UGC Explainer
The full short-form edit: slot captions over seven hard-cut plates, from the mosaic hook to the closing card.
What UGC Explainer does to your footage
This is the whole short-form edit, not just the captions. It uses the Slot Captions system and adds seven full-screen plates. It opens on a packed mosaic that pulls back and swaps its whole contents in one frame. In the middle it has a product card, a white plate that builds a sentence word by word, a chat surface that changes state, and a wall of cards receding into blur. It closes on a browser card that hard-sets at full size and settles.
- The Slot Captions system, with its four emphasis levels and one red ramp.
- A gapless mosaic hook that pulls back and churns.
- A product card that scales down and gets cut before it settles.
- A white plate that builds one sentence word by word, ending in a serif italic with a hand-drawn underline.
- A defocus that takes the picture out and brings it back in a new pose.
- One-frame hard cuts everywhere. Never a crossfade, never a fade to black.
A real cut in this style
This clip was edited by Clypmint in the UGC Explainer style. It is not a mockup.
What footage suits UGC Explainer
- A product demo or an app walkthrough.
- UGC ads and creator content.
- A vertical take between 20 seconds and 3 minutes.
What UGC Explainer will not do
Vertical only. It expects a product or a screen to show, because several plates are built for one.
How to edit a video in the UGC Explainer style
- Upload your footage. Drop in the recording you already made. Clypmint transcribes it and finds where the usable takes are.
- Pick UGC Explainer. Choose UGC Explainer from the style picker. Its whole editing grammar comes with it.
- Let it cut. Clypmint cuts the dead air, sets the captions the way UGC Explainer sets them, and places that style's graphics on the beats where they belong.
- Change it in a sentence. Tell the Director what to change. It edits the timeline you already have rather than starting over.
- Export it. Download the finished file. On a paid plan there is no mark on it.
How long should my footage be?
UGC Explainer is built for footage between 20 seconds and 3 minutes. Shorter than that and the style has no room to put its devices anywhere. Longer than that and it runs out of vocabulary before your recording ends. Your plan also sets the longest single file you can upload, and that limit is listed on the pricing page.
What shape of video does it make?
UGC Explainer is vertical, for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. It has no version in another shape.
Other styles to look at
a16z Kinetic Caption
Every word lands one at a time in a staircase of hard type, so the claim carries the cut.
Crimson Card Explainer
A warm talking head, white captions with one crimson italic line in four, and numbered cards that flash in behind your hands.
Emerald Ledger 3D
A warm talking head that keeps cutting into dark emerald 3D scenes, plus a gold panel that opens and counts to the number you just said.
Forest Print Editorial
A green poster page with you cut out of your own footage, standing in front of a giant lowercase word.