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Edit and color grade viral shorts in CapCut

Demo summary

The creator walks through dragging clips onto the CapCut timeline, removing dead air for aggressive pacing, and applying specific saturation and vignette settings to make the colors pop.

Step-by-step

  1. Drag all video clips and audio files onto the timeline.
  2. Layer the dialogue over the establishing shots and slow-motion entrances.
  3. Scrub through the timeline and slice out every millisecond of dead air.
  4. Add an adjustment layer over the entire timeline.
  5. Go into the color settings and increase saturation to 10.
  6. Increase the vignette setting to 10.

Watch out for

  • Do not leave any gaps between words to prevent viewers from scrolling away.

Tips

  • Cut the video fast and aggressive to maintain pacing.
  • Use a saturation of 10 to make tropical colors pop on mobile screens.
  • Apply a vignette to darken edges and force the viewer's eye to the center of the frame.

Highlights

Once the dead air is gone, we apply the final cheat code. This is what separates the viral videos from the flops.

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