on a clip grouping. Then click the All menu at the top right, then choose Scheduled or Posted to view clips that have been scheduled or published. To see clips that have not been posted or scheduled, select Not Scheduled or Posted.
Getting Links to Posts on Social Media
After a clip is posted, the link to the post on each social media platform becomes available on your Clips tab.
To get the link to the posts on the social media platforms:
On your Dashboard, click the Clips tab on the left sidebar menu.
Click the clip grouping that contains the clip.
Locate the clip and click the social media icons above its title.
Result: The links to the post open in new tabs.
To get the link to the post on Zencastr:
On your Dashboard, click the Clips tab on the left sidebar menu.
Click the clip grouping that contains the clip.
Click the Share Link arrow icon next to the clip.
Click the Copy button next to the link.
Archiving Clips and Removing Posts
Archiving a clip removes it from your main Clips list in Zencastr and, if it has been posted, also deletes the post from certain social media platforms. Posts on Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube Shorts, and X (formerly Twitter) will be removed automatically when the clip is archived. However, Instagram Reels and TikTok do not allow third-party apps to delete posts, so if you need to remove a clip from these platforms, you must do so directly within these platforms.
To archive a clip (and delete it from Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube Shorts, and/or X if has been posted there):
On your Dashboard, click the Clips tab on the left sidebar menu.
Click the clip grouping that contains the clip.
Locate the clip and click the Archive button below it.
Read the archive terms and type the clip name in the confirmation field.
Click the I understand, archive button.
Result: A message indicates that your clip has been archived.
