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Free online clip editor
Trim, crop to vertical, add text and captions, and export MP4, right in your browser. Your video is never uploaded.
Limits: source up to 2 GB and 60 minutes · exported clip up to 3 minutes · up to 1080p. Everything runs on your device.
How to edit a video online
- 01
Open your video
Drop an MP4, MOV or WebM file on the editor, or click to choose one. It opens instantly because nothing is uploaded.
- 02
Trim and frame it
Drag the handles to cut the clip, then pick 9:16, 1:1, 4:5 or 16:9 and drag the picture to frame the shot, or fit it over a blurred background.
- 03
Add text and captions
Type a hook, place it anywhere, and add captions by hand or generate them on your device with a speech model.
- 04
Export and post
Export an MP4 up to 1080p, rendered in your browser, and download it for TikTok, YouTube Shorts or Instagram Reels.
Everything a short clip needs
Trim to the moment
Frame-accurate start and end points, keyboard shortcuts and a zoomed timeline for long recordings.
Vertical in one click
9:16, 1:1, 4:5 and 16:9 presets. Crop and pan, zoom in, or fit the whole picture over a blur.
Text overlays
Up to three text boxes with bold fonts, outline, shadow or box looks, shown for the whole clip or part of it.
Captions
Three clean caption styles. Type them yourself or transcribe English speech right in your browser.
Speed and volume
0.5× to 2× without chipmunk voices, plus volume and mute.
Private by design
Your video is edited and exported on your device. It is never uploaded to a server, so there is nothing to delete.
// salvo
Clipping a whole stream or podcast?
Salvo watches the full recording, finds the moments worth posting, cuts them vertical with animated captions, and schedules them to TikTok, YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels.
- AI clip finder for VODs and podcasts
- Animated word-by-word captions
- Auto-reframe on faces
- Music, B-roll and AI animations
- Hook writing and A/B tests
- Scheduling across all your accounts
Questions
Is this clip editor really free?
Yes. Trimming, cropping, text, captions, speed and exporting are free with no account and no time limit. There is no watermark on your video.
Do you upload my video?
No. The editor runs entirely in your browser: your file is read from your device, edited in this tab and exported on your computer or phone. It never reaches our servers.
What are the limits?
Source videos up to 2 GB and 60 minutes, and exported clips up to 3 minutes at up to 1080p. Everything happens in your browser's memory, so these limits keep it fast on ordinary laptops and phones.
Which formats can I open and export?
Anything your browser can play: MP4 (H.264) works everywhere, MOV and WebM in most browsers. Exports are MP4; a few older browsers that can't encode MP4 save a WebM file instead.
How do I make a video vertical for TikTok, Reels or Shorts?
Open the video, choose 9:16 under Format, then drag the picture to keep the subject in frame, or choose “Fit + blur” to keep the whole picture over a blurred background. Export and upload the MP4.
How do automatic captions work without uploading?
When you click Generate captions, your browser downloads a small Whisper speech model (about 50 MB, once) from Hugging Face and transcribes the clip's audio on your device. You can then edit every caption.
Which browsers are supported?
The latest Chrome, Edge, Safari and Firefox on desktop and mobile. Chrome and Edge export fastest; browsers without the WebCodecs API record the export in real time instead.
What do I get with a Salvo account?
Salvo finds the best moments in whole streams, podcasts and long videos for you, adds animated word-by-word captions, auto-reframes on faces, adds music and B-roll, writes hooks and schedules posts to TikTok, YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels.