u/Environmental-Heron8

I made this jump a couple years ago and remember it being disorienting in specific ways that tutorials didn't really address. not the basics but more the workflow assumptions that CapCut makes for you that you suddenly have to do manually.

wondering what others found hardest. was it the timeline logic? text animation? audio? something else entirely?

for me the biggest thing was wrapping my head around the interface for the first month, it just felt all over the place. the hardest part was realizing transitions and animations don't work the same way, no more dragging effects onto clips, everything goes through adjustment layers. felt weirdly difficult and freeing at the same time. curious what got others 

asking because I made this jump myself and I'm not sure if it could be done in a more effective way.

I made this jump a couple years ago and remember it being disorienting in specific ways that tutorials didn't really address. not the basics but more the workflow assumptions that CapCut makes for you that you suddenly have to do manually.

wondering what others found hardest. was it the timeline logic? text animation? audio? something else entirely?

asking because I made this jump myself and I'm not sure if it could be done in a more effective way.

Been editing short-form content for brands for a while now (NOCCO, Barebells etc) and sound design consistently takes me 1-2 hours per a short video. Finding the right music, layering sfx, syncing hits to cuts – it's the most important part of the video but also the biggest time sink by far.

Curious how other editors handle this. Do you have a system? Specific libraries you swear by? Or just accept it and spend hours on every video?

Genuinely want to know if this is a universal pain or if I'm just slow.