Make YouTube Shorts from a long video in PandaStudio
PandaStudio turns one long recording into multiple vertical Shorts by finding the strong moments, forking a 9:16 project for each, and letting you caption and polish them in a batch.
Instead of manually hunting for clippable moments, PandaStudio surfaces the strong segments of a long video, and each becomes its own vertical 9:16 project you can edit independently. Add punchy captions, zooms, and motion graphics, and the AI agent can edit each one in a proven short-form style.
In the app
- 1Open a long recording and switch the aspect ratio to 9:16 (vertical).
- 2Use the shots view to pick a strong moment, and fork it into its own short.
- 3In the forked short: reframe on the speaker, add captions, and drop a zoom on the key line.
- 4Repeat for each moment, then export each short.
Ask the AI
Open the AI chat in the editor and say any of these. The agent does the edits for you.
“Turn this talk into three engaging shorts with captions and hooks.”
“Make this into a 9:16 short, edited like a viral clip.”
“Find the best 30 seconds and cut it into a vertical short.”
CLI & MCP
Every capability is a verb, reachable from the terminal or from an MCP agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Cline, Continue, Claude Desktop).
project.set-aspect-ratio
pandastudio project.set-aspect-ratio --id=$ID --aspect=9:16
project.fork-from-shot
pandastudio project.fork-from-shot --id=$ID --shotIndex=2
Creates a new 9:16 project for that moment.