# Course Lesson Into Study Shorts > A recorded lesson cut into short study clips, one idea per clip. A ready prompt for Claude or ChatGPT: fill the blanks, Cut Express renders the video. Canonical: https://cut.express/prompts/lesson-to-study-shorts [Education and explainers](https://cut.express/prompts#education-and-explainers) A recorded lesson cut into short study clips, one idea per clip. - **Pipeline**: Basic edit (cut): cuts, captions, looks, speed, split screens, stock, voices and music. - **Format**: 9:16 - **Upload**: A recorded lesson or lecture. ## The prompt Type your own words into the fields: the [BLANKS] fill in as you go. Copy it and send it to Claude or ChatGPT with Cut Express connected. Prompt ``` I uploaded a lesson on [TOPIC]. Make a transcript and find the [NUMBER OF CLIPS] ideas that can each be explained on their own in under [LENGTH IN SECONDS] seconds. For each clip: - Title text for the first 2 seconds: the idea as a question, top third. - Cut the pauses and side remarks. Cover crop on me, or fit blur if I'm writing on a board. - Captions from the speech, boxed preset, the key term in [CAPTION COLOR]. - End with the part number ("Part 2 of 5") for a second. List the ideas with their times first. ``` ## The blanks - **[TOPIC]**: What the video is about, in one sentence. - **[NUMBER OF CLIPS]**: How many separate videos you want out of the footage, for example 3 or 5. - **[LENGTH IN SECONDS]**: How long the finished video runs, as a number of seconds. Reels and Shorts hold best between 15 and 60. - **[CAPTION COLOR]**: The color of the highlighted word in the captions, as a name or a hex code like #FFD23F. ## Tips - One idea per clip. If an idea needs the one before it, ask for them as a numbered series. - Fit blur keeps a whiteboard readable in a vertical frame. New to prompting video? [How to write a good prompt for Cut Express](https://cut.express/prompts/guide) covers the story, the hook, captions, sound, pace and how to iterate with versions. ## Paste it in Claude. Get the MP4. [Start your 7-day free trial](https://cut.express/#pricing) [Or get the Mac app](https://cut.express/#desktop) 7 days free, then $19/mo. Cancel before day 7 and you pay nothing. Related prompts [All 35 prompts](https://cut.express/prompts) Basic edit16:9 ### [Tutorial With Zooms and Arrows](https://cut.express/prompts/tutorial-with-zooms-and-arrows) A screen tutorial with zooms on each click, arrows and captions. Upload: A screen recording of the task, with you talking or silent. ``` Make a [LENGTH IN SECONDS]-second 16:9 tutorial: "[HOW TO DO WHAT]", from my screen recording. Inspect it (contact sheets, and a transcript if I talk). - Cut the waiting and the mistakes; speed up the boring parts (typing, loading) to 2x or more. - A punch-in zoom on each important click, focused where the click happens. - An arrow pointing at [THE THINGS TO POINT AT] when they appear, in [CAPTION COLOR]. - A lower third at the start with the title, and a step number text for each step ("Step 1", "Step 2"...). - Captions from my speech, clean preset. A progress bar at the bottom. Show me the steps with their times before you render. ``` [Fill in](https://cut.express/prompts/tutorial-with-zooms-and-arrows#fill) [Tips](https://cut.express/prompts/tutorial-with-zooms-and-arrows) Motion graphics16:9 ### [Explainer With a Voice, Stock and Charts](https://cut.express/prompts/explainer-with-voice-and-charts) An explainer with a voice-over, stock shots and animated charts. Upload: Nothing, or your own footage and voice. ``` Make a [LENGTH IN SECONDS]-second 16:9 explainer: "[QUESTION IT ANSWERS]", for [AUDIENCE]. 1. Write a script of about [NUMBER OF WORDS] words first and show it to me. When I approve it, make the voice with audio: [VOICE]. 2. Picture: stock footage for each idea (look at the previews), with motion graphics where numbers come up: [THE NUMBERS], as a chart or a counter cued on the spoken words. 3. Captions from the voice, clean preset. [MUSIC] low under the voice. 4. End with a summary card of the three key points. Brand colors for the graphics: [BRAND COLORS]. Show me the timeline before you render. ``` [Fill in](https://cut.express/prompts/explainer-with-voice-and-charts#fill) [Tips](https://cut.express/prompts/explainer-with-voice-and-charts) Basic edit9:16 ### [Shorts From One Long Video](https://cut.express/prompts/shorts-from-a-long-video) Several vertical Shorts cut from one long video, each with captions. Upload: One long video with speech (a podcast, a talk, a stream, a course lesson). ``` I uploaded [LONG VIDEO], about [TOPIC]. Inspect it with moments and a transcript, then find the [NUMBER OF CLIPS] strongest moments that make sense on their own, each about [LENGTH IN SECONDS] seconds. Before you render, list them for me: the in and out times, the first line said and why it works as a hook. Wait for my pick. For each one I pick: - Start on the hook line, no warm-up. Cut the silences and the false starts on the speech. - 9:16, cover crop kept on the speaker's face. A slow punch-in on the key sentence. - Captions from the speech: bold preset, 3 words per line, the key word in [CAPTION COLOR], bottom third. - Clean the voice (denoise and enhance). No music unless I ask. Render each as its own video titled "[SERIES NAME] 1", "2", and so on. ``` [Fill in](https://cut.express/prompts/shorts-from-a-long-video#fill) [Tips](https://cut.express/prompts/shorts-from-a-long-video)