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Getting Started with PressCut: Make Your First Video

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  1. Step 1: Start a new project
  2. Step 2: Edit on the timeline
  3. Step 3: Let the quick tools do the work
  4. Step 4: Or start from a template
  5. Step 5: Export your video

PressCut is a video editor and video maker that runs on your phone. Captions, background removal, silence removal and beat detection are processed on the device, so your videos are never uploaded. This guide walks you through your first project.

Step 1: Start a new project

  1. Open PressCut and tap New project.
  2. Pick the videos or photos you want to use. They are added to the timeline.
  3. Your edits are saved automatically under Projects on the home screen, so you can close the app and continue later.

Step 2: Edit on the timeline

Tap a clip on the timeline to select it and the tools appear at the bottom. Pinch the timeline to zoom in or out and drag it to move the playhead.

  • Split cuts the selected clip at the playhead. Keep the playhead at least 0.1 seconds away from the edge of a clip.
  • Text, Captions and Audio add titles, subtitles, music and voice-overs.
  • Speed makes slow motion or fast motion. The voice keeps its natural pitch.
  • Volume mutes a clip or turns on Noise reduction for hum, wind and room noise.
  • Adjust opens the filters and brightness, contrast, saturation, temperature and more.
  • Canvas changes the shape of the video, for example 9:16 for TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts.
  • Rotate, Flip, Freeze and Duplicate work on the selected clip.

Made a mistake? Tap Undo or Redo.

Step 3: Let the quick tools do the work

The home screen has Quick tools that finish a whole job in one step:

  • Auto captions turns speech into subtitles.
  • Remove silences cuts the pauses out of your clips.
  • Make it vertical follows the speaker's face and crops the video for 9:16.
  • Remove background cuts people out of the background without a green screen.

Step 4: Or start from a template

Tap Templates on the home screen, choose a template and pick your own photos and videos. The template does the edit for you. Templates come from the verified PressCut server and every file is checked on your phone before use.

Step 5: Export your video

Tap Export, check the settings and tap Export video. The video is saved to your gallery under PressCut, with no watermark. See How to Export a Video Without a Watermark in PressCut for all export options.

Looking for the video compressor? It now lives in its own app. The Video Compress tile on the PressCut home screen opens Video Compress PRO.

Get PressCut on Google Play