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Getting started with clips

Schedulin's clipping tool takes a long-form video or podcast and pulls out the moments worth posting — captioned, vertically framed, and ready to schedule.

This article walks through your first project end-to-end.

Before you start

You need:

  • An active Schedulin account with available AI credits. A cost estimate is shown before the project starts and is deducted up front; any unused balance is refunded once rendering finishes.
  • A source file: MP4, MOV, MP3, or WAV. Longer sources cost more to transcribe — most users start with a 20–60 minute episode.

Step 1 — Open the clipping studio

From your dashboard, go to Studio → Clips → New project. You can also navigate directly to /studio/clips/new.

Step 2 — Upload your source

Drop in your video or audio file. We upload directly to storage, so very large files (1–2 GB) are fine. While the upload runs, you can set the project name and pick how many clips you want (default 8).

Step 3 — Confirm the estimate and start

Schedulin shows an estimated cost based on source length and your chosen clip count. Once you confirm, four stages run in order:

  1. Transcribe — Deepgram Nova-3 generates a word-level transcript.
  2. Find highlights — Claude reads the transcript and proposes the most clip-worthy moments.
  3. Face-detect (optional) — if enabled, we track speakers so the vertical crop follows the person on screen. Without face detection, clips center-crop.
  4. Render — each clip renders on Remotion Lambda with burned-in karaoke captions.

You can leave the page during this — the project keeps running in the background. The project view updates as each clip finishes.

Step 4 — Review your clips

Each clip shows:

  • The video with captions burned in
  • The transcript for that segment
  • A score from the highlight model with a short reason

You can rename a clip, edit its caption, or delete clips you don't want.

Step 5 — Schedule or download

For any clip:

  • Send to scheduler — opens the post composer with the clip pre-attached. Pick channels (TikTok, Reels, Shorts, etc.) and a time.
  • Download — grab the MP4 to use elsewhere.

That's it. Your first project is done.

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