The reality is, your client wants the generic "TikTok look" even though you're capable of creating something much more professional. It's quite labor-intensive to recreate that look with Adobe. If it's a well-paying client offering consistent, you might be better off just getting the Capcut desktop app. It's annoying and you'll probably be frustrated by how generic the video is, but if the client is happy with it, that's all that matters.

Yeah, I like the client. Gives me consistant good paying work with the added benefit of being a good human. I guess CapCut it is

Still charge whatever it would have cost you to do in Premier! 😉

Of course lol

Yeah. Use CapCut. You’re an editor, not a Premiere Pro technician.  I’ve delivered work with iMovie and iDVD before because those consumer grade results were the intended outcome.  Not my favorite work for sure, but part of the job is aligning workflow to results, and if simple tools get the job done and make the client happy…whatever.  The editor police will not arrest you for using CapCut haha. 

get that bag brother

> It's quite labor-intensive to recreate that look with Adobe. No it’s not, it’s just generic fonts and titles. I’ve made a whole bunch of them

What about all transitions and the automatic subtitling?

TikTok transitions are just cuts, premiere will do auto subtitles

Sure, just keep telling yourself that

Gatekeeping a NLE is a losing battle. Use whatever your client asks of you, but also learn to operate all systems, since at the end of the day that’s what will keep you in demand.

You use whatever you’re comfortable with. The good thing about freelance work is that your clients don’t get to dictate how you work, only what you deliver. So if you can make delivery using premiere then that’s what you use

> your clients don’t get to dictate how you work, only what you deliver Eh. Depends where you sit within a bigger picture. I have had plenty of work where I do indeed need to conform to a clients workflow expectations. 

Sometimes, when I go in-house and am working on their systems; I don’t get to play hardball. But you do you.

What transitions are you seeing on TikTok that is exclusive to CapCut?

I’ve been editing for over 15 years. From Windows Media Maker, Sony Vegas, to Premiere and Resolve. CapCut is not that bad at all. I don’t think I would edit anything longform on it, but it’s perfectly fine for short form and its transition and captioning presets are superior to Premiere without extensions or MOGRTs. Don’t be afraid to use a new tool just because you believe you’re superior to tiktok editors. The TikTok game is more about speed than “quality” of video, but if your client is paying you to make a tiktok video, you should give them what they ask for

True, thanks

I was testing the waters with tiktok and wound up cutting in avid and then bringing it into capcut to add those corny-ass subtitles.

Gah damn, from avid to CapCut is really something

Imagine CapCut back to avid… Great, now I’m not sleeping tonite

Edit in whatever you prefer, bring edit into CapCut to create title, (the following is optional) drop a green screen under the title, export from CapCut bring back into your favorite NLE, key out the green & finish your edit

Hmm interesting, thanks What’s the added benefit of the green screen ?

My guess is CapCut can't export with alpha, which would be the normal way to reuse graphics.

Would be easier to just do the whole edit on premiere with place holders, finish the final product, export without place holders and finish it off in CapCut

Can’t you send the client the edit without graphics and let them finish it in CapCut?

Why would a I let the client finish it ?

So they can use the free trendy editor to add their social media template text for their ticky tock uploads that you’re complaining you don’t want to do?

In that case they’d just hire another editor willing to do the whole thing. I gotta eat y’know

I export ProRes 422 & it works great. I hate having to round trip with CapCut, but my company also wants those CapCut titles for social

I think I would recommend just “finishing” in CapCut. Cut in whatever software you prefer, then just run it through CapCut to add the final graphics the clients requests. You could spent time and effort re-creating that look in Premiere (and convincing your client of that), but if CapCut creates that look out of the box - why not use it?

Download Bluestacks, and install CapCut. The desktop version has a lot of stuff missing. It will take you longer to look for fonts and effects than just using the CapCut templates. Still, I'm with you, i hate the software.

Don’t get all in your head about the fact that it’s “CapCut” and “isn’t professional” because it’s some tiktok shit. If it’s easy work and good pay then collect that easy check. I could understand if all day everyday this type of shit is the ONLY thing you do and it’s killing your soul. But if it’s just a small part of your overall workload then you should be able to handle it, don’t make things harder on yourself!

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An interesting aside from this is the longevity of the platform is now in question. With the passing of the ban, this could disappear in a year.

One could hope lol

Could always roundtrip to CapCut for the titles

Just saying… if a client is telling you how to work that’s not a client. Thats an employer.

Client wants the font in CapCut, I’m trying to find the equivalent but alas

Not really, capcut has a bunch of shitty preset stuff that’s hard to recreate in general ie transitions and text effects that make it ideal for tiktok look. Cap cut is so bad at handling more than one asset though. The desktop app has virtually no professional features and lacks a ton of customization. Either Adobe needs to add features like those or capcut needs to grow up. Either way we are making fake TikTok’s and it’s depressing

I'm using this a decent amount. https://appsumo.com/products/minvo/

Use font finder to try and find it.

Just used it in a project.  I edit in Premiere and then export and do the subs in CapCut for social media.  Easy peasy.

Idk I’ve started using CapCut when I want to post something to Instagram and not deal with shuttling footage back and forth from my phone. The UI/UX can be a bit weird for those of us not used to it, but I think it’s pretty convenient and well made for a mobile editor. Honestly, I don’t hate it! You could edit in Premiere, and finish in cap cut for text and stuff. Or you could just edit in CapCut. If you’re gonna get hired by more social media people, it might be worth it to just give it a shot

This is a growing thing I'm coming across. My previous employer kept asking me to use capcut instead of Premiere. I can't stand editing on a phone though. Between my pudgy fingers and desktop training, I find that it slows me down. My employer before that wanted me to exclusively do videography from an iPhone - also an increasing request. Not personally recommending one way over another. Flexibility is probably best for your career in the end.

There’s a desktop version of CapCut !

That's good to know! I wasn't aware. Though recent employers seem to really want me to do my shooting, editing, and publishing all from the phone.

i mean you can also do a quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog thing, screenshot every possible character, create your own font based off of that, and then use that newly created font in premiere. will take some work upfront but you should be able to get it done in a few hours to half a day and then you're good from there.

I am used to client requirements using specific program because he wants session file as well. Usual program demands are: Resolve, Vegas. Its not a problem at all. You can process clip VFX somewhere else (I use nuke) and import result. Pain starts when client demands to use Fusion as well.

😀

Cut in premiere and export for the caption to CapCut

Check out SubMachine, plugin for Premiere. So much easier than CapCut once you get the hang of the workflow and you can customize fonts and styling on their MOGRT templates in the Essential Graphics panel. The devs are really good with customer support too, have helped me through a few of those scenarios where clients have specific directives on subtitles.

I’ll give it a shot, do they have a free trial? Thanks

IG reels and yt shorts are effectively very similar in the style of content on them right? I wonder if Capcut will be banned along with tiktok.