How To Make a CapCut Template: Flaunt Your Design Skills

CapCut, TikTok’s official third-party editing app, invites those with an “eye for design and creative trends” to join their Template Program. If you enjoy fussing over details when creating videos, the program may be perfect for you! Learn how to make a CapCut template to flaunt your meticulous artistic skills.

What Is CapCut’s Template Program?

TikTok’s extensive editing tools and features can be overwhelming. But once you learn to navigate your way through the dizzying collection of effects, filters, and other in-app editing instruments, producing professional-quality videos is a breeze. Before you know it, you’re looking for third-party apps that offer different editing tricks and capabilities.

Enter CapCut, TikTok’s sister company and an app that offers capabilities very similar to TikTok’s but also a wider selection of awesome features. Among its most popular features is its template library. Recently, CapCut launched its Template Program for creators. It’s one of two programs that promote and reward CapCut creators — giving them opportunities to make money from their passion. Currently, the program is only available to creators in the US.

As a CapCut creator, you can:

• Create high-quality video templates; 
• Earn money for templates that meet the program requirements, plus monthly bonuses for top-performing templates;
• Free CapCut Pro membership; and
• CapCut merchandise for top-performing creators.

How To Apply to CapCut’s Template Program

Using CapCut is completely free, and anybody in the US who’s at least 18 years old can apply to CapCut’s Template Program. What do you need to do?

1. Prepare a video edit using CapCut. You need to do a screen recording while you’re editing using the app. Your screen recording should show the editing features you use. 
2. Open the CapCut app and tap the Template option at the bottom. 
3. You’ll see several banners streaming at the top of the Template screen. Select “Do you want to be a CapCut Creator?” to apply. 
4. Tap “Apply Now” at the bottom of the page.

You will have to provide some basic information and social media information. And then, you’ll add the link to your sample video or upload it. 

CapCut is available for Android, Apple, and desktop computers.

How To Make a Template on CapCut To Submit to the Template Program

If you’re well acquainted with TikTok’s editing features, using CapCut would be instantly familiar to you. You’ll need to start a new CapCut project to screen-record your application to the Template Program. Before getting started, choose a category for your template so you can plan the best features to use in it. If you want to create a template for a fitness video, for example, captions and transitions would be your primary tools. 

1. Open CapCut. Make sure you’re already recording your screen.
2. Tap New Project. 
3. Select your video clip, then tap Add. 
4. Start editing your video using your favorite tools. 
5. Save your video when you’re done.

If you need inspiration, explore CapCut’s available video templates. These come in various categories, including:

• Lyrics
• Beat
• Fun
• Marketing
• Meme
• Animation
• Vlog
• Together
• Special Day
• Game 
• Trending

Play around with a few of these templates to get an idea of how to create your own.

CapCut Tips and Tricks

You don’t need advanced video editing skills to become a successful CapCut creator. However, you do need a good understanding of CapCut’s features and functionalities. For starters, you should already be comfortable doing the following:

• Creating video projects
• Changing the video’s aspect ratio and background
• Trimming videos and ordering clips
• Changing video speed
• Adding music and sound effects
• Add text, captions, and stickers
• Adding filters and effects
• Adding transitions and animations

Again, if you’ve been creating TikTok videos for a while now, using CapCut should be a breeze. Here are some tips and tricks to help you level up your video editing game.

• Use the Match Cut feature to auto-generate the beats in your background music. This will make it easier for you to edit the beats in your video. 
• Use the Text-to-Speech feature so you don’t have to add a voice recording to narrate your video. 
• Use the Green Screen effect to fix or change your video’s background instantly. 
• Use the Zoom In effect to highlight certain aspects in your video. 
• Adjust the video speed of various clips in your video to skip ahead or slow down.
• Play with the Masking and Blurring tools to hide certain elements in your video or put them in stronger focus.

CapCut Hacks for Quick Editing

CapCut templates are great when you don’t want to browse through the dizzying array of selections and agonizing over choices. In certain situations when using templates may also take too long, CapCut offers other features that allow super quick editing. Try any of the following for last-minute posts:

• AutoCut. You simply upload your video or image, and CapCut automatically chooses the best template for your project. You can do additional basic editing before exporting your video. 
• Script to Video. This editing feature uses AI to generate a narration or commercial script based on your requirements. CapCut generates a video based on your selected script. 
• Batch Edit. This feature allows you to edit multiple materials simultaneously. You can edit up to 50 images. 
• Text to Design. This feature is similar to Script to Video, except you’ll be providing the description for the final product you want to generate. 
• Long Video to Shorts. Convert videos of up to 180 minutes long to short videos with a few steps. 
• AI Model. Use an AI-generated model to show off your products. 
• Video Upscaler. Automatically improve video resolution. 
• Video Stabilization. Automatically stabilize shaky videos. 
• Super Slow-Motion. Create smooth, slow-motion effects with one click.  

Explore Your Passion for Film-Making on TikTok

TikTok may have seemed like a bane for film-making aficionados, but it soon proved to be just the opposite. It’s the perfect platform to showcase one’s creative flair in the world of motion pictures. TikTok’s innovative editing tools are perfect for video amateurs. But pros like @ZachKing are still able to perform their video magic off the app and share it with the world via the app. 

And even the most inexperienced eventually developed skills in editing short-form videos for TikTok. Downloads for video editing apps surged. For brands and content creators, creating video content became an even more important component of their social media strategy. These days, anybody can produce captivating videos on the fly — thanks to TikTok. But those with more meticulous tendencies also have tons of opportunities to shine on the platform. 

Learning how to make a CapCut template is a great opportunity to flex your creative eye and video editing skills. You don’t need film-making knowledge to succeed on TikTok. The platform offers a full suite of tools to help users create high-quality videos. And if you need help showing off your finished products to the right audiences, sign up for a High Social plan. Get an additional audience-targeting advantage with High Social’s advanced, proprietary AI technology. Deliver your amazing videos to more interested users who will likely become lifelong fans. Start growing your TikTok today!

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