Video Editing How-To Guides
Cut, caption, and polish video with AI. These guides cover beat-synced edits, auto captions, and cleanup steps you can repeat.
Captions & Subtitles
How to Add Auto Captions to a Video in CapCut
Use CapCut's Auto Captions feature to transcribe spoken audio into editable, styled subtitles in a couple of minutes.
How to Add Auto Subtitles to a Video in Submagic
Upload a clip to Submagic and generate accurate auto-captions in a couple of minutes.
How to Add Captions and Subtitles in Descript
Generate animated captions from your transcript, style them, and burn them in or export an SRT file.
How to Auto-Generate Captions in VEED
Use VEED's auto subtitle tool to caption any video right inside the browser.
How to Auto Caption a Video with AI
Generate accurate, styled captions from your video's audio so clips stay watchable with the sound off.
How to Style Captions with a Template in Submagic
Apply and customize a caption template in Submagic to match your brand look.
How to Translate Your Video Captions Into Another Language in CapCut
Generate captions, then use CapCut's translation to produce subtitles in a second language for a wider audience.
How to Add Auto B-roll and Emojis to Captions in Submagic
Layer keyword-triggered B-roll and emojis onto your captioned clip in Submagic.
How to Translate Captions into Another Language in Submagic
Generate translated, timed captions in Submagic to reach viewers in other languages.
How to Fix Misheard Names and Jargon in Auto Captions
A repeatable cleanup pass to catch the words auto-caption tools most often get wrong.
How to Export Captions as an SRT File from VEED
Download your auto-generated subtitles as a reusable SRT file for YouTube and other platforms.
How to Batch-Caption Multiple Clips Efficiently in Submagic
A workflow for captioning a week of short clips quickly using a saved Submagic style.
How to Upload an Existing SRT and Burn Captions in VEED
Bring your own subtitle file into VEED and render hardcoded captions onto the video.
How to Position Captions in the Safe Zone for TikTok and Reels
Place captions so platform buttons and the caption text never cover your words.
How to Burn an SRT into a Video with FFmpeg
Use FFmpeg to hardcode a subtitle file into a video from the command line, with styling control.
How to Auto-Caption a Video and Fix the Errors Fast
Generate captions automatically, then catch the few words the model gets wrong before you burn them into the clip.
Editing & Cleanup
How to Edit Video by Editing the Text Transcript in Descript
Import a clip, let Descript transcribe it, then cut, trim, and reorder your video just by editing words like a document.
How to Remove Filler Words Automatically in Descript
Use Descript's Remove Filler Words tool to strip ums, uhs, and likes from an entire recording in one pass.
How to Apply Studio Sound to Clean Up Audio in Descript
Use Descript's Studio Sound to remove background noise and make voice recordings sound like they came from a studio mic.
How to Remove a Video Background in CapCut Without a Green Screen
Use CapCut's AI auto cutout to delete the background behind a person in any clip, no green screen required.
How to Create an AI Voiceover With Text to Speech in CapCut
Type a script and let CapCut's Text to Speech read it in a natural AI voice, then sync it to your footage.
How to Remove Background Noise in Descript
Cut hiss, hum, and room noise from a recording using Descript's noise reduction controls and Studio Sound.
How to Clean Up Background Noise in CapCut With AI
Use CapCut's noise reduction and voice enhancement to strip hiss and hum out of recorded dialogue.
How to Record Your Screen and Webcam in Descript
Capture a screen recording with your webcam and mic directly in Descript so it lands in an editable transcript instantly.
How to Remove Awkward Pauses and Dead Air in Descript
Use Shorten Word Gaps and Remove Retakes to tighten pacing and cut silent dead air across a whole recording.
How to Retouch Skin and Enhance Faces in CapCut
Apply CapCut's AI retouch tools to smooth skin, brighten eyes, and subtly enhance a face on camera without looking fake.
How to Fix Mistakes with Overdub AI Voice in Descript
Train an Overdub voice and patch a misspoken word by typing the correction, so you do not have to re-record.
How to Record and Edit a Multi-Track Podcast in Descript
Set up separate speaker tracks, label them, and edit each voice independently for a clean multi-person podcast.
How to Export and Publish a Video from Descript
Pick the right export settings, share a Descript link, or publish straight to YouTube without losing quality.
AI Video Generation
How to Make a Text-to-Video Clip in Runway Gen-3
Turn a written prompt into a short cinematic clip in Runway Gen-3 Alpha, then download it for editing.
How to Animate a Still Image into Video with Runway
Use Runway's image-to-video mode to bring a single photo or illustration to life with controlled motion.
How to Generate a Video from an Image in Kling AI
Upload a photo to Kling, set the motion strength, and render a smooth animated clip.
How to Generate Video with Veo in the Gemini App
Use Google's Veo model inside the Gemini app to create a clip from a text prompt and save it.
How to Generate Video From a Text Prompt in CapCut
Use CapCut's AI text-to-video and image-to-video tools to create new b-roll clips from a written description.
How to Control Motion with Kling's Motion Brush
Paint motion paths directly onto an image in Kling to control exactly what moves and where.
How to Extend a Clip to a Longer Shot in Runway
Chain Runway's Extend feature to grow a 5 second clip into a longer continuous shot without hard cuts.
How to Write Camera Moves into Video Prompts
Use a vocabulary of real camera terms to direct motion in Runway, Kling, and Veo precisely.
How to Make Vertical 9:16 Clips for Shorts and Reels
Generate platform-ready vertical video in Runway, Kling, or Veo and avoid the most common framing mistakes.
How to Fix Warping and Artifacts in AI Video
Diagnose the common distortions in generated clips and the prompt and setting changes that fix them.
How to Upscale and Smooth AI Video Output
Increase resolution and frame rate of a generated clip so it looks crisp on big screens.
How to Keep a Consistent Character Across AI Clips
Use reference images and reusable prompts so the same character looks the same in every generated shot.
Shorts & Repurposing
How to Turn a Long Video into Shorts with Opus Clip
Upload a long video to Opus Clip and let its AI find, crop, and caption the most clippable moments into ready-to-post Shorts.
How to Make a Faceless YouTube Short with AI
Build a vertical, faceless Short end to end with an AI script, a synthetic voiceover, stock visuals, and captions, no camera needed.
How to Turn a Long Video Into Short Clips With CapCut AI
Feed a long recording into CapCut's Long video to shorts tool and let AI cut it into ready-to-post vertical clips.
How to Create Vertical Social Clips from a Long Video in Descript
Turn a long horizontal recording into punchy vertical clips with reframing and captions for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts.
How to Convert a Horizontal Video to Vertical With Auto Reframe in CapCut
Use CapCut's auto reframe to repurpose a 16:9 video into a 9:16 vertical clip that keeps the subject in frame.
How to Make a Faceless Reddit Story Video
Turn a text story into a faceless narration video with gameplay background, synced captions, and a strong hook.
How to Add Animated Captions to Clips in Opus Clip
Style, highlight, and animate the auto-generated captions on an Opus Clip so the words pop and stay readable on muted feeds.
How to Reframe a Horizontal Talking-Head Video to Vertical
Use AI auto-reframe to convert a 16:9 talking-head clip into a 9:16 vertical that keeps the speaker centered as they move.
How to Auto-Cut a Montage to the Beat in CapCut
Use CapCut's beat detection and auto-cut features to snap your clips to the rhythm of a music track.
How to Write Viral Hooks and Titles for Shorts with AI
Use an AI assistant to generate and test scroll-stopping hooks and on-screen titles for your Shorts and faceless videos.
How to Batch-Clip a Whole Podcast Episode into Ten Shorts
Run a full podcast through Opus Clip and triage the output into a publishable batch of vertical clips in one sitting.
How to Make a Faceless Listicle Video from a Blog Post
Convert a written listicle into a faceless top-five video with voiceover, on-screen ranking, and matching visuals.
How to Add B-Roll and Emojis Automatically in Opus Clip
Use Opus Clip AI b-roll and keyword emojis to break up a static talking head and make clips feel more dynamic.
How to Clone Your Voice for Faceless Narration with ElevenLabs
Create a custom ElevenLabs voice clone so your faceless videos narrate in a consistent voice you own and control.
How to Schedule Opus Clip Shorts to TikTok and YouTube
Connect your social accounts to Opus Clip and queue finished clips to post automatically with titles and hashtags.
How to Export Videos for TikTok, Reels, and YouTube From CapCut
Choose the right resolution, frame rate, and bitrate so your CapCut exports look sharp on every platform.