Switching from CapCut to ViewGum for faceless Shorts

Who should switch from CapCut, and who should stay?

CapCut is a full video editor for web, desktop and phone. Its AI video maker writes a script from a topic or takes one you paste, adds a voiceover or a digital avatar, and lets you edit the visuals, voiceover, music, subtitles and pacing (CapCut). ViewGum does one job: it turns a topic into a finished faceless vertical short that you change by asking.

• Switch if most of your CapCut time goes into the same faceless steps on every video: writing, voicing, finding pictures, captioning, adding sound and writing the post copy.
• Stay if you cut your own footage by hand, need horizontal or square video, or want a free plan to edit with.

What is ViewGum?

ViewGum is an AI short-form video editor. Type a topic and it makes a finished narrated vertical short, with script, voice, captions and sound, in one of five formats: 3D Build, Flat world, Object Lesson, Explainer or Stickman. Change it on the timeline or by asking in chat, then export one 9:16 MP4 for TikTok, Reels, Shorts and Facebook.

How does each step of a CapCut workflow map to ViewGum?

Sources for CapCut: AI Video Maker, auto captions, watermarks and pricing.

How do you move a faceless Short from CapCut to ViewGum?

1. Type the topic you would have scripted in CapCut.
2. Pick a length from 15 to 90 seconds and a look, or let ViewGum choose.
3. Check the price in credits, which ViewGum shows before it starts.
4. Watch the short, and read the facts and their sources in the Facts and sources panel.
5. A drawn format or Stickman takes changes in plain words, each priced before it runs: a line said another way or the animation redone, a new voice on a 2D short, the camera or motion on a 3D one.
6. Export the MP4, and paste the title, caption and hashtags written for each app.
7. To finish it by hand, open the MP4 in CapCut. Fix what you can in ViewGum first, since the captions and lines are part of the picture once exported.

What doesn't carry over from CapCut?

• Projects and templates: ViewGum does not open CapCut files. Each faceless short starts from a topic.
• Your own footage: editing a take you filmed is not open yet, so every short starts from a topic.
• Other frames: ViewGum exports vertical 9:16 only, with no horizontal or square version.
• Posting: ViewGum does not post for you. You download the MP4 and post it yourself.
• Languages: captions are made for English.

How is paying for ViewGum different from CapCut?

CapCut has a free plan, and its Pro, Ultra and Teams plans each include monthly AI credits. Its pricing page says the prices shown are for reference until you sign in (CapCut). ViewGum quotes each short in credits before it starts: an exact price, or a range whose top is held and whose charge settles to what the short took. A faceless short, made and exported, is about 378 credits at 15 seconds. The Creator plan is $49 a month for 4,500 credits; pricing lists every plan and what each action costs.

Can you use CapCut and ViewGum together?

Yes. ViewGum's export is a standard MP4, so you can open it in CapCut for hand edits such as an intro of your own. Make caption, line and voice changes in ViewGum first, because once exported they are part of the picture and the sound. Keep anything you add inside the area all four apps leave clear, as the safe zones guide shows.