A clipping tool cuts a video you have already filmed into short clips and leaves the rest to you: shooting beforehand, sorting, posting afterwards. A video studio such as Dailies Studio starts from your calls and delivers finished shorts, which it publishes for you at the time you chose.
So the difference is not in the cutting, which both do. It is in what happens before and after.
What does a clipping tool do?
A clipping tool takes a video file: a filmed podcast episode, a webinar, a live stream, a talk, a video from your channel. It spots the strong moments, reframes them vertically, adds captions and offers you a set of clips.
What it does well:
- it works on any source, as long as it is a video;
- it costs little compared with a studio or an agency;
- it leaves you in control of every cut, every caption, every export.
What it leaves to you:
- producing the long video in the first place, so shooting or recording it;
- sorting the clips on offer and adjusting the ones you keep;
- exporting, writing the post, publishing, network by network;
- keeping up the pace, week after week.
If you already have the material and the time, it is a very good tool. If you have neither, it has nothing to cut.
What does a video studio like Dailies Studio do?
Dailies Studio starts earlier and finishes later.
Earlier, because it produces the material itself: the extension records the calls you hold in Chrome, on Google Meet, Microsoft Teams or Zoom. You have nothing to shoot, download or import.
Later, because it goes all the way to publishing: it reads the whole call, keeps up to eight passages that share real value, edits them in 9:16 on whoever is speaking, cuts the silences, adds captions in your template, drafts the post for each network, then publishes each short on the day and at the time you scheduled.
In between, one step is yours: choosing what goes out.
The difference, step by step
| Step | Clipping tool | Dailies Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Where the video comes from | A video you shot or recorded | Your calls, recorded in Chrome |
| Shooting | Up to you | None: the call happens anyway |
| Choosing the passages | Clips on offer, to sort | Up to eight shorts per call, to keep or leave |
| Editing and captions | Automatic, to adjust | Automatic, in your template or brand style |
| The post’s text | To write | Drafted for each network, to take up |
| Publishing | Yours to do | Scheduled by you, done by Dailies Studio |
When is a clipping tool enough?
More often than you might think. A clipping tool is the right choice if:
- you already produce long videos: a filmed podcast, webinars, a YouTube channel, talks;
- you enjoy editing, or someone on your team takes care of it;
- your budget is tight: software costs far less than a studio;
- you hold few calls, or calls nothing can come out of;
- your calls are in another language than English or French, the only two Dailies Studio handles.
In those cases, paying a studio for calls you do not hold makes no sense.
When is a studio worth its price?
A studio such as Dailies Studio makes sense when the problem is not cutting, but having something to cut and the time to deal with it:
- you have no long videos and do not want to shoot any;
- you hold calls all week, with clients or prospects;
- you want regularity not to depend on willpower: the more calls you have, the more shorts you get;
- you would rather approve than make: watch, keep, schedule, and nothing else.
That is the case of many consultants, coaches and trainers: they already give their best advice on calls.
Can you use both?
Yes, without overlap. They do not work on the same material: Dailies Studio only takes the calls it records itself, and does not edit a video you already have. Your podcast or webinar goes through a clipping tool, your calls through Dailies Studio.
What Dailies Studio does not do
To keep the comparison honest:
- it does not cut up an existing video;
- it only produces vertical shorts, 30 to 90 seconds long, not long videos;
- it only records in Chrome, on a computer, not calls held in a desktop app or on a phone;
- it only handles calls in English or French.
And it does not spare you one step: telling your guests the call is being recorded, since it records from your browser and not with the platform’s own recorder. We have written how to tell them.
Key takeaways
- A clipping tool cuts the video you give it; shooting and publishing stay with you.
- A studio such as Dailies Studio starts from your calls and goes all the way to publishing.
- If you already have long videos and the time, a clipping tool is all you need.
- If you have neither material nor time, but calls all week, a studio does the work.
To find out what would suit your calls, What is Dailies Studio? says what it does and does not do, and the team can talk it through with you in thirty minutes.