Companion Shorts for a long video
Write a text prompt around one takeaway from your existing upload and generate a new vertical companion video.
YouTube to Shorts Generator
YouTube to Shorts Generator: Create a fresh Short from text with script, visuals, voiceover, captions, and music; YouTube URL import, scoring, and clipping are not available. A 15-second video with the linked creator's default Pro settings costs 244 credits (~$1.93). Changing the video's length, media type, or resolution can change the final price.
Build a new Short from text; YouTube URL clipping is not available today.
- Start from a text prompt
- New script, visuals, voice, and captions
- Choose 9:16, 16:9, or 1:1 output
- Optional music
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Direct answer
This YouTube to Shorts generator currently creates a new short from a text prompt; it does not download or clip a YouTube URL. Reviral writes a fresh script, generates supporting visuals, adds voiceover and animated captions, and can include music. Choose 9:16 for a vertical draft, then upload it to your channel yourself.
Ways to use this tool
Fresh explanation of an old topic
Reframe the subject in your own prompt when you want a new script rather than an extracted highlight.
YouTube Shorts from article ideas
Summarise the article's angle in a text prompt and make a separate short; this route does not fetch the article itself.
Faceless channel experiments
Create a voice-and-caption-led draft when the new Short does not need footage of the channel owner.
Multi-format concept review
Preview the same written idea in 9:16, 16:9, or 1:1 before choosing how to distribute it.
How it works
Step 1
Write the new Short's topic
Describe the hook, central point, and intended viewer in text instead of pasting a YouTube link.
Step 2
Configure the new production
Choose 9:16, a script language, one of 100+ voices, a caption style, visuals, and optional music.
Step 3
Generate the short-form draft
Reviral creates a fresh script and scenes, then combines the narration, visuals, and captions into a video.
Step 4
Review and publish separately
Download the render after checking names and claims; channel upload and metadata remain outside this workflow.
Limits to know before you start
- There is no YouTube URL importer, source-video upload, transcript extraction, or automatic highlight selection on this route.
- The result is newly generated from your prompt rather than a clipped or reframed section of the original upload.
- Reviral does not connect to your channel or publish the Short for you here.
Real examples
Click any example to play it. Every clip below is an existing Reviral render.
Vertical product short
Vertical creator short
What it costs
A 15-second video with the linked creator's default Pro settings costs 244 credits (~$1.93).
Changing the video's length, media type, or resolution can change the final price.
Prices checked 14 September 2026. Cached for up to 1 hour.
Frequently asked questions
- Can I paste a YouTube URL into this tool?
- No. The linked creator accepts a text prompt and makes a new video instead of importing an existing upload.
- Does it select moments from a long video?
- No. Highlight scoring, clip selection, trimming, and automatic vertical reframing are not wired on this page.
- What does Reviral generate for the Short?
- It writes a fresh script, creates supporting scenes, adds voiceover and burned-in captions, and can add music.
- Is 9:16 output available?
- Yes. Select vertical 9:16 for a Shorts-ready frame shape; landscape 16:9 and square 1:1 are also available.
- How is this different from the YouTube Shorts generator?
- Both current routes create from text, but this page plainly documents the missing long-video conversion capability while the sibling focuses on from-scratch creation intent.
- Does the tool publish to YouTube?
- No. Download the completed video and handle channel upload, title, description, thumbnail, and disclosure review separately.
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