Vertical shorts from the footage you already have.
Upload a podcast episode, an interview, a talk or a handful of clips. The editor finds the strongest moments, opens each one on a hook, adds bold word-by-word captions and reframes it to 9:16, ready for YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels and TikTok.
$29 for one short, $25 each for 2–5, $22 each for 6–11 and $19 each for 12 or more. Each includes up to 5 minutes of raw footage.
1950 dinner etiquette, edited like a 2026 Short
The brief it was given
“Turn this 1950 etiquette film into one punchy vertical short. Hook in the first 2 seconds, bold captions, punch-ins on the best lines.”
It opens on the line people stop for
The editor moved the film's most absurd advice, "the women of this family owe it to the men", from the middle to the very first second, with the title and RULE #1 already on screen. No slow intro to scroll past.
A punch-in on the word that matters
The frame pushes in 1.5× exactly on "attractive", so the joke lands without a single extra graphic.
Old footage, a format people know
Each new piece of advice gets a RULE sticker, one to six, turning a 1950 classroom film into a modern listicle.
Captions you don't have to check
Word-by-word captions, highlighted in yellow and kept clear of the app buttons. All 115 words were checked against a second, independent transcription of the audio.
Timing the punchline
On "as though they are genuinely glad to see him" the picture freezes, flashes white and slowly pushes in while a record scratch cuts the music dead.
An ending that loops
"Financial matters" hits with a coin sound, and the short flows straight back into its opening line, so it loops cleanly on replay.
Source: “A Date With Your Family” (1950), Prelinger Archives · Public domain
What goes into every short.
- A hook in the first two seconds
- The strongest line moves to the front, so viewers stop scrolling before the swipe.
- The best moments, picked for you
- From a long recording the editor picks self-contained moments that make sense without the rest.
- Captions built for silent scrolling
- Bold, word by word, no more than three words at a time, and kept clear of the app's buttons and text.
- Reframed to 9:16
- Delivered at 1080×1920 with the speaker kept in frame, whatever shape your footage was.
- Motion and sound
- Punch-ins on the key lines, a music bed and a few well-placed sound effects, with the voice always on top.
- Up to 90 seconds each
- Sized for Shorts, Reels and TikTok, and mastered to -14 LUFS so it isn't quieter than the next video.
What it costs, worked out.
Exact totals from our price list. Half is paid to start, the rest after you approve the preview.
| Order | Raw footage | Total | To start |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 short | 3 min | $29 | $14.50 |
| 3 shorts from one video | 15 min | $75 | $37.50 |
| 6 shorts from a podcast | 45 min | $177 | $88.50 |
| 12 shorts from a long episode | 60 min | $228 | $114 |
From raw clips to a finished edit, without a single call.
Drop your footage
Upload the raw files from your computer. Your price appears as soon as we've read how long they are.
Pay half
A 50% deposit starts the edit. You get a private order page with a live progress bar and a time estimate.
Watch the preview
The finished edit arrives with a watermark. Ask for changes up to two times and we re-cut it.
Pay the rest, download
Happy with it? Pay the other half and the clean, full-quality file unlocks instantly.
Questions
Something else? Email support@donecut.com
How much does it cost to edit Shorts, Reels or TikToks?
$29 for one, $25 each for 2–5, $22 each for 6–11 and $19 each for 12 or more. Each short is up to 90 seconds and includes up to 5 minutes of raw footage; extra footage is $3 a minute.
How long does an edit take?
You see a live estimate before you pay, based on the real queue. Once an edit starts, real orders so far have taken between 16 minutes and about 1.5 hours of editing, depending on how much footage there is. Your order page updates as it goes.
Who actually edits my video?
An AI editor working with professional editing tools. It cuts your footage, times the captions, builds the graphics and mixes the sound, then checks its own work against your notes before you see anything. An edit that doesn't pass those checks goes to a person first.
What if I don't like the edit?
You've only paid half at that point. Two rounds of changes are included: point at the moment, say what to change, and a new preview comes back. If we can't deliver an edit at all, your deposit is refunded.
What should I upload?
Your raw footage, plus anything that helps: music, your logo, reference images or a PDF storyboard. Only the video footage is priced; everything else is free to add. Write what you want in the notes box, in your own words.
What files and sizes can I upload?
MP4, MOV, MKV, WAV, MP3, JPG, PNG, PDF and most other common formats. Up to 25 files and 25 GB per order, 10 GB per file, and up to 60 minutes of footage.
Do I keep the rights to my video?
Yes. Your footage and the finished video are yours. We use your files only to make your edit, never to train AI, and delete the raw footage 30 days after delivery.