4 Beginner Tips for Using CapCut that I Learned the Hard Way

So, you have started making content. You tried the Adobe Suite, but it’s too expensive. CapCut is a great free option, but you don’t know how to actually use it, right? Alright. 

I have been there where you are right now. I am a photographer who loves to make content  (sometimes). Adobe Suite didn’t sit well with me because of its expensive pricing. CapCut and some other tools like Filmora were some other options, but I settled with CapCut and it’s been fine so far. 

Speaking of CapCut, there is a learning curve to master it, which I learned the hard way. To save you from that trouble, I will be sharing a few of my proven ways and tricks to maximize the most of CapCut. Sounds great? Great, let’s hop right into it now. 

1. Skin Tone Adjustment

One of the most difficult things I learned while editing videos is doing the faces. It was too difficult, and sometimes it was a hit-and-miss, but CapCut made it super easy for me. 

Sometimes you don’t like the first draft of the video because of the uneven skin tones. What you can do is just upload the video to CapCut and then go to the enhance settings. There, you can search for the skin tone adjustment. Once you find the skin tone adjustments, you can adjust the scale to edit various aspects of the video, such as skin warmth, lighting, and more. 

It’s a simple feature that can make a lot of difference in making your content look good. It is recommended to keep things realistic, but you know you can take a risk by making things the way you want them to be. 

2. Make a Slow-Mo Out of Any Video

Have you taken a shot or maybe a drone shot and wonder if you should’ve taken it in more than 120fps? Yeah, been there, done that! It hurts. But you don’t need to worry right now because CapCut can take care of that, and that too pretty effectively. How? 

CapCut has a slow-motion feature that can take any clip and slow it down. I have tried other editing tools to turn a video into a slow motion, but what makes CapCut unique is its ability to (almost) optically smooth the video. Just upload your clip and then head on to the slider in the motion settings. 

Move the slider to the speed you want to slow down, and then below the slider, you will find a menu to choose the type of smoothness you want. I usually prefer to go with the optical slow motion because it doesn’t look like it slowed down after the video was captured. The details remain the same, and that slow-mo is too good. The size of the file speaks for the details of the videos. 

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3. Auto-Reframing (I Just Love It)

Framing and reframing are some of the most difficult things to do while editing videos. Can you keep the subject in the center? What about the quality of the videos? These are the questions that were answered via the CapCut. 

CapCut is by far the best tool when it comes to the reframing of a video. Whether you have shot the clip horizontally or vertically, you can always reframe the shot to make it the best through CapCut. How? 

Just upload the video to CapCut. Now, select the video option from the top right corner of the menu and then select the basic. Now, come to the bottom of this menu and select auto reframe. The CapCut editing software can do the rest after you select your desired aspect ratio. 

If you need to have the control back, you always have the liberty to choose the settings you want to play with. 

Another thing I love about this auto-reframing feature is that it can provide you with an extra layer of stability. You can choose the image stabilization and then the camera moving speed to alter the smoothness of the video. I like to keep both as normal because I like my video to be as natural-looking as possible. 

4. Retro Effect 

There are times when I am shooting the video in the suburbs and I need the retro look on them. There are multiple ways to do it, or I can simply just upload the video to CapCut and then select the gleam or retro effect filter. It seriously turns any shot great, especially the close-up of a person. 

To apply this, just upload your clip and then select the gleam effect filter. Under the menu that you can see on the right side, just adjust or tweak accordingly to get the best look. 

That’s been it. These are the tips that you can use to make your average videos great. Just keep learning, and you will learn your way to edit content.