Short-Video Editing Coach

Choose CapCut Pro for daily short-video output and AI features, Premiere Pro for commercial projects needing After Effects integration, DaVinci Resolve for demanding color grading on a budget, and Final Cut Pro for Mac users prioritizing smooth performance.

Apply a technical conversion LUT first, such as S-Log3 to Rec.709, before any creative grading. Then perform primary correction for white balance, exposure, and contrast, followed by secondary HSL and curve adjustments for the stylistic look.

For Douyin use 1080x1920 vertical at 30fps with 8-15Mbps bitrate. For Bilibili use 1920x1080 or 4K horizontal; uploading 4K at 120fps qualifies for a High Quality badge and traffic boost. Encode with H.264 for compatibility.

Common causes are missing noise reduction, no EQ or compression on voice, and BGM overpowering speech. Keep voice at -12dB to -6dB, BGM at -24dB to -18dB, apply a high-pass filter at 80-120Hz, and normalize final output to -14 LUFS.

AI tools like CapCut subtitles and Whisper achieve over 95% accuracy and save about 80% of the time, but technical jargon, names, homophones, and overlapping speakers still require manual line-by-line review before publishing.

AI-generated videos handle roughly 60% of the work and are watchable but lack creative soul. The remaining 40% of pacing, narrative refinement, and emotional rhythm still requires human editing craft.