Capcut Guide
Navigating the App
1. Material Panel - This is where you can find, upload, and record media, elements, effects,
and more.
2. Preview Area - This is where your video will preview. You can interact with visual
elements in this area, including style, size, coloring, etc.
3. Timeline - This is where you can edit the timing and order of the elements in your project
by splitting and rearranging your clips.
Material Panel Items
Media - Upload, Record and browse through visual and audio media.
Templates - Pre-edited and arranged projects for plug & play video
editing!
Elements - Stock Photos, Videos, AI characters and Stickers
Filters - Pre-set filters to alter lighting, saturation, hue, and more.
Audio - Music and sound effects, broken into categories
Text - Add headings and other text, including pre-made text templates.
Captions - Automate or manually create Captions (Subtitles) or lyrics
for your videos!
Transcript - Automatically generate a transcript for your video.
Effects - Add in special video and body effects from lighting, to
electricity and more!
Transitions - Add transitions between clips such a fades, blurs and
More.
Preview Area Sidebar Editors
Ratio - change the aspect ratio of your video to match the platform you’ll
be sharing it to.
Basic - Add masks, color adjustments, transparency, or transform
Background - Add background colors and formats
Smart tools - Remove Backgrounds and Auto-Reframe
Audio - Adjust volume, fade durations, noise reduction and voice
changers, you can also add marks for beats in music and more!
Animate - Pre-made animations to bring your clips in, out, or on a loop
Speed - Adjust the speed the clip plays, or add curves in the play rate
Timeline Area Editors
Playhead - Indicates where on the timeline your preview is displaying
Split - Split your clips in two from your playhead
Delete - delete clips
Reverse - reverse the visual order of your clip
Crop - Crop the edgest of your clip
Flip - Invert/Flip your clips horizontally.
Freeze - Split and add a freeze frame in your clip
Transcript-Based Editing - Generate a transcript
Split Scene - Automatically detect and generate separate clips
Download Clip - Download a file of your clip
Zoom - Zoom in or out from your timeline
Finished Editing?
Export - Download and share your project with your friends!
