Clip selection that isn't random
It scores every moment for hook, payoff, emotion and clarity, and only keeps the ones above the line. No dead air, and never a sentence cut in half.
Local-first clip studio · macOS · coming soon
One long video in.
A month of shorts out.
clipmill runs the whole clip factory on your own Mac. It finds the moments worth cutting, writes the captions, crops to vertical, and lines them up to post. Your footage never touches a cloud, and there is no per-minute bill waiting at the end.
▸ apple silicon▸ footage stays local▸ one licence, no meter
TikTok9.2
the part nobody edits out
0:000:34
Reels9.4
watch what happens at 0:12
0:000:28
YouTube8.8
he almost didn't say this
0:000:41
interview-final.mp4 · 47:12 → milling…
TikTok9.2
the part nobody edits out
0:000:34
YouTube8.8
he almost didn't say this
0:000:41
Reels9.4
watch what happens at 0:12
0:000:28
Facebook8.6
the one line that landed
0:000:22
YouTube9.1
nobody expected this answer
0:000:37
TikTok9.5
she said the quiet part loud
0:000:31
Reels8.7
skip to the good bit
0:000:26
TikTok9.2
the part nobody edits out
0:000:34
YouTube8.8
he almost didn't say this
0:000:41
Reels9.4
watch what happens at 0:12
0:000:28
Facebook8.6
the one line that landed
0:000:22
YouTube9.1
nobody expected this answer
0:000:37
TikTok9.5
she said the quiet part loud
0:000:31
Reels8.7
skip to the good bit
0:000:26
How the mill works
Six passes, start to posted. All on your desk.
clipmill: import
01
Drop in a video
A talk, a podcast, a stream, a long Zoom. Point clipmill at a local file or a link and it pulls the whole thing in.
Why local
It runs on your machine. That is the whole point.
Every other clip tool is a website you feed your media to. clipmill is an app that lives on your desk. The difference shows up in your privacy, your speed and your bill.
- 00
- Your footage never leaves
- Raw interviews, client work, the stuff that isn't out yet. It's read and cut on your own drive and stays there. No upload, no third party holding your media hostage.
- 01
- No meter running
- Cloud clippers bill by the minute, every month, forever. clipmill is a licence you own. Mill a thousand hours or ten this month; the number doesn't move.
- 02
- Your silicon does the work
- It leans on the GPU and Neural Engine already sitting in your Mac. A 45-minute talk turns into a week of clips while you make a coffee.
- 03
- It works on a plane
- Import, transcribe, cut and caption with the wifi off. The only step that wants the internet is the last one, when you actually post.
What it does for each clip
The boring hours, handled.
Everything an editor does to a raw clip before it can post, run once and repeatably.
Karaoke captions, word by word
Burned-in captions timed to the syllable, with the keyword you choose picked out in colour. The single biggest lever on watch-time, done for you.
A crop that follows the speaker
Smart 9:16 reframing keeps the face in shot instead of centre-cropping a head off the top of the frame.
Titles and hashtags, drafted
Every clip lands with a title, description and hashtag set written for it, ready to keep or rewrite.
A review deck, not a black box
Approve, edit or bin each clip from one screen before anything is scheduled. You are always the last set of eyes.
Scheduled to every lane
Queue approved clips to YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook on the posting windows and caps you set, then read what landed.
clipmill vs the cloud clippers
Same clips out. A very different deal.
| clipmilllocal app | cloud clippersthe website way | |
|---|---|---|
| Where your footage goes | ▸Stays on your machine | Uploaded to their servers |
| What it costs | ▸One licence you own | Per-minute, every month, forever |
| Who does the compute | ▸Your Mac's GPU + Neural Engine | Their queue, at their pace |
| Minute limits | ▸None, mill all you like | Capped, then overage fees |
| Works offline | ▸Yes, up to publishing | No, it's a website |
| If they shut down | ▸You still have the app | Your workflow goes with them |
Own it, don't rent it
Pay once. Keep the app.
clipmill will be a licence you buy once, not a subscription. Two tiers when it ships. The early-access list gets the launch price first.
Creator
One person, one Mac, every platform.
One licenceyours to keep
- ▸Unlimited minutes milled
- ▸All four platforms
- ▸Karaoke captions + smart crop
- ▸Review deck + scheduler
most will pick this
Studio
Run a stable of brands from one desk.
One licenceyours to keep
- ▸Everything in Creator
- ▸Unlimited brands + accounts
- ▸Batch queues across brands
- ▸Priority updates
Pay once, own it · no subscription · launch pricing shared with the list first
Before you join
Fair questions.
Does my video actually stay on my computer?+
Yes. Importing, transcribing, cutting and captioning all happen on your Mac. The only step that touches the internet is the last one, when clipmill posts an approved clip to an account you connected.
What machines does it run on?+
Apple silicon Macs (M1 and newer) on macOS 14 or later. A Windows build is in the works. Join the early-access list and we will tell you when it lands.
Do I need to be technical?+
No. Point it at a video and approve the clips it hands back. The fiddly parts (transcription, moment-picking, captioning, cropping, scheduling) are the parts it takes off you.
Which platforms can it post to?+
YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook, on the posting windows and caps you set. You connect each account once, and you can pause posting with one click.
Is there a subscription?+
No. clipmill is a licence you buy once and keep. The yearly option only adds ongoing updates, and it is entirely optional. The app you bought keeps working either way.
What about copyright?+
clipmill is for footage you own or have the right to use. It is a tool for your own long-form video, not a way to re-cut other people's work. What you choose to post is on you.
Coming to macOS
Be first in line.
clipmill is nearly ready. Join the early-access list and we'll send you the download and launch pricing before anyone else. No spam, just the invite.
macOS · apple silicon · footage never leaves your Mac