The first versioned release: the platform as it ran in production on 2026-10-03. Later sections list only what changed since.
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Make clips from a video
- Paste a YouTube link (up to 2 hours) or upload a video file (up to 2 GB). Auk transcribes every word with its timing, finds the moments that work on their own, and cuts each into a vertical 9:16 clip with captions. Clips appear on the project page one by one, you can close the tab, and Auk emails you when they are ready.
- Each clip has a title, topic tags and a score from 0 to 100. Moments that mostly repeat another are skipped.
- Optional settings before you start: video type, spoken language (detected automatically from the first minutes by default), clip length, a caption style or a saved template, and a section of the video to process so you pay only for that part.
- The Clips page lists clips from all your projects, with search, a project filter and favorites. The clip player shows the transcript, with a copy button, and moves between clips with the arrow keys.
- A failed project picks up where it stopped when you retry it. A blocked YouTube download offers an upload instead.
Framing that follows the speaker
- Auk finds the faces in each shot, matches them to the audio to tell who is talking, and moves the crop with that person, starting fresh at every cut.
- Layouts are chosen shot by shot: Single, Fit (the whole frame, for slides, screen recordings and b-roll), Split, Three and Four. Facecam and a floating picture-in-picture box are available in the editor.
- The Reframe window lets you change a segment's layout, drag each box onto the right person, and put a person, a video or an image in any box.
Captions
- Twelve caption styles with word highlight: Minimal, Blur Slam, Karaoke Fill, One Word, Stack Punch, Highlighter, Classic Red, Sticker Tilt, Reveal, Candy Pill, Neon and Paper Card. Switching style keeps your words and timing.
- Pick a style for the whole project, change it for one clip, or save it in a template for every project.
- Size, position, words per group and text case are adjustable per clip.
The Auk Editor
- A frame-accurate timeline with a playhead that snaps, a blade that cuts at the playhead, a right-click menu, a quick toolbar, per-clip volume, a playback bar, and undo.
- Transcript panel: retype a misheard word, search the transcript, split the clip at a word, or delete a word, which cuts its sound and picture and can be added back later.
- Remove silences and Remove fillers (um, uh, "you know", repeated words) as toggles that never split the clip into pieces.
- Text overlays with ready-made title and text templates.
- B-roll on a Single layout and inside Reframe.
- Motion as objects on the timeline, with ten motions you drag onto a clip. Transitions at cuts and effect pieces on any object.
- A phone layout for the editor, review, captions, titles and publishing below 720 pixels.
Export and publish
- Download any clip as a 1080 by 1920 MP4 at 30 frames per second with captions, text, crop and layout burned in, from the clip player or from Publish in the editor. Exporting is free and as often as you like. Earlier renders stay listed under Older versions.
- Publish to TikTok, YouTube Shorts or Instagram Reels from the same sheet.
Credits
- One credit per minute of source video (rounded to the nearest minute, minimum 1), charged once when you start. Clips, edits, downloads and publishing are free.
- The cost and your balance show before you press Make clips. Once Auk has measured the video, any difference is settled and shown in your history.
- If a project fails, every credit it charged comes back automatically.
- Credits are granted by an admin.
Around the app
- A Help Center at /help with step-by-step articles and TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts video specs.
- Privacy Policy and Terms pages.
- A redesigned landing page, and a theme that follows your system until you pick one.
- Moving between sections of the app no longer reloads the whole page.