A five-line, 30-second promo needs a matching shot, voice, and caption for each line; here is how to put each line in a table and hold the CapCut draft against it.
- Paste a finished script; start from a prompt only when you have no script yet
- Give every script line its own row before you generate
- Generate the draft on CapCut Desktop and set a voiceover per scene
- Check the draft against the table row by row, then fix the rows that differ
- Put your lines in the table, then generate
- FAQ
CapCut has two script to video routes that start from a finished script, plus a third that writes one. On CapCut Desktop, AI video maker generates scenes, transitions, and visuals from your pasted script. In your browser, Video Studio (formerly AI video maker) generates footage from it with the model you pick. That old name belonged to the web tool; Desktop's AI video maker opens from the Desktop homepage.
Say you run a taco truck and wrote a 30-second promo for a new weekday lunch stop. Each of the five lines needs the right shot, voice, and caption, so put every line in a table, generate the draft, then check the draft against the table row by row.
Paste a finished script; start from a prompt only when you have no script yet
AI video maker (CapCut Desktop)Video Studio (web)Script to video maker (web)What you pasteA topic or idea, then your scriptYour script, with Creation mode set to VideoA prompt; its AI writer returns five scripts to pick fromWhere the shots come fromScenes, transitions, and visuals generated from the scriptThe video model you choose, such as Seedance 2.5Stock footage matched to the script, plus clips you uploadWhat you set before generatingAspect ratio and video styleModel, Quality, Duration, and Aspect ratioVideo proportions, then Smart generation or Custom generationWhere you change it afterwardScenes panel: a voiceover per scene, synced subtitles in Elements, a track in MusicThe video settings, before you generate againA multi-track editor: replace stock footage, add captions, transitions, or voiceovers
Use AI video maker on CapCut Desktop when your script is final and you want the voice and subtitles set scene by scene. Use Video Studio, under All tools, when your lines describe shots no stock clip will have. Open the script to video maker when you don't have a script yet: Narration mode writes a talking script with an automatic voiceover, and Commercial mode takes the product details you type in.
Give every script line its own row before you generate
TimeScript line (voiceover)Shot you expectCaption0:00–0:05New lunch stop, starting Monday.The truck parking at a curb at noonSame as line0:05–0:12Find us on Elm Street, right outside the library.The truck in front of the library stepsElm St., outside the library0:12–0:18Tortillas pressed to order.Close-up of hands pressing doughSame as line0:18–0:24Order ahead and skip the line.A phone showing an order screenSame as line0:24–0:30Elm Street Tacos. See you at noon.Logo card with the weekday hoursSame as line
The last time code is your target length, so in Video Studio set Duration to match it; Seedance 2.5 lists a 30s option. For a first pass at the shot column, the Shooting script maker skill in Video Studio breaks a script into timed shots with camera moves and dialogue.
Generate the draft on CapCut Desktop and set a voiceover per scene
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- Select AI video maker on the CapCut Desktop homepage and click New project. 2
- Enter the topic, then paste your five lines. 3
- Set the aspect ratio and a video style before you click Create. They set the framing and look of every scene. 4
- In the Scenes panel, choose a digital avatar and voice for each scene, then add synced subtitles from Elements and a track from Music.
In Video Studio, keep Agent mode on Director and set Creation mode to Video before you paste. Seedance 2.5 Draft creates 480p previews to test ideas, and generating uses CapCut credits, deducted when you confirm.
Check the draft against the table row by row, then fix the rows that differ
Play the draft beside the table and mark each row matched, missing, wrong shot, or wrong length. Fix them in that order, with caption wording last: a line you add back shifts every row after it, and caption timing depends on the final cut.
A Desktop draft changes in its Scenes panel before you export, and a script to video maker draft changes in its multi-track editor, which asks for a project name, resolution, frame rate, and format at export. For the text checks below, bring the exported file into CapCut's online video editor (CapCut Web) through Media, where the Transcript and Captions panels sit.
If a row has no spoken line
Open Transcript, choose the spoken language and the voiceover track, and the panel generates a transcript from the video's speech. Read it beside the Script line column. A row with no matching sentence is a missing line.
On a script to video maker draft, add a voiceover for that row in the multi-track editor. If only the caption is missing, type it with Manual captions in the Captions panel.
If a row shows a different shot
In the script to video maker's multi-track editor, replace the generated stock footage or upload your own truck clip. In the online editor, pick a replacement from Elements > Stock videos, or describe the shot from your table in the generation box at the top of Media, which also takes a start frame, an end frame, or both.
On Desktop, the video style sets the visual direction of the whole draft, so when every scene looks wrong, change the style and create again.
If the draft runs long
Find the first row that ends after its time slot; every row after it starts late too. Trim at that row in Transcript: delete the extra words, and the video is cut to match; then recheck that row's shot.
If a caption needs different words from the line
Auto captions write out what the voice says, so row two would show the full spoken line instead of "Elm St., outside the library." For your exact wording, build a caption file from the Caption column and add it with Upload caption file, which accepts .srt, .ass, and .lrc. Time each cue to where its line plays in the trimmed draft. If you plan to upload a caption file, leave out the Elements subtitles in step 4 on Desktop, or the export carries two sets.
Put your lines in the table, then generate
Fill in the four columns for your own script, paste the Script line column into the CapCut AI video generator, and hold the draft against the table before you export.
FAQ
Can CapCut turn my script into a storyboard before the video?
Yes, with the AI storyboard generator flow on CapCut Desktop. Open AI video maker, enter your script in the Enter script box, choose an aspect ratio such as 16:9 or 9:16, set the storyboard length and narration tone, and click Create to get a storyboard with structured scenes and visual cues.
Can I use my own clips in a script video?
Yes. In the script to video maker, upload your own clips and set the video proportions.