🎬 10 CapCut Video Editing Tips You NEED to Know!

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We're going to look at 10 CapCut video  editing tips and tricks that you need   to know. For example, I partnered with  CapCut to show you how you can place   text behind a person, how you can make  your very own AI avatar news reporter,   build your dream YouTube studio using  the magic of AI. You can pull off most   of these using the free version of CapCut,  although some of them require that you go pro. Let's check these out. First off, if you don't  yet have CapCut, you can download it for free at   this website. You can click on the card in the  top right-hand corner, and I've also included   a link in the description. Once you land on this  website, click on the button that says download   for free. This works on both Windows and also on  Mac. You can also install CapCut on your iPhone   or your Android phone. I've also included a link  in the description. In this video, we're going   to focus on the CapCut desktop software. This  brings us to tip number one. You can place text   behind a person speaking. First off, we need to  turn something on called the free layer. Over on   the right-hand side, under the project details,  all the way down at the bottom, we can see that   it's currently turned off. Let's click on the  modify button, and this opens up all of the   project settings. Down at the very bottom, let's  toggle the free layer on. This allows us to place   text under a video clip on the timeline. When  it's turned off, you can't do that. Over here,   I'll click on the save button. Next, in the media  bin, take the video clip that you would like to   place the text behind. I'll select this one and  then drag it down to my timeline. This will serve   as our base layer or the background. Next, we  need to place the text above this video clip.   Right up on top, click text and then pick out your  favorite looking text. I like this yellow text. I   think that looks fun. I'll click on that and then  drag it down to the timeline. Next, I'll adjust   the length so it's the same length as the talking  head video underneath. Next, I'll select the text   on my timeline and right up here, I'll type in my  text. I can click on these handles to adjust the   size and let's make that a little bit bigger so  you'll be able to read the text behind me. Now,   of course, the text is currently sitting on top of  me. So next, let's go to the top back to the media   bin. And here, I have that talking head video  again. Let's now drag and drop that onto track   number three above the text. So now you should  have one video file, the text, and another video   file. Now, this will serve as our foreground. So,  I want to cut out the subject from the background   and then we'll see the text underneath. So how  do we do that? Well, first off, select this video   clip. Then in the top right-hand corner, click  into the video tab and then click on cut out.   Here, we have all sorts of different options that  will remove the subject from the background. Down   at the very bottom, we have something called  auto cutout that uses AI to remove me from the   background. And it's actually pretty impressive  and it works very well. I’ll click on this box   and look at that. It's now removed me from the  background and you can now see the subscribed   text that's underneath this layer. And down at the  very bottom, we have the background layer. Now,   of course, I could select this text and in the  top right-hand corner, you could apply different   types of animations. For example, maybe I want the  text to slide in. So there, you can have some fun   with it. This brings us to tip number two. You  can make your very own AI avatar news reporter   and this one's a lot of fun. Now, first off, we  need some type of news studio background. So,   in the left-hand corner, let's click into media  and then go down to the library. And right up top,   we have this search field. Let's type in news and  then hit enter to see what comes back. And look at   that, we have all sorts of different news studio  options. I like this one. I think it looks really   modern and also upgraded. I’ll click on that and  then drag it down onto my timeline. And here,   I could press play with my space bar to preview  what it looks like. And I think that looks really   good. Next, we need to enter in the text that the  AI avatar will say. So up on top, let's click on   text and it doesn't matter what text you choose  here. We're going to delete it later on. So,   I'll just select the default. I'll press on it and  then drag it down onto my timeline. And in here,   you can now enter in some text. So, I'll type in,  the Kevin Cookie Company is now the most valuable   company in the world by Market Cap. If you need  assistance writing your text, you can hover over   this icon and you get the AI writer. So, you can  use AI to write some text. It works fairly well.   Now that I've entered in my text, I want an AI  character or avatar to read this text. In the top   right-hand corner, let's click on AI characters,  and here, you'll see a wide variety of different   characters that you can use. Now, I think this  one in the top right-hand corner, she looks like   she would make a good news reporter. So, I'll  click on her and then I'll click on add. It's   now generating the speech. And look at that. It's  now inserted my AI avatar. Down on the timeline,   I no longer have a need for this text, so I'll  click on the text and then press the delete key on   my keyboard and that removes it. Next, I'll select  the AI avatar. And here, I can adjust the size.   I'll take these handles and let's make it a little  larger, just so she fills up more of the frame.   And here, I can also reposition her. Let's now  hear what it sounds like. Over here, I'll click   on the play icon. The Kevin Cookie Company is now  the most valuable company in the world by market   cap. That is pretty cool. I like it. This brings  us to tip number three. You can generate your very   own YouTube or TikTok or Instagram studio using  AI. Over on the left-hand side, within media,   let's click on AI generated. And right here,  you can type in some text that describes the   image that you would like to see. Now, I want to  make a, let's say a modern or futuristic looking   YouTube studio. I’ll type in that text and let's  now generate it. And look at that. That's a really   cool looking YouTube studio. I wish mine really  looked like that, but luckily through the magic   of video editing, we could actually make it look  like that. Over here, find the image that you   like. You could also try another prompt to see  if you get other images back. I'll go with this   one. And you have a button where you can click  on HD and this will upscale the image quality.   I’ll click on that. And I also kind of liked this  one right here, so I'll also turn that into HD.   Now that both images have been upscaled, right up  above, I'll click on this plus icon and this will   now add it down below to my timeline. I'll scroll  down and I also like this one. So let me also add   this to my timeline by clicking on the plus icon.  I now have both images on my timeline. Now I still   want my video to be in 16 by 9 aspect ratio. So  up above, I'll click on this ratio button and   here I'll select 16 by 9. You'll notice that  the image doesn't quite fill the frame. So,   I'll use these handles to expand the size just  to make sure that it fills up this entire space.   I'll click on this one and over here I can do the  same. I'll expand it just so it fills the frame.   Over on the left-hand side, I now want to insert  a talking head video of myself. Under media,   I'll click on local or all the files that are on  my computer. And right here, I see a video of me   talking. I'll drag this down onto the timeline  and I'll place it above these AI generated images. Now, of course, you see my actual background  behind me. So here I'll make sure to select   my video clip on the timeline and up  above, let's click into video, cut out,   and down at the very bottom, just like we did  earlier in tip number one, let's click on auto   cutout. And just like that, you now see me in  front of my new YouTube studio. Look at that,   what an upgrade. Now, if I go to the middle of  the timeline and I play it, you'll notice that it   just cuts between these two different studios.  Maybe I want it to transition. So up on top,   I'll click on transitions and over here, I have  all sorts of different options. But let's go with   this one called shake three. I'll select that,  drag it down onto my timeline and here I'll place   it between these two clips. Let's click on okay.  And now I can play it and let's see what that   looks like. Is this a virtual? That's pretty cool.  This brings us to tip number four, you can blur   out a face. Here in my media bin, I have a video  of my son and I would like to blur out his face,   but still be able to see the background. To do  that, let's take the video clip and drag it down   onto the timeline. So, there I have track number  one. Let's now bring that same exact video clip   down onto the timeline again. So right now, I have  two tracks, both with the identical video clip. Right up above, let's now apply a blur  effect to the second track. Up on top,   let's click on effects. And here let's search for  an effect. I'll type in blur and I think this one   will work well. I’ll select this video effect and  then drag it down onto track number two. And there   we see that everything's been blurred out. But I  only want the blur to affect my son's face. So,   let's click on this video clip and in the top  right-hand corner, we're going to do that by using   a mask. Let's click into video and then over here,  let's click on mask. With a mask, we can define   what portion of track number two we want to see  and what portion of track number one we want to   see. So over here with track number two selected,  I just want a circle of the blur visible. So,   I'll select circle and here we could see the  blur on track number two and everything else   from track number one. Over here, I can adjust  the size of the mask circle. So here I'll make   it a little smaller and let me place it directly  over my son's face. That's pretty cool. My son's   face is now blurred out. But when I click the  play button, you'll notice that my son is moving,   but the blur mask is not moving. We need to use  something called key frames to make sure that   the mask moves with my son's movement. Let's  go back to the very beginning of the timeline.   And right here, that position of the blur looks  good. So over here, I'll click on this icon and   that applies a key frame. Basically, what that  says is I want this position at this frame on   my timeline. If I move forward a little bit, here  we'll see that my son has moved a little bit. So,   let's now go up to the mask and here I'll adjust  it, so now it sits over his face and over here,   you'll see that it automatically applied another  key frame. So, we want the mask to be in this   position at this point in time. Here, if I move  forward, my son moves back a little bit. Let's   adjust the position again and there it applies  another key frame. Basically, where that circle   needs to be at this specific point. And if we go  to the very end, here he hasn't moved too much,   but let me adjust it just slightly and there  again, it applies another key frame. Now,   if we go back to the very beginning, you'll  see that the mask moves with my son's movement. I think that worked pretty well. At the very  bottom of the details, you can also apply a   feather to the mask. So, if you just want  kind of a more gradual shift to that blur,   you can apply that. So, I think that works really  well. This brings us to tip number five and you   can have some karaoke fun with this. Here in  my media bin, I have a song called "Light It   Up" and it's a combination of both vocals  and also music. Let's have a quick listen. Now, I would like to remove the vocals  from that so I just have the music and   CapCut makes that surprisingly easy. I'll  take this audio file and then drag it down   onto my timeline. There we see it. I'll select  this file and in the top right-hand corner,   let's click into the basic view. If we scroll down  just a little bit, there's now a new option called   vocal isolation. Let's check this box and I have  the option to either keep the vocals or remove the   vocals. Let's start by just keeping the vocals.  I'll select this and then let's play it back. And look at that. It just completely  removes the music and we just have   the vocals left behind. That works so well. Now   let's go over and let's just try keeping  the music. Here, I'll remove the vocals. That works so well and you can now have a  karaoke party. Just load in your favorite song,   remove the vocals and you're good to go. This  brings us to tip number six. You can use shortcut   keys to edit so much faster. Here are some of my  favorites. Right here, I have a clip in my media   bin but I would only like to insert a portion of  it onto my timeline. I'll press the I key and then   I'll set the in point and over here, right about  there, I'll press the O key to set the out point.   Now I can drag this down onto my timeline and  that'll insert only a portion of the clip. Right   over here, I want to split this clip. I'll leave  some of it at the beginning and move some of it   to the end. Here, when I hover over, I see this  yellow line. I'll press control B right there and   that splits the clip at that point. I can now take  this and move it to the end of my timeline. Right   over here, I want to trim this video clip. I could  press the Q key and that'll remove everything to   the left, and over here, I want to trim the  end. I'll press the W key and that'll trim   everything over to the right. Now here you see my  timeline but I would like it to take up the full   space here. Now, of course, I could zoom in or I  could press shift Z and there I could see all of   my different clips on the timeline and it takes  up the full space. Of course, there are also many   other shortcut keys that you can use. Right up on  top, click on shortcut and here you can see all   the shortcut keys. You can even click into any  one of them and you can set it to whatever key   you prefer. This brings us to tip number seven.  You can very quickly get feedback from others   on your video project. In the top right-hand  corner, let's click on the share icon. Over here,   you can give your video a name. You can also  specify a space where you'd like to save it and   you could also adjust all this other information.  For now, I'll leave it set to the defaults and   let's click on export and share. Now that it's  finished processing the video, I can now click on   this button to copy the link and I can now share  it with others. Let me send it to someone. This   now drops us on a page where we can preview the  video and also leave feedback. Down below, I'll   click on play. And actually, I'm wondering why  they're eating sugar cookies. I think chocolate   chip cookies would work better. Down in the bottom  right-hand corner, I can add a comment. I'll type   in my comment and then send it. And here you see  that it attaches a timestamp to the comment. And   if we look down below on the progress bar, you'll  see that my comment is attached with this point   in the video. Now, if I move forward a little  bit right here, maybe I think we should zoom in   on this boy as he's wiping the flower off of his  hands. Over here, I can click on the annotation   tool and let's draw an arrow and maybe a rectangle  over him and maybe I add a comment that says,   "Let's zoom in here." Once I leave my comment  here too, I can send that. Now, as we watch   the video clip, here I'll click on play. You'll  notice right at this point, if I click on this,   you'll see the annotation overlaying the video.  This is such an effective way to leave comments   and feedback on videos. This brings us to tip  number eight. You can set up what's called a   brand kit, and this is especially helpful if you  find yourself using the same media assets again   and again across all of your different projects.  Over on the left-hand side, you can click into an   existing space or you could also create a new one.  I'll click into this existing space. You can add   all sorts of different media to your brand kit.  You could add videos, images, stickers, fonts,   and if you go all the way down, you could even  add colors that you end up using again and again   in all of your videos. Right up on top, I want to  add an image file. Click on this and right here,   there's the logo for the Kevin Cookie Company.  I'll select that one and that's now adding it to   my brand kit. Right down below, I also have some  music I would like to load. I'll click on this   and right here is the song that we use in all  of our videos. I'll upload both of those to my   brand kit. Let's now jump into a new project. Up  on top, I'll click on home and then click on new   project. Within the project, over on the left-hand  side within media, I can now go all the way to the   bottom and there's a category for brand assets.  When I click on that, here I see my logo file for   the Kevin Cookie Company. So that way it's easily  accessible and I can very quickly drag and drop   that into my project. Up on top, I can also click  on audio and down at the bottom of this list,   I have my brand music and there's that  song that we use in all of our videos.   This brings us to tip number nine. If you feel  like CapCut gets a little bit slower as you're   working on your video project, you can improve the  performance by using something called proxy media. Within your project, over on the right-hand side  in the project details, let's click on modify and   right up on top, let's switch into the performance  tab. And right here, you'll see a toggle for   something called proxy. This is basically a lower  resolution version of all of your different video   clips. That way it makes it easier for your  computer to work with those clips. However,   once you go to render your project, it'll use the  original video files so you won't lose out on any   quality. It just makes the editing experience  faster. Toggle that on and then down below click   on save. This brings us to tip number 10. You can  very quickly insert beautiful looking captions on   your videos. Right here on my timeline, I have  a short video that I pulled together for TikTok,   but I think it would be a little bit more engaging  if it also included captions. Right up on top,   let's click on text and over on the left-hand  side, there's the option for auto captions.   Right over here, you can choose the language  of the audio track. Mine's in English, so I'll   select English, and down below, let's click on  create. This is now inserted captions onto my   timeline down below. And if I go to the beginning  of the video clip, here I can see the captions   overlaying the video, but these captions look  pretty basic. With the text selected, up on top,   I'll click into text and then templates. I can  apply any one of these templates to my captions.   For example, let me try this one right here.  This is one of the pro captions, but there are   also some free options as well. I'll click on  this and currently it looks a little small. So   let me actually blow this up a little bit. Let's  drag this out. And over here, I could also pull   it in just to make sure that it fits within the  width of this video. So, let's say right at about   here. I think this looks good. Let's now go to the  beginning and play it back to see how this looks. That looks pretty nice. I  like that. All right. Well,   let me know which one was your favorite  tip. To watch more videos like this one,   please consider subscribing and  I'll see you in the next video.
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Length: 18min 50sec (1130 seconds)
Published: Wed Feb 28 2024
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