Shorts Playbook

The practical playbook for turning long episodes into short videos

Free tools, sourced guides and original data for podcasters, video creators and the editors who work with them. Every platform fact on this site links to the platform's own documentation.

Tool

Short-form specs by platform

Length, shape, resolution and safe zones for Shorts, TikTok and Reels, each with its source.

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Tool

Safe-zone checker

Drop in a frame and see which parts Meta's Reels guidance says to keep clear. Runs in your browser.

Check a frame →
Tool

Clip planner

How many clips your episodes give you a month, and how many days of posting that covers.

Plan clips →
Guide

How to clip a podcast into Shorts

The steps from a long episode to a vertical, captioned clip.

Read the guide →
Data

What podcast-clipping ads say

2,031 ads from the Meta and Google ad libraries, read on 2026-09-30.

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Directory

Clipping tools and editing services

What each one is and the prices on its own site. No rankings.

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