What the JSON contains
The selected passage with its bounds, the framing keyframes with their zoom values, and the word-by-word timings of the captions. It is the data the shortshort studio uses to render, written out for another renderer to read.
JSON EXPORT
Export the edit plan as JSON and render on your own server.
shortshort renders MP4 at 30 fps, in 9:16 at 1080 x 1920 or 4:5 at 1080 x 1350. On every plan the studio also writes the edit plan of the open short to a JSON file, so a renderer on your own server can work from the same passage, keyframes and timed words; the Studio plan adds that download for every saved short.
30 free credits, no cardUp to 2 GB per videoMP4 · 9:16 or 4:5
JSON edit plan: the short answer
Every plan exports the edit plan of the open short as JSON: passage, framing keyframes and timed words. The Studio plan adds the plan of every saved short.
JSON edit plan in shortshort: every plan; saved shorts on the Studio plan.
- Included on
- Every plan; saved shorts on the Studio plan
- Source video
- Up to 2 GB
- Export
- MP4, 30 fps, 9:16 at 1080 x 1920 or 4:5 at 1080 x 1350
- Cost
- 1 credit per minute
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What shortshort does not render
A square or 16:9 version, a resolution above 1080 pixels wide, a frame rate above 30, a caption look the four styles do not cover, or a logo and a music track: shortshort produces none of these. The export hands the edit to a renderer you control, and what it adds is your decision.
Not an API
The export is a file you download from the studio for a short you have already edited. There is no API to trigger generation, no MCP and no webhook; the JSON is the output of a manual step, not an integration endpoint.
Not an XML for an editing application
The format is JSON, not a Premiere or Final Cut XML sequence. If your pipeline is an editing application rather than a renderer, plan on converting the passages and keyframes to that application's format.
How it works, step by step
4 steps, all in the same shortshort studio.
- 01Generate the shorts in the shortshort studio and retouch them in the editor.
- 02Open Edit files in the studio and export the JSON edit plan of the short on screen; on the Studio plan, each saved short also has its own Edit plan (JSON) download.
- 03Read the passage bounds, framing keyframes and timed words in your own renderer.
- 04Render the short in your own pipeline from the original file.
On a real video
A published transformation from the community, made with the same studio: the original on top, the shorts below, with the transcript of each short.
3 of 6 shorts shown · The Override That Saved Humanity · watch it in the community, with the transcript of each short
Demo footage: Tears of Steel © Blender Foundation, licensed CC BY 3.0. Cut, cropped and captioned by shortshort.
Questions people ask
Which plan includes the JSON edit-plan export?
Every plan, Free included: the studio exports the edit plan of the short that is open as JSON, from Edit files, then Export the JSON edit plan. The Studio plan, at 79 EUR per month or 758 EUR a year before VAT, adds a download of the checked plan of every saved short, next to its MP4, along with 6,000 credits a month and the brand preset.
What is in the edit plan?
For each short: the passage that was selected with its start and end, the framing keyframes and their zooms between x1.0 and x1.6, and the timed words used for the captions. It describes the edit; it does not contain the video file, which you already own.
Can I use it to render 4K or 16:9?
Not from shortshort: it renders 1080 x 1920 in 9:16 or 1080 x 1350 in 4:5, at 30 fps, with no 4K or 16:9 option. The edit plan gives your own renderer the passage bounds, the framing keyframes and the timed words; what that renderer then produces from the original file, and at which size, is up to your pipeline, not the studio.
Is there an API to fetch the plan automatically?
No. shortshort has no API, no MCP server and no webhook. The JSON is exported by hand from the studio for each short. If you need many plans, export them one by one after editing.
Is this a separate product for developers?
No. It is an option of the same shortshort studio that proposes, edits and renders shorts, open on every plan. The AI selection, the framing and the captions are computed the same way; the export writes the result to a file instead of a video.
See it on one of your videos.
Free to try with 30 credits, no card. Exported shorts are listed in the public community gallery by default; any paid plan lets you keep them out of it.