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CapCut is easy to learn once you know the order of work. Follow this flow and your first video will take about ten minutes.

1. Import your clips

Tap New project, select the clips from your gallery and add them. They appear on the timeline in the order you picked them.

2. Trim and split

Drag the handles at the edges of a clip to trim it. To cut in the middle, move the white playhead to the spot and tap Split.

3. Add music

Open Audio, choose a track or a sound effect, and drag it so the beat matches your cuts. Lower the volume of the original audio if needed.

4. Add effects and text

Use Filters for colour, Effects for movement, and Text for titles. Keep it simple. One or two effects look better than ten.

5. Export

Choose your resolution and frame rate, then tap Export. For Reels and Shorts, 1080p at 30 fps is a good balance.

Captions make videos easier to watch with the sound off, which is how many people scroll. CapCut can create them for you.

Generate the captions

Select your clip, open Text, then Auto captions. Pick the spoken language and tap Generate. Wait a few seconds while the text appears.

Fix mistakes

Auto captions are rarely perfect. Tap a caption and correct names, slang and punctuation.

Style them

Choose a font, size and colour with strong contrast. Add a thin outline or a background box so the text stays readable on any scene.

Placement

Keep captions in the centre area of the screen. The very bottom is often covered by app buttons on social platforms.

Slow motion can look amazing or jerky. These habits make the difference.

Film at a higher frame rate

If your phone camera supports 60 fps or more, record that way. More frames give smoother slowdowns.

Use curve speed

Instead of slowing the whole clip, use the Curve option. Speed up, slow down at the key moment, then speed up again.

Match the beat

Place the slow part on a music hit. The viewer feels the moment.

Add light motion blur

A small amount of blur hides the gaps between frames.

Keep it short

Two or three seconds of slow motion is enough. Longer clips lose impact.

All three are popular on Android. The right one depends on what you make.

CapCut

Strong templates, auto captions and background removal. A good choice for short social videos.

InShot

Very simple layout and quick tools for cropping, music and basic text. Good for fast edits and beginners.

KineMaster

A more traditional multi-layer editor with detailed controls. Good if you want precise audio and layer work.

Which should you pick?

Start with CapCut for social content. Try InShot if you want the simplest tool, and KineMaster for layered projects.