How do I make clips from an interview?
3 min read · Updated October 30, 2026
Choose answers that stand alone, trim the question down to what's needed for context, and caption them. Keep the clip honest: don't cut a sentence so it means something else.
Clip an interview →Honest editing
Trimming dead air is fine. Cutting words to change meaning is not. Get permission from the people in it before you publish.
In Zlayo
Auto-Clip trims dead air and filler and starts on a strong opening line. Use the editor to adjust where a clip begins and ends.
Questions
It crops to the speaker it detects; for two people, choose the 'Two people' layout in Auto-Clip, which stacks them one above the other.
Yes, add a text layer in the editor.
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