Guides
How-to guides for the questions people ask about short video, Hebrew captions and editing with AI. Each one holds for any tool. Each ends with one section on where ion fits, and where it doesn't.
How to turn a podcast into short clips for Reels, Shorts and TikTok
How to cut a video podcast into short clips: picking moments that stand alone, vertical framing, burned-in captions, a title on top, checking every pick, and your guests' consent.
How to make clips from a live stream on Twitch, Kick or YouTube
Turning a live stream into short clips and highlights: working from the past broadcast, the rights to someone else's stream, webcam and screen layouts, finding the moments, and wide highlights beside vertical shorts.
Hebrew captions for Reels, TikTok and Shorts that read right
Why Hebrew captions come out backwards, how to check them (punctuation, numbers, @handles, prices), how to fix them in any tool, and where to place them on the screen.
Automatic Hebrew subtitles: how to get them right, and how to fix them
How to get better automatic Hebrew subtitles: recording so speech is recognised, proofreading in two passes, find and replace for words that keep coming out wrong, and exporting SRT for YouTube.
How to edit a talking-head video with AI, in Hebrew
How to film and edit a talking-head video with AI: framing, light and sound, a hook and one point, cutting the umms, captions and graphics, music under the voice, and a last check on a phone.
Editing a video by editing its text
What text-based video editing is, a workflow for it (delete words, fix captions, move graphics, keep versions), and when a timeline is still the better tool.
How to make a UGC ad for a product
How a UGC product ad is built (hook, problem, product in use, offer, ask), the shot list, writing several hooks to test, keeping it short, and the creator's rights and disclosure.
How to make a voice-over video from footage without talking
How to make a voice-over video: shooting b-roll on purpose, writing the narration to the shots, recording your voice, cutting to the beat with music under the voice, or a montage with no talking.
What video editing costs in Israel: an editor, a freelancer, or AI
What changes the price of editing a short video, how to compare quotes (per finished video, with VAT, revision rounds, delivery time), the hidden costs, and a worked example with ion's own prices.
How to post the same short to Reels, TikTok and Shorts
One vertical master for all three apps: the frame size, a safe area for text, each platform's length limit from its own help pages, captions burned in plus SRT for YouTube, and scheduling.
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