Make Cinematic Videos with CapCut Text to Video AI

CapCut Text to Video AI tool in the desktop app for Windows and Mac is an amazing feature to generate stunning content for any use, whether it is for personal needs or sharing on social media platforms. In this guide, you'll learn about the features of this tool embedded in the CapCut app and know how to create an AI video using your text prompts.

Part 1. How to Use CapCut Text to Video AI to Generate AI Videos Quickly

It's pretty easy to generate an AI video with text prompts in the CapCut Text-to-Video AI tool. Here are the steps.

• Step 1.In the first step, open the CapCut desktop app on your Windows PC or Mac. When you see the main dashboard, click on the AI video option.

  

• Step 2.After clicking the AI video option, you'll land straight on the Text to Video editor with a prompt box. Here, you can describe your idea generally or in more detail so that CapCut understands what type of AI video you want to create.

  

• Step 3.Next, select a model from the list, whether it's Veo, Seedance, or Sora 2.

  

• Step 4.Then select the duration of the video, which can be 5 seconds or 10 seconds.

  

• Step 5.Next, choose the aspect ratio according to the platform you want to share your content on.

  

• Step 6.Now, click Generate, and the video will appear in the timeline below and in the preview window on the right, where you can use different features to edit it and make it more engaging.

  

• Step 7.Finally, you can either share the video directly to a social media platform or choose to export it using different export settings.

  

For example, you can set the resolution from 720p to 4K, rename the project title, choose the saving location, set the bitrate and codec, select a format like MP4, and set the frame rate as well. If you want to export the audio, you can check the audio option and then click Export.

Part 2. Features of the CapCut Text to Video AI Tool

Although CapCut has an online version of the AI video generator, which is a new video maker, you can mostly use it to create videos from scripts with voiceovers and other elements, which is suitable for narrative-style or talking-head type content. But if you want to generate only videos through your text prompts in different genres, the CapCut desktop app is the best choice because it has a dedicated Text to Video AI feature, which you can use with other models to create something visually inspiring.

Not only can you create awesome videos with text prompts, but there are also some other tools that can help you make them more engaging. Let's find out all about them.

Prompt Box and AI Models

Inside the desktop app for Windows and Mac, the CaCut Text to Video AI section offers you a prompt box, in which you can describe the video you want to generate in detail. There are many models to choose from, and some of them are the very latest ones, like Seedance 1.0 Fast, Seedance 1.0, Seedance 1.5 Pro, Veo 3.1, Veo 3, and Sora 2. If you select any model, the video will be generated according to that model's specifications. This way, you can try out different ones to see various outcomes of your generated content.

Video Duration and Aspect Ratios

You can also decide the duration of the video, which can be 5 seconds or 10 seconds. There is also an Aspect Ratio box in which you can select an aspect ratio so that the video is generated with that alignment on the screen. The options are 9:16, 16:9, 3:4, 1:1, 4:3, and 21:9. So it gives you a broader choice to generate according to the screen or display you want to target to show your AI videos.

After generating a video from your text prompts, you can edit it in the timeline as well. As soon as the video is generated, it is automatically shifted to the timeline below. Here, you can split the clip into different sections, cut or crop it. You can also reverse the order, freeze it, mirror it, or rotate the entire clip. You can enhance the visuals by choosing options like Stabilize or Enhance Quality, but these are paid features.

Library with Different Options

The CapCut desktop app also offers a library section, which gives you many options to modify your video. You can choose a background, and there are many options and choices available here for your generated AI video.

You can also add an intro and an end to the video and customize the text in them as well. Then, there are graphic transitions that you can add between the scenes. If you want to change the overall scenery of your video, it is possible here as well. You'll also see an atmosphere option to customize the overall feel of the video.

Captions, Stickers, and Music

In CapCut Text to Video AI, you can also add captions in English and many other languages. Not only that, but you can also select bilingual options as well. This is useful if you are targeting an audience that speaks two or more languages. If you want to identify filler words, you can toggle that on as well.

The sticker library is vast. It can be used as a CTA in the video, with different styles, emojis, and other fun elements like heartbeat signals, recording buttons, or anything you want to add to motivate your audience to subscribe or whatever you are offering.

In the audio section, you can add music or songs from different artists. The list here is huge, and you can choose one that fits the vibe of your AI video.

Effects and Filters

Now, you can add effects to the generated AI video as well. Again, the library here is huge. You can select from different categories like Hits, Motion, Light, Retro, Glitch, or blur things out at the start, middle, or end of the video.

Filters in CapCut Text to Video AI help adjust the overall visual tone of a video. They can change color balance, contrast, brightness, saturation, and shadows to give the video a specific look or mood. Some filters make footage look warmer or cooler, some add a cinematic tone, while others give a vintage or stylized appearance.

Editing Tools in CapCut Text to Video AI

On the right side of the video preview, there are other editing options as well, where you can scale the video or adjust it manually by setting the position and rotation angles. The blend mode option is also available, where you can use different settings like Brighten, Screen, Darken, Overlay, Hard Light, Soft Light, Color Burn, Linear Burn, Color Dodge, Multiply, and more. All of these blend modes add uniqueness to the content.

Other than that, there are some paid features as well. You can enhance the quality, reduce image noise, select an FPS, or remove or span any scene with AI. In Retouch, you can retouch using different styles and change the appearance of the skin based on different color presets for the body, hair, and face.

Another useful option is adjusting the playback speed, which ranges from 0.10x all the way up to 50.27x. In the Speed section, you can not only change the speed of the entire video, but you can also adjust it section by section. Under the Curve section, you can select a graph where the upward trajectory shows where the scene speeds up, the downward trajectories show where scenes slow down, and the middle line represents the original speed. You can choose any of these trajectories to make your video content more engaging.

In the Adjust option, there are several settings to change colors, temperature, tint, and saturation. You can also adjust lightness using exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, whites, blacks, and brilliance. There are other effects available here as well that you can apply to the video. Based on the intensity, you can adjust these with a slider, including sharpen, clarity, particles, fade, and vignette.

Part 3. Is the Text to Video AI Tool in CapCut Desktop Free?

The CapCut Text to Video AI inside the CapCut desktop app comes with a standard plan, which most people know as the free version. It lets you generate 3 videos for free to test the waters and covers the basic editing needs. That's why it works well for beginners, casual editors, and social media creators who want to make quick, creative edits and move on.

You get essential tools like cutting, trimming, merging, and splitting clips. These are enough to organize footage properly and put together a smooth story. The free version includes a range of filters, creative transitions, and visual effects. These options help improve how your videos look and feel. You can also add subtitles, captions, fonts, and stickers to personalize your videos or give them a basic branded look, which works well for short-form content.

In the standard, free version, audio tools let you adjust volume levels, add background music from the free music library, and apply simple voice effects when needed.

However, more AI video generations, access to premium templates, advanced effects, fonts, and music tracks are limited. Advanced AI-powered tools like 4K exports, motion tracking, and the auto caption generator are available only in the Pro version. Since free cloud storage is no longer included, saving or backing up projects online now requires a paid plan.

The Pro plan to use the CapCut Text to Video AI feature without any generation and editing limits costs $7.99 per month and $74.99 per year. On the flip side, if you just want to generate quick AI videos from text prompts and export them, you can subscribe to Pro and opt for using only credits.

Part 4. FAQs of the CapCut Text to Video AI

Conclusion on the CapCut Text to Video AI

In this guide, you learned how the CapCut Text to Video AI feature works inside the CapCut desktop app for Windows and Mac. You saw how to generate video clips using text prompts, move them straight into the timeline, and edit them using the tools available in the free plan. You also explored what the Pro plan offers, its pricing, and when upgrading actually makes sense. With this knowledge, you can now turn ideas into video clips faster and create short-form content that fits any social platform of your choice.