The Clipy journal

Make a better next file.

Practical guides to video, audio, images and subtitles, with clear steps and useful checks before you export.

27 guides

Subtitles

How to translate a video

Turn the speech in a video into subtitles in another language, keep every timing intact, and check the translated words before you export.

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Subtitles

Transcribing Indian languages: a practical review guide

How to transcribe Hindi and Hinglish speech, judge the transcript yourself, and fix the places where machine output usually needs a human.

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Speech recognition

Why word timings need a human check

Speech models predict when each word starts and ends, and real speech pushes back. Where timestamps drift and how to review them before you export.

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Subtitles

How to add subtitles to a TikTok video

Generate subtitles for a short video, review them line by line, and either burn them into the MP4 or upload the exported file with your post.

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Subtitles

How to add subtitles to Instagram Reels

Generate captions for a Reel, clean them up in the editor, and export burned-in MP4 captions or an SRT you can attach when you post.

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Subtitles

How to add subtitles to YouTube Shorts

Create subtitles for a Short, review the timing, and export burned-in captions or an SRT file, then upload the finished MP4 yourself.

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Subtitles

Best subtitle fonts for social media

Which fonts hold up on a phone screen, how Clipy's bundled fonts and three caption styles map to that, and how to size text for vertical video.

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Formats

SRT vs VTT: the difference

What separates the two subtitle formats, when each one fits, and how to export either from the same transcript without redoing your work.

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Formats

Burned-in subtitles vs soft subtitles

One is painted into the frames, the other rides alongside as a file. How each works, what each costs you, and how to produce both.

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Subtitles

Making a video easier to follow with captions

Why captions change how people watch, what good captions actually do, and a practical path from raw video to reviewed on-screen text.

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Speech recognition

What is Whisper, the speech recognition model?

OpenAI's open-source speech recognition model explained: what it does, how it approaches transcription, and where Clipy's own transcription differs.

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Subtitles

Making video captions useful for accessibility

What accessible captions need beyond raw transcription, how to add speaker and sound information by hand, and how to check the result.

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Video

How to compress a video for email

Get a video small enough to attach and send, with the right format for the recipient, and without wrecking the picture to get there.

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Video

How to reduce a video file size

What actually makes a video file large, which levers shrink it, and how to use Clipy's compressors to hit a size without guessing.

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Video

How to Trim Video Without Losing Quality

Fast keyframe cuts keep every original byte; accurate reencoding reaches the exact frame. Learn which trim mode fits your cut.

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Video

How to Make a GIF From a Video

Turn a short clip into a looping GIF in your browser: pick a tight moment, set width and frame rate, and know what the format changes.

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Video

How to Convert Video to GIF for Social Media

Prepare a clip for feeds, replies and group chats: choose the beat, size the frame, control palette artifacts and keep the loop snappy.

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Video

MP4 vs WebM: Which Video Format Should You Use?

Containers, codecs and compatibility explained plainly, with a practical rule for when MP4 is the safer export and when WebM earns its keep.

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Audio

How to Convert a Voice Memo to MP3

Save a phone recording as MP3, M4A or WAV in your browser, understand what each format changes, and keep the voice clear.

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Audio

How to Convert WhatsApp Voice Notes to MP3

Save a WhatsApp voice note, convert it in your browser to MP3 for archiving, sharing or transcription prep, and keep it clean.

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Audio

MP3 vs WAV vs M4A: Which Audio Format Do You Need?

Lossy and lossless audio explained through the three formats people actually ship, with a decision path for sharing, archiving and editing.

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Image

How to Convert HEIC to JPG on Windows

Open iPhone HEIC photos on a Windows PC by converting them locally in your browser to JPG, with no installation and no uploads.

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Image

How to Remove a Background From an Image for Free

Cut a subject out of its background with a local AI model in your browser, get a transparent PNG, and rescue tricky edges by hand.

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Image

How to Compress Images Without Losing Quality

Shrink photos for the web by choosing the right format and quality level, and know exactly what compression can and cannot preserve.

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Image

Image Compression Explained

What actually happens when an image gets smaller: pixels, lossy and lossless encodings, artifacts, and how to pick the right tradeoff.

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Image

How to Resize an Image to a Specific Size

Hit exact pixels, exact percentages or an exact file size cap, and keep the result sharp instead of stretched.

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Video

Best Free Video Tools With No Sign-Up

A practical tour of the video, audio and image utilities you can use right now in the browser: trim, compress, convert and caption without an account.

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