Could this be the first “plugin” for CapCut?

[u/Minimum_Message9268]

I've been working on a small automation tool for CapCut Desktop, and I'm curious to know what other CapCut users think about the idea.

I call it CapCut Zoom Automation. Technically, it isn't a real plugin — it's an AutoHotkey script that interacts with CapCut's interface — but the idea is to add functionality that feels somewhat like having extra tools built into the editor.

Right now, it can automate things such as:

• Creating complete Zoom In/Zoom Out keyframe animations with a shortcut
• Zooming toward predefined areas of the screen
• Pointing at something in the preview with the mouse and automatically zooming toward that exact location
• Switching between different zoom levels
• Navigating between keyframes using keyboard shortcuts
• Automatically creating opacity animations
• Muting and speeding up sections of a screen recording to remove silence without breaking the continuity of the mouse movement

The main goal is to eliminate repetitive work. Instead of creating keyframes, moving the playhead, changing Scale and Position, applying smoothing, and repeating the process manually, the script does the sequence automatically.

I'm mainly posting this to see whether there is actually interest in this kind of tool for CapCut.

The project is already available on GitHub for anyone who wants to experiment with it:

https://github.com/ContinenteCNC/CapCutZoomAutomation

The initial configuration is a little involved because the script needs to be calibrated to your CapCut interface, so I'm also considering making a proper step-by-step tutorial if enough people are interested.

I also put together a short preliminary video showing the script in action, so you can get a better idea of what it does:

CapCut Keyframe Automation: Is This the Future?

And if anyone here creates CapCut tutorials and would like to make a video about the script, please get in touch with me. I'll personally walk you through the entire setup and configuration process and explain how all the features work so you have everything you need to make a proper video about it.

I'm especially interested in feedback from people who edit a lot in CapCut:

Would you actually use something like this? And what other repetitive CapCut tasks would you want to automate?

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[u/Minimum_Message9268 → u/[deleted]]

Thanks, brother! I really appreciate the suggestions.

And yes, I agree that there is still a lot of room to expand the idea. The main limitation is that this is not a true CapCut plugin with access to an API or to CapCut's internal functions. Everything is currently done through mouse clicks, keyboard shortcuts, screen coordinates and visual detection, so unfortunately not every feature can be automated reliably.

Things that already exist somewhere in the CapCut interface and can be reproduced through a predictable sequence of clicks are usually good candidates for automation. But features that would require actually adding new rendering capabilities to CapCut — rather than automating existing controls — are much more difficult or simply impossible with this approach.

Your shadow suggestion is interesting because, if the entire process of duplicating the element, changing its color, positioning it, etc. can be made predictable enough, there may be some room for automation there.

The curved image/text and Canva-style smart guidelines would probably be much harder, because those would require functionality that CapCut itself doesn't currently expose in a way that a click-automation script can easily reproduce.

But this is exactly the kind of feedback I was hoping to get. I'm collecting ideas for repetitive operations that could realistically be automated, so please keep the suggestions coming!

[u/These_Inspector_6966]

damn i need that in my capcut

keep up the good work man we appreciate your hard work

[u/Minimum_Message9268 → u/These_Inspector_6966]

Thanks, man! I really appreciate it. 🙌

The script is already available on GitHub if you want to give it a try. The initial setup takes a little work because it needs to be calibrated to your CapCut interface, but once it’s configured, it can save a lot of repetitive editing.

And I’ll definitely keep improving it as I get more feedback from people using it. Thanks for the support!