CAPCUT: Beginner Video Editing

Tips: you can insert multiple video clips into your project by simply tapping and checking all the clips of interest; then tap on ‘Add’

Cutting off unwanted part of a video to soothe your needs is known as trimming. This is an integral part of many video editing app because there is always going to be needed to remove boring parts, mistakes, or even take out only what you need from a video

Using the split tool, you can divide a video into smaller separate segments. The split screen feature offers advantage of adding supplementary scenes within a main footage and removes multiple unnecessary parts by splitting then trimming the region of interest.

Sometimes, your project might be too long ( say about 1 hours) or too short (say 0.3 secs). Editing such clips might prove difficult and it is necessary that the timeline is flexible enough to either expand or reduce where necessary. This lecture will show you how to expand and reduce your timeline for effective and easy editing experience within CapCut.

During edit, it is necessary to move clips within your timeline to arrange them and create a project to your satisfaction.

Depending on the platform where the videos will be uploaded, there will be need to resize your videos during or after editing. In CapCut , the tool bar offers a wide range of aspect ratios suitable for different video platforms.

The significance of controlling video speeds for certain scenes in a video clip cannot be over-emphasized. Certain important sections need to be slowed down to show more details and increase watch time. Similar, you can fasten the speed of sections that will otherwise be too long to watch.

This tool is necessary when you need your video at a specific angle or you need straighten a video that was taken at a faulty angle.

Audio can influence the mood, emotions and vibes of your videos. This can be in the form of voice over, soundtrack, and sound effects. Adding audios to your video helps you connect and capture the interest of your target audience.

Adding text to your video clips makes it very interactive and explanatory; thus improving the engagement in your content. Text can be added as fixed (typical for video title), pop-up (to capture and show key points), or subtitle depending on the goal you would want to achieve.

You might want to add a song to your project and would want to generate the lyrics a lyrics for it. This lecture guides you on how you can automatically generate lyrics from your imported sound.

Sometimes we are dissatisfied with the background of our clips and we want to change it. CapCut offers a tool to remove the background of your video clips without using a green screen. It does an impressive job, but the end result will be solely based on your video quality.

B-rolls are supplementary scenes intercut with the main shot. This is mostly adopted for either explainer videos where you have to sandwich some scenes in between while the main footage continues to play.

It is significant to improve the appearance of video clip for a better presentation. In recent times various mobile camera are fitted with in-built software to offer this function. However, this is limited as different project requires special appearance to portray certain moods and feel. CapCut offers the tools for color grading in the form of filters and Manual adjustments.

Effects gives a certain feel or look to your videos. Effects can be distortion, blurred background, screen vibrations, screen cracks, artistic filter, animated transition and many more.

Transition is a technique which is employed in video editing to connect one scene to another. Often time filmmakers just use basic cuts to connect scenes; however, there are times when a certain mood is required or the need to spice up a narrative. It becomes a creative step to utilize artistic transitions to achieve such

You can clone a person using the masking tool within CapCut to give the feel of twin. There are many other application of the masking tool like combining clips, and removing unwanted objects. In this course, we will be focusing on the cloning effect. This will help enhance your creativity to introduce this tool for other purpose.

After completing a project, it is only right to export it to your specifications depending on the platforms it will be uploaded on or the file size of your Interest.

At the end of this lecture, you should be able to record your videos within tiktok as well as edit on CapCut directly from tiktok.

In this lecture, a complete product promotion project will be created. The project will be created using all the basics learnt during the previous lectures. The step by step process taken by the instructor as well as certain tricks employed will show just how you can achieve certain results using the little features and resources available to you.

In this lecture, the promotion video used to market this course will be recreated. This is done in an effort to show the students that the video was achieved completely using just a smartphone and the Capcut App. The project will be created using all the basics learnt during the previous lectures. The step by step process taken by the instructor as well as certain tricks employed will show just how you can achieve certain results using the little features and resources available to you.

In this lecture, an entertaining content containing various tricks, little vfx and transition effects will be created. The project will be created using all the basics learnt during the previous lectures. The step by step process taken by the instructor as well as certain tricks employed will show just how you can achieve certain results using the little features and resources available to you.

In this lecture, an entertaining content containing various tricks, little vfx and transition effects will be created. The project will be created using all the basics learnt during the previous lectures. The step by step process taken by the instructor as well as certain tricks employed will show just how you can achieve certain results using the little features and resources available to you.

The importance of learning video editing skills cannot be over-emphasized. Video content is everywhere serving as; Promotion video for businesses, Entertainment medium for content creators to increase followers, and Documentaries of fun moments with family and friends. As a beginner, you don’t necessarily need expensive gadgets or high end software to make and edit amazing videos that will capture attention and upscale your online presence. This course equips you with the necessary skills needed to create intriguing and qualitative video contents with your smartphone and the CapCut App which is available for both Android and IOS.

Stock footage is a relevant tool that is needed in content creation. A few quality footage can improve the overall quality of your project. Free stock footage is advised when you are tight on budget and time.

There are many ways to source for free stock footages online. It is necessary to always double check when using free footages online to make sure there are no hidden traps that could result to copyright issues. The use of free stock footage can come with specific rules and regulations depending on the website where it was sourced from.