How VelaClip works

From sermon to content— without the busywork.

Start with the message your church already preached. A clear workflow for church media teams—sermon clips and social-ready drafts on your Mac, with your team keeping the final say.

Local-first on Mac
Review before you share
Built for church media
Saves weekly busywork
The workflow

One sermon. A clear path to useful content.

From Sunday's message to export-ready clips your media team can review and share.

  1. 1
    01 · Sermon
    Bring your sermon

    Paste a YouTube link or drop a video from your Mac. Start with the recording your church already has.

    YouTube · MP4 · MOV
  2. 2
    02 · Understand
    VelaClip studies the message

    Local transcription turns the sermon into a searchable transcript and surfaces teaching beats, stories, and moments worth reviewing as clips—not just cuts.

    Transcript · search · moments
  3. 3
    03 · Create
    Turn moments into content

    Shape vertical sermon video clips with captions, hooks, and framing help—so volunteers aren't rebuilding everything by hand.

    Clips · captions · hooks
  4. 4
    04 · Review
    Own what represents your church

    Your team reviews candidates, edits the transcript, rewrites hooks, and adjusts captions. AI assists production—ministry leaders keep the final say.

    Review · refine · approve
  5. 5
    05 · Share
    Ready for your channels

    Export polished files for Reels, TikTok, Shorts, and YouTube—then publish through the tools your church already uses.

    Export today · your workflow
01 · Sermon

Bring your sermon

Paste a YouTube link or drop a video from your Mac. Start with the recording your church already has.

  • Local video import (MP4, MOV, and common Mac formats)
  • YouTube or link import where supported
  • Your file stays on disk — no cloud upload required

Tip: Start with the sermon your church already recorded.

sunday-service.mp4
1h 14m · from your Mac
Drop to importPaste YouTube link
02 · Understand

VelaClip studies the message

Local transcription turns the sermon into a searchable transcript and surfaces teaching beats, stories, and moments worth reviewing as clips—not just cuts.

  • On-device transcription with word-level timing
  • Keyword search inside the current sermon
  • Teaching beats, stories, and candidate moments to review

Tip: Built so the message is easier to work with—not just scrubbed by hand.

Search this sermon…
Transcript · moments to review
00:07:24Moment
Faith is not the absence of fear…
00:15:39Teaching
When we trust God in the waiting…
00:23:14Candidate
Forgiveness is not pretending nothing happened…
03 · Create

Turn moments into content

Shape vertical sermon video clips with captions, hooks, and framing help—so volunteers aren't rebuilding everything by hand.

  • Vertical clips ready for Reels, TikTok, and Shorts
  • Captions, trimming, and basic hooks or social copy
  • Speaker tracking and framing help for short-form formats

Tip: VelaClip does the repetitive production work. You decide what ships.

9:16
Reels / Shorts
Captions
Burned-in text
Hooks
Titles & copy
Vertical clips with captions, hooks, and framing help
04 · Review

Own what represents your church

Your team reviews candidates, edits the transcript, rewrites hooks, and adjusts captions. AI assists production—ministry leaders keep the final say.

  • Review and select the clips that fit your church
  • Edit transcript, hooks, and captions before export
  • Keep volunteers productive without handing over pastoral judgment

Tip: Human review stays in the loop—because the clip still represents your ministry.

Review · your team decides
00:07:24
Faith is not the absence of fear…
Keep
00:15:39
When we trust God in the waiting…
Edit hook
00:28:11
Faith moves when feelings don't…
Skip
Edit transcript, captions, and hooks before anything represents your church
05 · Share

Ready for your channels

Export polished files for Reels, TikTok, Shorts, and YouTube—then publish through the tools your church already uses.

  • Local render and export for common social formats
  • Take approved files into your existing publishing tools
  • No claim of automatic posting everywhere—your team stays in control

Tip: Export content ready for your church's channels.

Export ready · take into your channels
TikTok
9:16 Vertical
Instagram Reels
9:16 Vertical
YouTube Shorts
9:16 Vertical
Facebook
4:5 Vertical
Time saved

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.

Manual workflow
3–4 hrs
  • · Scrub through 60+ minutes of footage
  • · Manually find and trim moments
  • · Reframe and caption each clip by hand
  • · Export separately for each platform
With VelaClip
~20 min
  • Bring in the sermon
  • Review suggested moments
  • Shape clips, captions, and hooks
  • Export for your channels
Export

Ready for the channels your church already uses.

Export polished files in the formats your media team needs—then publish through your existing tools.

TikTok
9:16 Vertical
Instagram Reels
9:16 Vertical
YouTube Shorts
9:16 Vertical
Facebook
4:5 Vertical
YouTube
16:9 Landscape
X
1:1 & 16:9
Privacy

Local-first sermon processing.

Use local transcription, local processing, and optional on-device models. Connect cloud AI only when you choose to. Accounts power activation and updates.

Local-first by design
Sermon media is processed on your Mac by default.
On-device AI
Transcription and moment discovery run locally.
Works offline
Core local editing works offline after install and model download.
Account for access
An account activates the Mac app; local editing still happens on your machine.
FAQ

Common questions about the workflow.

Ready to move Sunday's message into content?

Join the Founding Church Beta and turn sermons into reviewable clips your team can actually use.

macOS 13+ · Apple Silicon & Intel · Free during beta