TikTok can use AI to turn your long video into short ones

TikTok announced three new features at its US Creator Summit yesterday. They include an update to revenue sharing for creators that offer subscriptions plus tools that can help with both the early planning stages of a video, and the process of editing longer clips into multiple shorter ones.

Smart Split is an AI-powered editing tool that can automatically edit longer videos into smaller clips. While it works with videos that are longer than a minute, TikTok suggests it’s useful for long podcast recordings or videos captured throughout an entire day by a wearable camera. You select what parts of the video you want turned into shorter clips and Smart Split will handle the rest including choosing the length, generating captions, and even reframing content vertically. It’s now available globally through the TikTok Studio Web management platform.

AI Outline is a tool designed to be used before anything is even recorded. As the name implies it uses AI to generate an outline for a video based on a prompt or by selecting a highly searched topic on the platform. The outline includes automatically generated video titles, hashtags, hooks, and script ideas, which creators can edit and refine to match their own style. But unlike Smart Split, AI Outline is getting a more limited release. It is only available starting today for TikTok creators over 18 in the US, Canada, and “select markets,” with a broader rollout happening in the coming weeks.

TikTok creators who offer a subscription fee that provides access to perks like exclusive content currently receive 70 percent of TikTok’s revenue share after fees. But creators who meet criteria including having at least 10,000 followers, 100,000 views in the last month, and who posted at least three subscription-only videos last month, will be able to unlock extra monthly rewards boosting their revenue share to up to 90 percent.