From sermon to clips, in five moves.
A single, predictable pipeline. Everything happens on your Mac — no uploads, no queue, no per-clip cost.
Five steps. One afternoon's work, done in minutes.
Drop in Sunday's service and walk away with a week of platform-ready clips.
- 101 · SourceDrop in the sermon
MP4, MOV, ProRes, MKV or a raw audio file. One service, one drag.
sunday-service.mp4 · 1h 14m - 202 · TranscribeOn-device transcript
Word-level timestamps, speaker turns and scripture references — all on your Mac.
12,480 words · 0 cloud calls - 303 · Find momentsAI ranks the strongest clips
Semantic search, emotional beats, applause and pauses score every candidate.
18 moments · avg score 0.86 - 404 · Reframe & captionVertical, square, wide
Speaker-aware framing, editorial captions and your brand kit applied automatically.
9:16 · 1:1 · 16:9 - 505 · ExportReady for every platform
One click prepares files, thumbnails and post copy for TikTok, Reels, Shorts and YouTube.
Reels · TikTok · Shorts · YT
Drop in the sermon
MP4, MOV, ProRes, MKV or a raw audio file. One service, one drag.
- MP4, MOV, M4V, MKV, HEVC, ProRes
- MP3, WAV, AAC, M4A audio imports
- Multi-camera or single-file workflows
Tip: No cloud upload. Your file stays on disk.
On-device transcript
Word-level timestamps, speaker turns and scripture references — all on your Mac.
- Word-level timestamps for precise cuts
- Speaker diarization for multi-mic setups
- Scripture reference detection (Luke 15, Romans 5…)
Tip: Runs fully offline after first-launch model download.
AI ranks the strongest clips
Semantic search, emotional beats, applause and pauses score every candidate.
- Semantic search — "find moments about forgiveness"
- Emotional beats, applause, and pause detection
- Church-aware themes: faith, prayer, testimony, grace
Tip: Chat with the AI agent to refine results in plain language.
Vertical, square, wide
Speaker-aware framing, editorial captions and your brand kit applied automatically.
- Smart reframe keeps speakers centered
- Animated captions with your brand fonts
- Brand kits: logos, colors, lower-thirds
Tip: One sermon → three aspect ratios in a single pass.
Ready for every platform
One click prepares files, thumbnails and post copy for TikTok, Reels, Shorts and YouTube.
- Platform-safe zones and caption styles
- Suggested hooks and post copy per clip
- MP4 export (H.264 or HEVC)
Tip: Export a week of content in one sitting.
What used to take an afternoon now takes less than 20 minutes.
Church media teams report cutting their weekly clip workflow from 3–4 hours down to a single coffee break.
- · Scrub through 60+ minutes of footage
- · Manually find and trim moments
- · Reframe and caption each clip by hand
- · Export separately for each platform
- Drop in the sermon file
- Review AI-ranked moments
- Tweak captions and brand
- Export all formats at once
Every platform, one export pass.
VelaClip prepares optimized files, thumbnails, and suggested post copy for each destination.
Your sermons stay on your Mac.
Use local transcription, local processing, and optional offline AI models. Connect cloud AI only when you choose to.
Common questions about the workflow.
Ready to try the five-move pipeline?
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