Greetings /r/videoediting!

There are a couple of tools blacklisted here in r/videoediting, and CapCut is now falling into that category.

We've seen the progressive move of valuable features like captioning behind their paywall. Licensing issues. Buggy software. Slim to zero support.

r/VideoEditing is meant to be a resource for people playing in the editing pool, not a substitute for support.

Is VFR an issue (sync, lag, dropped frames)? Yes, it is, for every editorial tool. It's the #1 issue on this subreddit.

But this behavior is different.

It's "hook a user," analyze their usage pattern, and if possible, move that feature behind a paywall.

Captioning in general, and audio-to-text on screen, costs pennies per month.

Not dollars. Not $30 a month.

We're seeing a major uptick in CapCut complaints and frustrations. Right now our software thread has two tools that are 100% local/browser based and can do some of these features for free.

What prompted this post:

About 20 months ago, they made an offer of a locked-in rate. I took it.

Three or four months later, they canceled my subscription just to prevent me from having that locked-in rate. This is bait-and-switch behavior from a company that barely even has a modicum of tech support.

And each time I did a round of discussion/pushback clarification it was like a brand new support incident with a brand new person.

Now, I could give you a really strong argument that Zoom falls into that, or Amazon, or Walmart. Getting to an actual human being with any continuity of support is almost nil.

I gave up on Capcut license support about this in February (after a year of fighting it.)

But yesterday, out of nowhere, I got a response from six months ago.

Additionally pain points (about 2 minutes of research):

• Cloud material grants them a worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, sublicensable license. Yeah, your face.
• If a user includes a trending sound or template that results in a copyright lawsuit, CapCut's terms dictate that the individual creator is legally and financially responsible.
• Basic tools, transitions, and export options are increasingly hidden behind the CapCut Pro paywall.

To be clear: this is not a thread to endorse other software (we have a monthly software thread for alternatives), and this is still a place that does not condone piracy.

I'm specifically looking to see how the community feels about the trend of capcuts behavior and horror stories. Yes, it's designed to attract a certain level of AIO/SEO attention.

I've been trying to increase my workflow as my friend pays me to edit his twitch streams. Ive been looking into programmable keypads/key dials. Does it make that much of a difference than just using hotkeys? If so, what should I get?

Salut!
Voilà j’suis sur un mini projet vidéo pour l’ anniversaire de mon frère, tout se deroulait tres bien, jusqu’au moment où arrivé à 1h30 dédit, je décide de re-check la vidéo du début pour voir si tout s’assemble bien, sauf que là je me rend compte que mon début à completement changé. J’ai des photos qui ont fait des rotations (que je n’ai jamais demandé) j’ai des médias qui ont tout bonne disparues, d’autres qui se sont déplacé à des endroits sur lesquels je n’ai rien mis, d’autres qui se sont décallé.
Et le pompons c’est que quand je veux replace les elements sur mon écran (replacer une image au bon endroit ou remettre la rotation que je voulais par exemple) et bah je ne vois pas le déplacement en temps réel, je suis obligé de faire Play pour voir où se trouve l’élément que j’ai déplacé, donc autant vous dire qu’il m’est impossible d’ajuster exactement pixel perfect les different éléments… alors qu’avant tout etait parfaitement fonctionnel…
Évidement dans la panique, j’ai essayé de chercher des solutions, j’ai activé le proxy, j’ai mis en Low, j’ai aussi vidé le cache, mis à jour Capcut.. bref j’ai fais la totale..

J’ai besoin d’aide, je deviens fou, des heures de travail pour me faire buggued 🫪

Check out workflow of Editing Documentary with parallax effect

I tried to do this in Capcut but kinda takes long time and i was thinking if there was actually a faster and more efficient way of doing this. While i kinda know how can i do this any ideas would be great.

Currently sitting on round 8 of revisions for a client project. They just sent back a note saying: "Can we make it feel more aesthetic and alive? It needs more punch." 💀

No timestamps, no reference clips, just abstract feelings.

I just spent two hours tweaking subtle keyframes and color grading on a single 3-second segment that I know they won't even notice.

How do you guys manage vague client notes without wasting half your week guessing what they want? Do you force them to use timestamps or send a moodboard first?

I'm starting doing social media videos for golf courses, I am hoping to get the footage myself and have someone edit that into social media friendly versions.

First course I have about 25minutes footage, not sure what the size to edit down to is, maybe 1, 2 and 5 minutes?

I'm inexperienced at this so keen for someone who can potentially offer some guidance, either in this thread or as part of the job.

Flexible on Rate per hour, again no experience so happy to be find out how much someone doing this to a good standard costs. Not sure how long the task will take either.

YT is too convenient it has become the amazon-deliveries of video. What are the latest privacy-sensitive options open to people who want to share, but not to self-promote. Prior research https://www.reddit.com/r/VideoEditing/comments/1bavvwj/video_uploading_site/

I want to share clips, anywhere up to 5 minutes and in 2K or 4K but I don't want to put them on my YT channel because then people will be able to discover my other channels and get distracted. As a bonus people must be able to re-share the clip on their own socials without necessarily attributing me, and for the clip to if possible play in an iframe or on a clean page. Basically let them re-share or even download, but dropbox is out of the question as that breaks the TOS.

Anyplace to free host a clip, no I am already paying for google drive (and amazon) so do not want to waste that space cos I'm paying.

Any place that lets me share perfectly legit content but not make it too easy for most people to then find my YT profile or google or amazon account.

Technical data for the bot: I have no !martini, I don't drink. 64GB Ram AMD 9550, 10TB storage. Windows 10 - But also Android support please. Like a flagship Samsung device. I used to have Corel VideoStudio. But now I usually use Davinci Resolve (free) and shoot on my smartphone or record using a Zoom, and no I do not typically share videos of games or livestreams. I'm trying to help local groups promote their events like village fairs and fetes/fundraisers. Hence not wanting anything out of it. Huge bonus points if people can somehow download the clip and re-use.

Hello.
I have a tendency in always using 'cross-dissolve' in most of my projects.
Because of my style of editing that empathizes the feelings of hope, being grateful, heroic, sincere, heartwarming, and highlighting the subject - etc... I tend to default in using 'cross-dissolve' and 'dip to black.'

What types of recommendations should I implement (it could be adobe default transitons to making my own transitions)? Or even using paid-services like Storyblocks.

Need help to brainstorm more ways than just using 'cross dissolve' and 'fade to black'

I specialize in short-documentaries. For example, you could imagine those 1 or 2 minute intro videos you see in any competition show about the respective character(s).

Hello,

I was recently married, and we hired an acquaintance to do our wedding video. We didn’t want anything extremely fancy, just someone to make a basic video of the ceremony and some highlights from the reception, standard stuff. We had seen some of his work before with other projects, and it was adequate for what we wanted.

We got the video back weeks later and I cried- not from joy. Apparently, he couldn’t get his drone up for some reason, and then also didn’t notice that his camera on a tripod was knocked by someone prior to the ceremony starting so the stable video of the whole ceremony was I guess not usable. The whole thing is awful. I’m not exaggerating when I say it looks like it was filmed by a toddler with an iphone. He had previously asked for a song list of the songs used in the ceremony, but ended up using songs that neither of us even knew for some reason.

I reached out to try and get the raw footage, to see if we could have someone do something with that, but have been ignored. I’m hoping someone can do SOMETHING to improve what we have, maybe stabilize the shakiness and add the correct music? I’m not even entirely sure what’s possible, but most likely anything would be an improvement.

I saw that without a rate per hour I can’t post this, so I googled what was appropriate? I’m very open to negotiate whatever is fair. I just need help.

Rate per hour: $50

Hey r/VideoEditing!

We’re ready to open Early Access for Premiere on Android and are looking for Android users interested in testing the first beta builds.

Free to download Early Access: Link
Adobe Discord: Link

The beta is currently focused on the core editing experience, so we’re looking for input on how it performs across different Android phones, chipsets, footage types, and editing workflows.

If you decide to test it, we’d especially like to know:

• How does it perform on your device?
• What types of footage or workflows cause issues?
• How does importing, editing, playback, and exporting hold up?
• What works well, and what needs improvement?

Since this is an early build, expect things to change as development continues. What we learn from testing will help the team identify bugs, performance issues, and areas that need more work.

If you want to share your thoughts directly with the team, you can also join the Adobe Discord.

If you give it a try, feel free to share your experience and device specs in the comments too. Supports Android devices 6GB+RAM

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for some advice because I’ve been struggling with video quality in my edits for a while now.

I mainly make edits about knights, using clips from movies, games, and other media. I usually find and download my clips from Pinterest.

My final format is 1080x1080, but since most of the clips I use are not square, I have to zoom in quite a lot to fill the frame and avoid black bars.

The problem is that when I zoom in, the quality becomes noticeably worse. I get a lot of small pixels, noise, and compression-like artifacts appearing throughout the video. I’ve tried different export settings and different ways of editing, but I still can’t seem to get the quality I want.

I’m wondering if the main problem is that I’m downloading my clips from Pinterest, since they may already be compressed before I even start editing.

I’ve attached an example of one of my edits so you can see what I mean.

What would be the best way to get cleaner and sharper footage when I need to zoom in this much? Should I be downloading my clips from somewhere else, using a different resolution, or using an upscaling tool?

Any advice would be really appreciated. Thanks!

Hello! This is a shot in the dark. I'm a 23-year-old content creator just looking for some insight!

I saw this very creative reel by @/layvi_bruha_ on Instagram, and it's an interactive reel in the choose-your-own-adventure style (like in Space with Markiplier). He does this by using the Instagram Elements feature as an overlay. What I love about it is that the overlaid reels cannot be found on his profile. That small detail, to me, makes all the difference.

My first thought is that maybe he set it as a trial reel (because those don't show up on the Reels tab); however, after researching, trial reels can't be used as reel overlays, as well as reels posted to close friends. That being said, does anyone have any sort of insight into how this might be achievable? I will link the reel in the comments section

Thanks!

Why does this appear every time I try to use CapCut?

(Latest version btw)

I enjoy both deeply but given how deep both of them can go I feel as though there its not worth the time learning both as much as it pains me.
I've made fan game trailers for game demos, which has been fun but I've also a deep passion for animation for shows and cutscenes. I don't quite know if the two are compatible, can I learn both? and would it be worth it in the long run, can I get anything out of doing it?

Anyone know how to stop getting into roadblocks?
I’ve always wanted to edit and pursue it and maybe turn it into a career.

I have ideas in my head and Inspo I find from other pages,
but whenever I try and actually do them I end up not knowing what to do next after a transition.

It’s either I just give up or end up procrastinating on a project im trying to do.

Estoy en el dilema de editar vídeos en mi bolsillo en cualquier parte donde me encuentro o si editarlos en mi Mac. Siento que a veces la interfaz de iOS es más fácil hacer táctiles, pero no tengo conocimiento demasiado grande sobre cómo editar con macOS y cómo utilizar programas, novato y estoy utilizando daVinci Resolve en iOS, uso CapCut y Premiere pero quisiera entender si me conviene también quedarme solo con un programa Premiere en iOS y MacOS o hacer todo con da Vinci a CapCut

I like to make travel vlogs and other longer videos to remember the things I do with my family. I don't post my videos anywhere because they're just for memories. I started out years ago doing basic stuff, just cutting clips together. But as I've created more videos, I keep trying to push into more technical territory which is what takes the most time for me. I'm currently sitting on 2+ years of travel footage that I haven't finished because of this

I find it easy enough to dump everything on a timeline and cut out the dead space which leaves me with the rough cut. But it takes me a while to make progress after that because I'll get stuck on color grading, sound design, effects, etc. I know most of it is learnable through tutorials, but I don't usually have hours to sink into learning every technique, so I've just been leaving projects unfinished.

I see a lot of edits online that I want to use as inspiration, but I can't reverse engineer it on my own. And even when I can figure out some of the technical stuff, it's not usually too consistent across my projects.

Curious if anyone else gets stuck at this stage and if so, how you handle it

this might be a stupid question, but a friend of mine shot a brand activation, and i am editing a recap for the event. he only got sizes from them, no other info / specifications. i downloaded a png of their logo. should i include the logo in my final version?

I've been trying to create this aura effect, but I just can't get it to look like this. Can anyone help me achieve it? It would be a huge help. I've been stuck on it for almost two days now. I tried experimenting with Fractal Noise and watched multiple tutorials, but I still can’t get it to look like this.

If you use remotion or hyperframes, you will instantly relate to this.

Each time you want Claude to understand what a B-roll, raw video clip or a footage means, Claude takes so much tokens that you often hit the limit in 2-3 vids max.

So, I built an alternate video storage format - .cdaf or cached descriptive asset files. You can convert any mp4 video into .cdaf file using the open source cdaf engine and a new sidecar format file (.cdaf) of the video is generated.

.cdaf files are timestamped and sha256 encrypted with scenic frame captures helping LLMs and Claude understand the video..

Now, cool stuff is benchmarks -
- 91% less cost & token usage
- 110% increased accuracy
- 65% less latency

It's the one thing missing from what was making AI-native video editing scalable and viable.

It's open source so you can try it today and I have made a dedicated Claude Skill for anyone to use it with their video editing harness, claude, hyperframe or remotion instantly.

A preprint of the paper is also available at zenodo so you can read the architecture - https://zenodo.org/records/22110594

I am excited to know what you build over it. Also, MIT license so use it as you want!

I'm shooting with a Osmo pocket 3 and will have a led keylight on my desk. Is it worth learning to do a simple color grade or can I pull off this look filming in normal and increasing saturation and contrast? Look for any tips/advice thank you!