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Free TikTok Video Editor

Make TikTok videos fast and share them with followers and friends. Animoto’s TikTok video editor gives your content that professional look that people love to see.

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The easiest TikTok video editor

With Animoto, you can create videos that capture attention and showcase your personality in a matter of minutes.

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Why use Animoto for TikTok editing?

Instead of wasting time using clunky, expensive editing software, use Animoto. Your video can go live in minutes without the hassle of learning a bunch of tricky features. Animoto's vertical video editor is super intuitive, user friendly, and great for business or personal use.

How to make a TikTok Video

How to record a TikTok

Simply press the "+" button at the bottom of your TikTok app to start recording your video. There's also an option to record it hands-free, which can be really useful when trying to coordinate a dance move with friends.

Popular TikTok features

TikTok has a bevy of great features to choose from within their app. Fun visual effects like the "green screen" allows you to put yourself in front of anything like famous tourist attractions, goofy backgrounds, and even storefronts.

Uploading your TikTok video to Animoto

Once it’s ready for upload, just log in to your Animoto account and create a new project. You can have your video ready for publishing in minutes. Spice it up, make it unique. Animoto has tons of features to enhance the quality of your vertical videos for more clicks and shares.

Editing your TikTok Video

Add custom text, logos, and a watermark

Once your video clip is uploaded to Animoto, you can add custom text and brand logos to personalize your content. Make sure to keep text above the bottom third and away from the far right in order to avoid having your text hidden by the captions, hashtags, follow, and like buttons. Click the 'Design' tab to unlock dozens of theme options and enhancements for a more stylized look.

Match your song to your video

Music is super crucial on TikTok. Animoto has an amazing variety of tunes to accompany your video, or choose a song through TikTok. When in TikTok, select trending audios that fit well with your video to help boost your views and potential engagement.

Export your TikTok video

You've finalized a masterpiece. Time to pat yourself on the back. Now it's time to share your TikTok creation with the world. Animoto makes the publishing process seamless, allowing you to quickly upload and share it with all of your TikTok friends. You can also publish to other social platforms or even just your website.

TikTok video marketing tips

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Hashtag it

TikTok is a hashtag heavy platform, especially if you are a new creator. To give your content the best traction from the start, make sure you are attaching the most effective hashtags to every post.

Focus on SEO for TikTok

SEO, or search engine optimization, is another important way to get more viewers. Take time to carefully word your descriptions and use keywords that pertain to the topic of your video. It's especially vital for businesses on TikTok!

Try TikTok ads

TikTok's ad platform is a great way for new creators to get their content seen by more people. There are options for in-feed native ads, brand takeover ads, and hashtag challenge ads (the latter is a great way to target specific user types).

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Success Story

See how pro photographer Vanessa Joy used Animoto and TikTok to attract new clients

Vanessa Joy knows that "the purpose of social media is to go wherever your audience is." That's why she decided to make TikTok a part of her marketing strategy. By leaning into TikTok's video trends, and using Animoto's editing features combined with TikTok's filters, she's started seeing serious engagement on her posts, and even booked a client through the platform.

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TikTok video editing made easy

How to make a TikTok video with pictures and music

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Record

The content for your video.

Upload

It to Animoto's intuitive video editor.

Edit

Add snazzy effects, make your TikTok video your own.

Publish

To TikTok in minutes!

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