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Reel maker

Put videos and pictures together into one reel or short for Instagram, TikTok or YouTube Shorts: trim, reorder, change speed and export, on your device. Free, with no account or uploads.

What are you making?

Choose where it is going: the reel takes that shape and size. You can change it later.

A size of your own

From 240 to 4096 pixels a side.

A little help along the way

Follow the steps below. Every option is explained underneath.

  1. Choose where it is goingInstagram Reel, TikTok, YouTube Shorts and others: the reel takes that platform's shape and size. Or type a size of your own.
  2. Add your videos and picturesThe editor opens over the page. Drop them on the reel or add them from Media on the left. They go on the end of the reel in the order you add them; videos can be of any length.
  3. Arrange and trimPress a clip in the timeline under the reel: the panel on the right shows its part, speed, fit and sound, and moves it earlier or later. Split a clip at the playhead. With no clip chosen, the right panel sets the reel's shape and how every clip fills it.
  4. ExportPress Export at the top right, choose MP4 or WebM, the size, frames a second and quality, then Export the reel. It is checked before you download it.
Every option explained
Fill
The picture fills the reel; whatever does not fit the shape is cut off at the sides.
Whole, blurred behind
The whole picture, with a blurred, darkened copy of it filling the space around it, as on Reels and TikTok.
Whole, colour behind
The whole picture on the reel's background colour.
Zoom
The minus and plus at the top make the reel smaller or larger on the screen; Fit puts it back. It does not change the video.
Speed
From a quarter to four times as fast. The sound keeps its pitch.
Position
Press the reel to choose the clip shown, then drag its picture to move it or pull a corner to make it larger or smaller; it lines up with the reel's edges and middle (hold Alt not to). With the picture chosen, the arrow keys move it and plus and minus size it. Centre it again from the clip's settings.
Trim handles
The chosen clip has a handle at each end in the timeline: drag one, or use the arrow keys on it (a frame, or a second with Shift), to start or end the clip later or sooner. One drag is one step to undo.
Keys: watching
Space or K: Play or pause. ←: Back one frame. →: On one frame. Shift + ←: Back 1 s. Shift + →: On 1 s. Home: Go to the start. End: Go to the end. They work while the editor is open and no field has the focus.
Keys: clips
S: Split the clip at the playhead. [: Start the chosen clip at the playhead. ]: End the chosen clip at the playhead. ,: Move the chosen clip earlier. .: Move the chosen clip later. Delete or Backspace: Remove the chosen clip. Esc: Put the clip down (the editor closes when none is chosen). They work while the editor is open and no field has the focus.
Keys: editing and the view
Ctrl or ⌘ + Z: Undo. Ctrl or ⌘ + Shift + Z or Ctrl or ⌘ + Y: Redo. =: Zoom in. -: Zoom out. 0: Fit the reel to the window. ?: Show these keys. They work while the editor is open and no field has the focus.
Read the step-by-step guide