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Extensions / Images to a CapCut timeline
Sync for CapCutPROBETA

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Hand over your images and timestamps, get back a CapCut project with the timeline already cut.

Your images and videos never leave your computer. The browser only reads the file name, the size and the video length. Privacy policy for this feature

Folder: Kurgu 3Images never uploaded

Example project, illustrative

3,000

images or videos per project

0

images uploaded, only names and sizes are read

0.8-1.5x

speed range that fits each video to its slot

Win + Mac

placement script for both

Workspace

Four steps, one package.

01

Images and videos

Pick the folder your images or videos are in (a mix of both works too). Windows is asking you for a folder, so the dialog lists folders only and shows no files; that is normal, the folder is not empty.

or drop the folder here

The dialog shows folders only and no files, because Windows is asking you for a folder. Double-click a folder to go inside it, or select it without opening to take the whole folder.

After you choose, your browser may ask whether to "upload" that many files to this site. That is Chrome's own standard wording: allowing it only opens the files to the browser itself, and no image is sent to our server.

02

Timing

When each image appears on screen. No guessing: every image needs its own start time.

If the file name is the timestamp you need to upload nothing else. Dashes separate the time units, a dot separates the sub-second part: 00-05 = 0:05, 01-02-03 = 1:02:03, 00-00-07.966 = 7.966 seconds. AutoFlow's timestamped download saves in exactly this format.

There is no timestamp after the last image, so you set its length.

Sentences (optional)

No SRT yet? Make one with SRT Maker

Give the SRT file, or text where every line starts with a timestamp. The placement list then shows the sentence spoken during each image, so you can tell at a glance whether the right image sits on the right sentence. For checking only: it does not change the timing, does not go into the package and never leaves your computer.

03

Audio (optional)

Add a voiceover and the project length follows it.

The audio stays on your computer too; only its name and length are used.

04

Settings

This is the name CapCut shows. If a project with this name exists the script asks first and backs up the old one.

Ratio

Image placement

Auto zoom

Images stay still for the whole clip.

Summary

Clips

0

Length

-

Average clip

-

Checks

Load the images first.

How to use it

Windows

  1. 01Quit CapCut completely.
  2. 02Extract the downloaded zip into a folder. Do not run it from inside the zip, the vdna folder has to sit next to it.
  3. 03Double-click capcut_place.cmd. If Windows warns you: More info > Run anyway.
  4. 04The script looks for your image folder itself. If it prints the right one, press Enter; if not, drag the folder into the window and press Enter.
  5. 05Open CapCut, your project is in the list.

macOS

  1. 01In CapCut, create a new EMPTY project, then quit CapCut completely. CapCut on macOS will not open a project it did not create, so we write inside yours.
  2. 02Extract the zip.
  3. 03Double-click capcut_place.command. If macOS blocks it, open System Settings > Privacy & Security, press "Open Anyway", then double-click again.
  4. 04If macOS asks for folder access, allow it, otherwise the script cannot find your images.
  5. 05The script looks for your image folder itself. If it prints the right one, press Enter; if not, drag the folder in and press Enter. Then pick the project from step 1 in the list.
  6. 06Open CapCut, the project you created is filled with your images.

On Windows CapCut does not copy the images into itself, it reads them where they are; move the folder later and the clips go blank. On macOS the images are linked inside the project (no extra disk space on the same drive), because CapCut cannot read them where they sit; there, moving the folder does not break the project.

BETA ยท This feature is in beta. If CapCut changes its project format there may be a short outage; we ship the fix on the site and you just download the package again, since nothing is installed on your machine.If you hit an error, send a screenshot or a short screen recording to support@viraldna.io and tell us which step it happened on. We will get back to you and sort it out quickly.

What it handles

The fiddly parts, handled for you

01

Timestamps from file names

If the file name is the timestamp you need to upload nothing else. Dashes separate the time units, a dot separates the sub-second part: 00-05 = 0:05, 01-02-03 = 1:02:03, 00-00-07.966 = 7.966 seconds. AutoFlow's timestamped download saves in exactly this format.

02

Videos fitted to their slot

Videos are fitted to their slots by changing speed, between 0.8x and 1.5x. A video that is still too long at 1.5x is trimmed from the end. A video that still cannot fill its slot at 0.8x plays in full, then its last frame freezes with a slow zoom in for the remaining time. The videos' own sound is muted.

03

Automatic zoom

Image 1 zooms in, image 2 zooms out, image 3 zooms in, and so on. Added to CapCut as keyframes, so you can change or remove them on any clip later. 100% is the image at its normal size.

04

Sentence check

Give the SRT file, or text where every line starts with a timestamp. The placement list then shows the sentence spoken during each image, so you can tell at a glance whether the right image sits on the right sentence. For checking only: it does not change the timing, does not go into the package and never leaves your computer.

Under the hood

Your files stay where they are

Sync for CapCut never asks for the images themselves. The browser reads what it needs locally, the server only writes the timeline, and a small script places it into CapCut on your computer.

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    Read in your browser

    Only each file's name, width and height, plus a video's length, are read. Nothing is uploaded.

  2. 02/api/capcut/build

    The timeline is written

    ViralDNA turns those names and timestamps into a ready CapCut project and checks your Pro access.

  3. 03capcut_place

    Placed on your computer

    Unzip the package and double-click the script. It finds your image folder and the project is ready in CapCut.

ViralDNA is not an official CapCut product and is not affiliated with CapCut.