Free Tools for Creators
Small tools for the fiddly parts of making and publishing videos. They run in your browser, need no account, and nothing you type or open is sent anywhere.
Writing
How long a script takes to read aloud, and how many words fit 30 s, 60 s or 3 minutes.
Split a long story into Part 1, 2, 3 that each fit a short video, breaking on cliffhangers.
Turn a Reddit post into a clean narration script: no markdown, links or edits, shorthand spelled out.
Opening lines in six proven styles for TikTok, Shorts and Reels.
Short-form video ideas by niche, from storytime and horror to money and tech.
Ready-made questions for quiz videos and streams, with answers.
Highlight words that often limit ads or reach, with advice on wording and context.
Titles, descriptions and tags
Title ideas for a topic, built on patterns that work, with a length check.
See where your title gets cut off, check its length, and catch common problems.
One caption against TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, X, Threads and LinkedIn limits at once.
See what viewers read before "more", and check length, hashtags and chapters.
Turn topics into hashtags and check them against YouTube, TikTok and Instagram's rules.
Count tags the way YouTube does and stay under the 500-character limit.
Format chapter timestamps and check them against YouTube's rules before you publish.
Get a correctly formatted Creative Commons credit for a description, a website or on-screen text.
Captions and subtitles
Convert subtitles, shift their timing and split long lines.
Timed subtitles from a script and the length of the recording.
Video and images
Length, resolution, shape and frame rate checked for Shorts, TikTok, Reels and YouTube.
See which parts of a vertical video TikTok, Shorts and Reels cover with their buttons.
Preview a thumbnail at the sizes viewers see, in black and white, and check the limits.
Fit an image to thumbnail, vertical, square or portrait sizes without black bars.
Step frame by frame and save the exact frame as a full-resolution image.
Recording and sound
Read to camera from any screen at the speed you set, with mirror mode.
Read a passage aloud and get your words per minute against narration and Shorts pace.
Measure loudness and peak the way platforms do, against YouTube and short-form targets.
Planning
Want to skip the manual steps entirely? InkSlop turns a script into a finished video with captions, credits and scheduling to YouTube and TikTok. Try the creator.