Gear, Software & Workflow

CapCut

Also called: CapCut Desktop

It runs on phone, desktop and browser against the same account. The pull is the short-form toolkit: automatic captions, styled subtitles, background removal, speed ramps and a large template library you drop your footage into. The free tier covers most of what creators need, with a paid Pro tier above it.

Two things to settle before you build a workflow on it. Some effects, stock media and export paths carry watermarks or licence conditions worth reading, and its ByteDance ownership has drawn the same regulatory attention as TikTok in several countries, which has already taken it offline once.

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