# Clipping Guide

> Independent, practical guides to video clipping, editing, publishing, and campaign earnings. Research-based content with official sources and update dates.

## Discovery
- [JSON index](https://clippingguide.com/api/guides.json)
- [Complete text](https://clippingguide.com/llms-full.txt)
- [Editorial standards](https://clippingguide.com/about/)
- [RSS](https://clippingguide.com/rss.xml)

## Guides
- [Video Clipping Guide: What It Is and How to Start](https://clippingguide.com/guides/what-is-clipping.md): Understand video clipping, choose footage you can use, make your first edit, and publish a complete clip without losing the original context.
- [How to Start Clipping: Make Your First Video Clip](https://clippingguide.com/guides/how-to-start-clipping.md): A practical first-project walkthrough: choose authorized footage, identify one complete idea, trim it, add captions, and check the export.
- [How to Clip a Video in CapCut: A Beginner Workflow](https://clippingguide.com/guides/capcut-clipping-tutorial.md): Trim a longer recording, reframe it vertically, correct auto captions, balance speech, and review your finished CapCut export.
- [How to Find Good Moments to Clip](https://clippingguide.com/guides/find-clippable-moments.md): Use a simple selection method to find complete ideas, strong reactions, and useful demonstrations without relying on a tool's viral score.
- [How to Clip a Podcast Without Losing the Conversation](https://clippingguide.com/guides/how-to-clip-podcasts.md): Choose a complete podcast answer, keep the question when it matters, reframe multiple speakers, and make captions easy to follow.
- [Video captions: accuracy and readability](https://clippingguide.com/guides/video-captions.md): Correct automatic transcripts, choose readable caption styling, identify speakers accessibly, and keep text clear of platform controls.
- [Vertical video export settings](https://clippingguide.com/guides/vertical-video-export-settings.md): Understand aspect ratio, resolution, frame rate, and export quality. Choose settings that fit the source and verify the finished file.
- [Whop Clipping Guide: Campaigns, Submissions & Payouts](https://clippingguide.com/guides/whop-clipping-guide.md): Understand how Whop clipping campaigns work, what to check before editing, and why eligible views and approval matter more than raw views.
- [How much can clippers earn?](https://clippingguide.com/guides/clipping-earnings.md): Separate editing fees, campaign rewards, and platform monetization. Work through eligible views, payout caps, expenses, and your time.
- [Video clipping tools: choosing an editor](https://clippingguide.com/guides/clipping-tools.md): Compare manual editing, transcript-based editing, and automated clip discovery. Choose tools by your footage and needs, not an unsupported viral promise.
- [How to Measure Clip Performance Beyond Views](https://clippingguide.com/guides/measure-clip-performance.md): Use retention, completion, engagement, and editing notes to understand your clips. Compare similar posts and avoid drawing conclusions from one result.
- [Clipping permissions: what to check](https://clippingguide.com/guides/clipping-permissions.md): Check the footage, music, artwork, platform, commercial use, and creator rules before editing and posting someone else's video.
- [VTuber Clipping Guide: Context, Subtitles & Creator Rules](https://clippingguide.com/guides/vtuber-clipping-guide.md): Start clipping VTuber streams responsibly: check agency rules, preserve context, credit the VOD, handle translations carefully, and edit for the viewer.
- [CapCut captions not working: common fixes](https://clippingguide.com/guides/capcut-captions-not-working.md): Separate caption-generation, visibility, and export problems in CapCut. Check a small sample, narrow the cause, and preserve your project while troubleshooting.

## Free tools
- [Earnings calculator](https://clippingguide.com/tools/earnings-calculator/)
- [Publishing checklist](https://clippingguide.com/tools/clip-checklist/)