Turn images, clips and voice into a finished vertical video with guided Story and Beat workflows, local captions, scene direction, covers and publishing tools — in one Windows app.
Caption workflow
01ShortmakerCS can transcribe a local video, build word-timed captions, flag sections that deserve attention, let you correct or re-transcribe the problem spots, then render the result without replacing your source video.
Create a canonical caption timeline from the video's audio with local Whisper-based transcription.
Caption Health separates clean captions from sections that may need checking, fixing or re-transcription.
Choose presets, density, motion, spoken-word highlighting, placement, type, outline, shadow and safe-zone behavior.
Fine-tune word timing when needed, then burn captions into a new MP4 or export SRT/VTT sidecars.
Made with Shortmaker
The product only matters if the finished Short is better. Compare real source material with the finished output, then inspect the workflow that gets it there.
Bring in the media, shape the story, direct the moments, add captions and finish with a cover and publish review. Shortmaker keeps those steps connected instead of scattering them across separate tools.
Real source set
Drag across the preview to reveal the source and finished Short at the same moment. When the source motion preview is present, both sides stay synchronized automatically.
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Story workflow
03Start with what the viewer should understand. Bring in the media, lock the voice and pacing, preview the result and follow the next useful step instead of configuring everything at once.
Scene Director
04Choose the focus, shape motion and depth, add atmosphere and place effects on the real scene timeline. The point is not more controls — it is giving a static scene a directed visual intention.
Beat workflow
05Beat mode uses music analysis, markers and creator direction to distribute media around the rhythm, then gives you a focused place to refine the result before render.
One connected creator flow
ShortmakerCS keeps the creative decisions connected so you can move from source media to a finished Short without rebuilding the project in another editor just to finish it.
Publish-ready workflow
06Choose a strong frame, work on cover options, review post details and prepare the upload from the same creator flow. YouTube publishing is integrated for creators who want to use it.
Cover tools
Caption transcription and review are designed around local processing rather than sending your source video to a Shortmaker server.
ShortmakerCS uses Direct3D 11 and Media Foundation paths for performance-focused preview and render work.
Story, Beat, Scene Director, captions and result review are connected around persistent local project state.
The current ShortmakerCS purchase is €29 once through Lemon Squeezy.
ShortmakerCS
Story and Beat workflows, Caption Editor, Scene Director, cover and publish tools, project persistence and ongoing product updates.
Before you buy
No. The current purchase is a one-time €29 payment through Lemon Squeezy.
ShortmakerCS is a Windows desktop application. The current technical baseline targets Windows 10 build 19041 or newer.
Yes. The current caption workflow prepares the video's audio and uses the local Whisper transcription bridge to create the caption timeline. Optional online integrations are separate.
Yes. You can edit text, split and merge captions, review flagged sections, re-transcribe a selection, adjust word timing, style the captions and export a new captioned video or SRT/VTT files.
No. The caption render workflow creates a new MP4 and explicitly protects the source file from being used as the output path.
ShortmakerCS checks the public update manifest for newer releases. Existing customers can download updated builds from their Lemon Squeezy purchase.
ShortmakerCS
From first media to reviewed captions and publish-ready output — in one connected creator workflow.