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.
A four-minute creator talk, cut into one Short with motion graphics
The brief it was given
“Make one premium 30–45 second vertical Short from my talking-head clip; the other five clips are b-roll you can cut to. Hook in the first 2 seconds. Go big on motion graphics: an animated title, kinetic word-by-word captions, animated stat callouts and icons timed to what I say, smooth punch-ins and transitions, b-roll cutaways, light effects like glows and light leaks, and sound design on every hit. Keep my face clear of graphics.”
A hook that counts
"Why you should shoot in 4K" builds in, and a stat card counts up to 1,000,000,000 watch hours on TVs a day, with the source he quotes, YouTube's CEO, on screen.
A slam on the big number
When he repeats "1 billion watch hours", the frame punches in with a flash and the stat card pulses, so the number lands twice.
B-roll on the point
On "content on televisions" it cuts away to someone watching TV at home, and animated chips name where people watch: families, living rooms, bedrooms.
Show, don't tell
1080p and 4K cards with their real pixel counts, a "4× the detail" badge, and a red stamp on "it's not going to display the best".
A lens snapping into focus
Camera b-roll is held soft and snaps sharp exactly on "sharper", with the words SHARPER and CLEARER animating in.
An end card that loops
"Shoot in 4K" slams in with a light leak, and the cut flows straight back into the opening hook when the Short replays.
Source: “Tips for Small Vlog Channels”, hey, it's mikee (YouTube) · CC BY 3.0, edited · b-roll from Mixkit (free license)
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, our test orders and sample edits 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 isn't released to you.
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 stays yours, and the finished video is yours once it's paid for in full. We use your files only to make your edit, never to train AI, and delete the raw footage 30 days after delivery.
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