Got a video idea that is still one vague line? Turn it into one prompt per timed shot with the brainstorming and script skills built into CapCut's Video Studio.
CapCut's Video Studio (formerly AI video maker) helps you write an AI video prompt on the page where you generate it. Brainstorm with ChatGPT or Gemini sits on that page, and the Skills panel includes a skill that breaks a script into timed shots. On CapCut Desktop, Create one with AI helps with the script.
CapCut × ChatGPT revises a draft by chat. It is designed for the ChatGPT desktop app on PC rather than as a browser-only experience, and it is currently available outside the United States, with U.S. availability coming soon.
Say you run a dog-grooming shop and your first prompt is one line: a video about my grooming shop. That line names no shot, no length, and no frame. The steps below take it to one prompt per timed shot, and you test each shot as a 480p preview before spending more credits.
Match the CapCut tool to what you already have
Video Studio opens from All tools, and three controls sit under its prompt box: Creation mode, Skills, and Agent mode. Which CapCut tool helps first depends on what is in your hands:
What you have nowWhere to go in CapCutWhat it does with your inputA rough idea, nothing writtenBrainstorm with ChatGPT on the Video Studio page, with Gemini as the other chat modelA brainstorming chat on the same page as the prompt box, separate from the CapCut × ChatGPT pluginA script that runs longer than one shotSkills > Skill market > Shooting script makerBreaks the script into timed shots with camera moves, dialogue, and moreA topic but no voiceover scriptSkills > Skill market > CopywriterWrites copy like voiceover scripts and post contentA topic, on CapCut DesktopDesktop homepage > AI video maker > New project > Create one with AIAdds AI help with the script after you enter a topic or ideaA skill of your own to addSkills > Custom skills > Create skillLets you upload a skill or create one in chatA generated draft you want to change by chatOutside the U.S. for now: CapCut × ChatGPTTakes a revised instruction after you review the result, then edits the timeline
ChatGPT on its own runs outside CapCut, so anything you write there still has to be pasted into the Video Studio prompt box. Brainstorm with ChatGPT keeps that conversation on the page where you generate.
Turn the script into timed shots before you write any prompt
In Video Studio, Duration and Aspect ratio sit in the settings panel that reads "Adjust video settings before generating." Time each shot before you write its prompt.
Feed the brainstorm what only you know
Open Brainstorm with ChatGPT, choose ChatGPT or Gemini, and bring your one line plus three facts from the shop: the breeds you groom most, what the grooming room looks like, and who appears on camera. Keep only the details that match your shop. If you plan a voiceover, Copywriter writes copy like voiceover scripts.
Split the script in Shooting script maker
Open Skills under the prompt box, go to the Skill market, and run Shooting script maker on the script you wrote from your brainstorm notes. It breaks the script into timed shots, with camera moves and dialogue. The Skill market also lists Story Screenwriter, Screenplay writer, and Storyboard to prompts.
Now write one prompt for each timed shot. The shot's timing becomes that prompt's Duration setting, so a shot timed at eight seconds needs a prompt whose action fits in eight seconds. For the grooming shop, the opening shot could read:
Overhead shot: a groomer in a teal smock blow-dries a white poodle on a grooming table in a bright salon, then the camera follows the dog as it hops down and shakes. Upbeat mood, realistic look, 8 seconds, square frame.
Check each phrase in a prompt like this against something you decided in the steps above. In this example, the groomer, the poodle, and the bright room would come from your brainstorm notes, and the overhead start and the follow move from the shot's camera moves.
The square frame comes from where you plan to post, and the upbeat mood and realistic look are your own style choices; cut any other phrase you can't tie to your notes or the shot.
Generate each shot as a 480p Draft first
Paste the first shot's prompt into Video Studio and set Creation mode to Video. Under Director, the default Agent mode, choose Seedance 2.5 Draft in Model and quality; it creates 480p previews to test ideas. Set Duration and Aspect ratio to match the shot; generating uses credits, deducted when you confirm the action (how CapCut credits work).
Check each 480p preview against the shot:
- Do the hop and the shake both fit in eight seconds?
- Does the overhead framing keep the whole dog inside the square?
- Does the room match the bright salon you described?
When a preview misses, change that shot only: rewrite its prompt, or raise Duration from 8s to 10s if the hop and the shake need more time. Then generate the same shot again in Draft before you move on to the next timed shot.
Available in specific regions, CapCut's Text to video creates a video from a text script or prompt you enter.
Revise after the result with CapCut × ChatGPT
CapCut × ChatGPT is designed for the ChatGPT desktop app on PC rather than as a browser-only experience and is currently available outside the United States, with U.S. availability coming soon. To install it, copy the prompt from that page into the ChatGPT desktop app.
Describe the idea in natural language and add the subject, mood, framing, or aspect ratio when useful; your timed-shot prompts already carry these. You review what it generates, revise the instruction, and move the editable draft into the timeline. From there, ask in chat to shorten scenes, reorder clips, or adjust text timing, or open the CapCut editor from the conversation.
In the U.S. for now, revise in Video Studio instead: rewrite that shot's prompt and generate it again in Draft.
Take your one-line idea to the AI video generator
Bring your grooming-shop line to the CapCut AI video generator and split it into timed shots before you generate the first one.
FAQ
Why isn't Seedance 2.5 Draft in my model list?
Check Agent mode under the prompt box. Seedance 2.5 Draft is in the model list under Director, the default, and Standard's model list doesn't include it, so switch back to Director and choose Video under Creation mode.
Can CapCut write a script from just a topic?
Yes. On CapCut Desktop, open AI video maker from the homepage, click New project, enter your topic or idea, and click Create one with AI, or paste a script you have already written.
Where do I manage a custom skill after I create it?
Under Skills, Custom skills holds both Create skill and Manage skills.