Explore CapCut AI video generator workflows for prompts, images, scripts, captions, and export, then choose a focused guide for the next draft today.
CapCut's AI video workflow can involve a creative brief, source media, scenes, voiceover, captions, editing, and export. Use this guide map to choose the next decision you need to make. Start with the focused task instead of changing several parts of a draft at once.
Create & Plan
- Start from one image when a still needs one clear motion direction.
- Use a text to video artificial intelligence prompt guide when a text idea needs one focused shot brief.
- Map a script to scenes when the narration exists but the visual sequence does not.
- Plan a multi-scene video when several related shots need order and continuity.
- Prepare a text-to-video brief when a written idea needs a controlled first-draft plan.
- Plan an avatar video when the project needs an authorized presenter, script, voice, and review boundary.
- Break a long script into scenes when message beats and pacing need to stay legible.
- Build a three-shot reveal from one photo when a product still needs a clear opening, one visible action, and a final hold.
- Design one clean motion loop when a brief needs one repeatable action and a stable final frame.
- Map a hook, proof, and payoff when a short product story needs three readable beats.
- Plan a three-second visual identity reveal when an opening needs one recognisable signal, one change, and a readable ending.
- Set a clear channel promise when a YouTube opening needs one audience outcome and one visible signal.
- Map visual actions to audio when an audio idea needs a visible action for each important shift.
- Build a repeating visual motif when a music-video idea needs a stable visual pattern before it moves.
- Turn one idea into a clear sequence when a longer video needs a promise, evidence, and a practical summary.
Edit & Deliver
- Add captions and voiceover when the draft exists but speech and on-screen text need review.
- Check export settings when the message is ready and delivery requirements are known.
- Replace scene media when one visual does not support the message.
- Balance music and effects when narration is hard to hear or an action needs emphasis.
- Fix wrong auto captions when the words or timing do not match the spoken track.
- Import SRT captions when a timed subtitle file needs to enter a project for review.
- Review scene consistency when subject, camera, props, or visual state drift between shots.
- Outline a problem, proof, and action when a product story needs one observable detail and one next step.
- Score a candidate clip before you cut when you need to keep, revise, or remove one moment for a clear reason.
- Plan owned product proof when a creator story needs a product detail that stays recognisable across the sequence.
- Explain one idea with clear visuals when an explainer needs one message per section.
- Make a better cut list when you need to keep, remove, and replay clips for a clear viewer outcome.
Troubleshoot
- Troubleshoot a missing or failed tool when you do not know which stage stopped.
- Check a 99% processing stall when generation appears to stop near completion.
- Review a guidelines message when the request or source media may be restricted.
- Troubleshoot voiceover generation when text-to-speech or the audio track fails.
- Classify a generic generation error when the message does not identify the cause.
- Fix one visible problem per revision when a change creates another issue and you need a tighter review loop.
FAQ
- Use the AI video FAQ when you need a short answer before choosing a detailed task.
Compare Workflows
- Compare CapCut and Canva workflows when the decision is editing-led versus design-led production.
- Compare CapCut and InVideo workflows when scripts, scene planning, voice, or avatar handoffs drive the decision.
- Compare CapCut and VEED workflows when browser editing, captions, audio, and delivery are the deciding needs.
- Choose a video editing workflow by task when you need a neutral input–review–output matrix before you start.
- Test one variable at a time when a comparison needs a bounded observation rather than a broad ranking.
Start the broad CapCut workflow
After choosing the focused task, open the CapCut AI video generator and use the controls shown for that task to take the next step.
Your next action is to pick one guide, write down the scene or error it covers, and change only that part of the workflow.