# Turn game footage into highlight clips

> Turn game footage or sports streams into vertical highlight clips with AI moment detection and animated captions. Start free — no card.

*For Sports Creators*

Canonical: https://novaclipper.com/for/sports-highlight-clips

Full-game footage is mostly waiting — the highlights are minutes scattered across hours. Nova transcribes the commentary, ranks the loudest, most eventful moments, reframes to 9:16, and captions them, so plays and reactions become postable clips fast.

## What you get

### Catch the big moments

Nova ranks the footage using audio energy and commentary so the goals, reactions, and turning points rise to the top instead of you scrubbing the whole match.

### Vertical for socials

Auto 9:16 reframe keeps the action centered for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts — the formats sports clips travel on.

### Captioned plays

Word-by-word captions add the call and context, so the clip reads even on a muted feed.

## Platform guides

- [Sports highlight clips for TikTok](https://novaclipper.com/for/sports-highlight-clips/tiktok)
- [Sports highlight clips for YouTube Shorts](https://novaclipper.com/for/sports-highlight-clips/youtube-shorts)
- [Sports highlight clips for Instagram Reels](https://novaclipper.com/for/sports-highlight-clips/instagram-reels)

## FAQ

### Can Nova clip a full game recording?

Yes — upload the footage or paste a link and Nova ranks the most eventful moments (using audio and commentary cues), reframes them vertical, and captions them ready to post.

### Does it work without spoken commentary?

Yes — Nova also uses audio energy and motion cues to find moments, so crowd noise and on-field action still surface highlights even when there's no play-by-play.

---

Nova turns long-form video into vertical short-form clips with AI moment detection, face-aware 9:16 reframing, and word-by-word captions — and makes faceless videos from a script or a Reddit thread. Free tier: 30 minutes/month, no card. [Start free](https://novaclipper.com/signup) · [All use cases](https://novaclipper.com/for) · [Free tools](https://novaclipper.com/tools)