CapCut offers a variety of effects and filters to give videos a cinematic feel:
- Filters: Enhance clips with life, food, style, mono, or retro filters.
- Light effects: Add a dreamy glow with the Dreamy Glow effect or a soft effect with the Bloom effect.
- Edge glow: Add some edge glow to enhance clips.
- Track-ins: Create a tracking effect by adding keyframes to scale and position.
- Figure glare: Create a glowing flicker effect by dragging the Figure Glare effect from the training section.
- Sound effects: Add matching sound effects to transitions, like a glitch transition.
- Text animations: Apply cool text animations to captions.
- Speed ramps: Create custom speed ramps with the Speed feature.
- Optical flow: Get smooth slow-mo footage even if the clip isn’t shot in slow motion.
- Vibration flash: Drag the Vibration Flash effect from the training tab over a transition to create a flash effect.
- Auto reframe: Change the screen size or orientation.
In addition to effects, other tips for creating cinematic videos in CapCut include:
- Adjusting contrast, saturation, and color temperature
- Adding edge glow
- Using the Stabilize filter
- Adding matching sound effects to transitions
- Starting sound effects slightly before a transition starts
CapCut offers a library of free transition effects, including Glare, Pull In/Out, Auto Cutout, Speed Ramp, Fades, J Cuts, and Masking.
