Stop clipping.
Start retention
editing.

AI clipping tools grab the quotable line. Cutform builds the reason people keep watching. It pulls the hook, tension, and payoff from across your episode, then stitches them into clips designed to hold attention to the end.

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Why your clips flatline at 200 views.

Most clipping tools do the same lazy thing. They scan for one “great moment,” yank 60 seconds around it, and call it a clip.

But a random chunk of your podcast is not short-form video. No hook. No arc. No reason for a stranger to keep watching.

Every clip dies the same quiet death — while some podcast half your size racks up a million views on a single reel.

Your content was never the problem.
It was the edit.

Great clips aren’t found.
They’re built.

The best moment in your episode is rarely a neat 60-second chunk. A great editor pulls the hook from minute 41, the tension from minute 3, and the payoff from minute 22 — then stitches them into a single clip engineered to hold attention from first frame to last.

That’s retention editing. And until now, it required hiring someone who costs more per month than your mic setup.

Clipping tools

Random chunk. No arc. Weak retention.

Retention editing

Four moments. One arc. High retention.

“A soundbite gives people a moment.”

“An edit gives them a reason to keep watching.”

Meet your
retention editor.

We built Cutform to give every podcaster the edge that six‑figure shows pay editors for. It’s not another clipping tool. It’s a retention editor that makes editorial decisions: where to start, what context to pull in, when to create tension, and where the payoff should land.

Your best clip is already hiding inside your last episode. Let Cutform build it.

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Yes, it does all that too.

The features everyone else leads with? They’re just our starting line.

AI Captions
Speaker Tracking
Smart Reframing
Vertical Export
Publish Anywhere
WHAT YOU GET

Everything a real editor would do, built in.

Cutform handles the edit, captions, framing, and export, but the real difference is taste. Every clip is built to hold attention, not just fill a content calendar.

01 Edit structure

Built like an edit, not a highlight.

Most tools grab one timestamp. Cutform builds clips from multiple moments across the episode: hook, context, tension, payoff. The result feels intentional, not randomly extracted.

Multi-moment edits Hook → arc → payoff Built for retention
02 Caption pacing

Captions that help people keep watching.

Captions aren’t decoration. They carry the pace of the clip. Cutform adds word-level captions styled for vertical video, so the edit feels native to TikTok, Reels, and Shorts.

Word-level sync Vertical-first Scroll-native styling
03 Visual focus

Framing that feels human.

Bad crops make clips feel cheap. Cutform tracks speakers, reframes the shot, and keeps the visual focus where it should be, so the clip feels produced instead of auto-generated.

Speaker tracking Smart reframing Clean transitions
04 Final delivery

Exported for the feed.

No timeline cleanup. No reformatting. No second app. Cutform gives you polished 9:16 clips ready for review and posting wherever your audience already watches.

9:16 export Platform-ready Ready for review

One episode in, edited clips out — built with the judgment most tools leave to you.

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SEE IT IN ACTION

Here's what Cutform actually builds.

Each clip below was generated from a full podcast episode. The timeline shows exactly where each part came from.

Source episode: 2hr 04min · Interview
19:1519:4520:1520:4521:1521:45
WHAT CUTFORM BUILT

Opens at 21mins on the £10K sitting-in-the-account hook, then rewinds to 19mins for the course idea. From there it jumps through the Twitter launch, 356 sign-ups, price doubling, and the money-back guarantee before landing on the $350K first cohort, compressing nine source scenes into a 39s clip.

Source episode: 1hr 36min · Interview
13:4014:0014:2014:4015:00
WHAT CUTFORM BUILT

Opens at 13mins 54secs on the contradiction: he is brilliant at listening to strangers, but appalling with friends and family. It then rewinds to 13mins 41secs for the accusation that exposed the blind spot, before moving forward through the unused skill set, the awareness moment, learning to hold space, and the warning that some people only learn after a breakup, compressing ten source scenes into a 58s clip.

Source episode: 1hr 51min · Interview
1:43:201:45:201:47:201:49:201:51:20
WHAT CUTFORM BUILT

Uses the shorter alternative-hook cut: it opens on the thesis from 1hr 43mins — naming your fear lets you defang it — then rewinds to 1hr 43mins for the anxiety setup. From there it jumps through the fear-setting framework at 1hr 46mins, 1hr 47mins, 1hr 48mins, and 1hr 51mins, compressing seven source scenes into a 40s lesson.

FAQ

Questions we’d ask too.

How is Cutform different from Opus Clip?

Opus Clip and similar tools are clippers — they find a single interesting moment and extract it. Cutform is an editor. It maps your entire episode’s narrative structure, identifies the strongest moments across the full runtime, and stitches them into clips with a hook, arc, and payoff. The result isn’t a soundbite — it’s a constructed piece of short-form content built for retention.

What video formats do you support?

We accept MP4, MOV, and MKV files. Audio-only formats (MP3, WAV, M4A) work too. Any length, any resolution — just upload and we handle the rest.

Does it work for conversational episodes?

Yes — conversational podcasts are actually where Cutform shines most. We detect emotional beats, disagreements, storytelling arcs, and moments of genuine surprise across both speakers. The messier and more natural the conversation, the more material we have to build great clips from.

How long does processing take?

Around 20 minutes on average. You’ll get an email when your clips are ready.

Is early access actually free?

Yes. No credit card, no trial timer, no catch. We’re building Cutform with creators and your feedback is what we need most right now. Upload an episode and get your clips — that’s it.

Your content was never the problem.

Your best clips are already inside your episodes. Cutform finds the arc, builds the edit, and gives you clips built to hold attention to the end.

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