Last Updated on July 21, 2023 by Rick Darlinton
You may want to know how to zoom video on your android or iPhone but still do not find a proper solution. No matter you edit video for YouTube or some daily vlogs, it is common to zoom in or out on a video. In this post, we are going to show you how to zoom video in Capcut for free no matter if you are using an android phone like Samsung or iPhone. Capcut is one of the best free video editing apps and it is available to use for free without watermark.
How to zoom video in Capcut with split-clip
The first solution we introduce about how to zoom video in Capcut is achieved by splitting the video clip you want to zoom in. You can follow the solutions below to finish the process.
1. From the very beginning, you will need to download and run Capcut on your mobile device. Capcut can be downloaded from app store or google play store.
2. Next, run the app on your mobile phone.
3. Before you zoom in a video, just click on new project to import your video clips to the app. You can prepare the video Clip on your mobile device.
4. To spit a video clip, just select the video clip or tap on the video clip and then click on split tap at the bottom of the screen.
5. To zoom in the video you just split, you can select the video clip and enlarge the screen with your fingersuntil it is what you need to zoom in. Then you can preview the video and check whether it is fine now.
6. Finally, it is time to export the video to your mobile phone.
How to zoom in in Capcut without split-clip
Alternatively, it doesn’t necessarily require you to split a video clip in order to zoom in on a video in Capcut. Instead, you can choose to add keyframe within the Capcut free video editor. Now follow the steps below about how to zoom video in Capcut.
1. Similarly, run the Capcut on your phone and then add the video to the app.
2. To zoom in the video, just select the video and then move the white playhead to the place you want to zoom in.
3. Now tap on the keyframe as shown below to add a keyframe to the start area of the zoom video and then add another keyframe on the right side for which we call it as an end area. To zoom in video in Capcut, just make sure the white playhead is in the center of end area keyframe or second point keyframe and then enlarge the video clip using your fingers. But please not if you want the video to zoom in from the start keyframe area, please do not enlarge the video screen from the start keyframe area.
4. You can also control the distance between start keyframe and end keyframe to adjust the zoom speed. Sometimes, you may want to zoom in for different video clips which can be done by adding more keyframes in the timeline.
To sum up, as you can see, it is quite easy to zoom video in Capcut for free using these 2 solutions. Of course, you can use other android or iPhone video editing apps such as adobe rush to zoom in video. But personally, I think Capcut is really very cool as it is built with so many free video editing functionalities.