CapCut
CapCut is a video editing app with AI tools for captions, background removal, voice cloning, and template-based short-form editing.
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About CapCut
What it is
CapCut is a video editor for short-form content, free on phone, desktop and in a browser. It handles cutting, captions, effects, music and templates, and exports straight to the vertical formats social platforms expect.
Why it's different
It is the most capable free video editor most people will ever need, and the template library means a competent-looking clip takes minutes rather than an evening. Two things weigh against that. It is made by ByteDance, so read the terms before putting client footage or anything sensitive through it. And features have steadily moved behind the paid tier, including some that were free when people learned the tool. A free editor that keeps shrinking is a poor foundation for a process you depend on.
How people use it
Cutting vertical video for TikTok, Reels and Shorts. Auto-captioning talking-head clips. Quick edits on a phone straight after filming. Learning to edit at no cost before committing to something heavier. Keep your source files somewhere you control: build a workflow around a free tool's own cloud storage and you inherit its next pricing decision.
Step by step
- Start the project at the aspect ratio you will publish at. Changing it later reframes every clip and you will redo the work.
- Cut first and decorate second. Get the timing right with rough cuts before adding a single effect, because effects anchored to clips move when you trim.
- Use auto-captions, then read them. Accuracy is good and it is confidently wrong on names, jargon and anything said quickly.
- Keep your source files somewhere you control rather than in the app cloud, because a free tool that changes its storage terms takes your project with it.
- Export at the highest quality offered and let the platform compress it, rather than compressing twice.
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