How to pull several Reels out of one long video link
Send Vizard Agent the link and ask for short Reels. Vizard Agent downloads the video, transcribes it, finds the passages that stand alone, computes where the speaker's face sits in each one, tests the crop before committing, and tracks the framing when the speaker moves.
What do you type into Vizard Agent?
One sentence is enough. Vizard Agent reads the whole transcript and decides which passages stand alone, so you do not have to specify the moments, and naming a topic only helps if you already know which part you want. Saying what the Reels are for does help, since a teaser and a tip are different passages.
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What does Vizard Agent actually do?
The reframing is more than half the job, because turning a widescreen conversation into a vertical Reel is a per-clip problem rather than a single crop setting. Centring the crop on the middle of the frame puts the speaker at the edge as often as not, so Vizard Agent measures first. In the session behind this article it:
- Downloaded the video from the link, transcribed it and reviewed the candidate clips as frame sheets, checking each passage's text and time range in the word-level timings.
- Computed the face positions and crop coordinates for each clip rather than centring blindly.
- Tested several crop angles, built the trials as images and reviewed them side by side.
- Detected the scene changes inside a clip and built a tracking crop for the one where the speaker moved across the shot.
- Re-timed the captions for each Reel independently, previewed the subtitles on frames and built the title graphics.
- Rendered both Reels at full quality and verified their levels; one probed at 1080x1920, 30fps and 54.3 seconds.
When does this not work well?
Repurposing depends on two things being true: the source has genuinely self-contained moments in it, and the original framing can be recovered into a vertical crop. A wide two-shot crops badly, burnt-in lower thirds come along, and a point that references something said earlier will not stand alone. You also need the rights: a link is not permission.
Common questions
Is a link enough? Yes. Vizard Agent downloads the video from the link and works from the file directly.
How many Reels can it get? Usually two or three from one video. Beyond that, the clips start needing context the viewer does not have.
Will the speaker stay in frame? Yes. Vizard Agent computes the face position and builds a tracking crop where the speaker moves.