How to become a content creator

No camera needed — start with what is already on your screen

Most edit accounts don't film anything themselves. They take great cinematic shots — cars, sport, films, anime, travel, gameplay — and cut them to music. Beat Cut does the cutting for you; all you need is the footage.

1. Find footage

If you don't have cinematic footage of your own, screen-record it. YouTube is the best place to start: search for what you want to edit (a car, a player, a film) and look for videos uploaded in 1080p or higher with clean, steady shots. Trailers, highlight reels and cinematic showcase videos work especially well. Other platforms work too — anything you can play full screen, you can record.

2. Screen-record it

iPhone / iPad: open Control Centre and tap Screen Recording.
Android: pull down Quick Settings and tap Screen record.
Windows: press Win + Alt + R (Xbox Game Bar) or use the Snipping Tool's record option.
Mac: press Cmd + Shift + 5 and choose Record.

Before you press record: set the video to its highest quality, play it full screen, turn your phone sideways for landscape videos, and switch on Do Not Disturb so notifications don't end up in your clip.

3. Keep it small

Smaller files make edits faster and far more reliable. Very large videos can slow an edit down or stop it before it finishes, especially on a phone.

Record only the best moments. Trim each recording to 10–60 seconds before you upload it — your phone's Photos app can trim in a couple of taps.
Use 3 to 8 clips rather than one long recording.
1080p is plenty. 4K recordings are several times bigger and won't look different on Reels or TikTok.
Aim for under 500 MB in total on a computer, and under 300 MB on a phone.
Stay on the Beat Cut page while your edit is being made, and close other apps and tabs you don't need — switching away can slow it down a lot.
Making a long edit? Use a computer; phones have much less memory to work with.

4. Make the edit

Open Beat Cut, drop in your clips, pick a song (or use one of ours), press Analyze, then Generate edit. Beat Cut finds the beats, picks the best shots and cuts them to the music. When it is done, press Save straight away.

5. Post consistently

Post your edits as Reels, TikToks and YouTube Shorts. Pick a niche — one car brand, one sport, one show — and post regularly; accounts grow by being the place people go for that kind of edit.

Respect the original creators

Footage you record belongs to the people who made it. Use short clips turned into something new rather than re-uploading whole videos, credit the original creator in your caption, and follow each platform's rules — that also keeps your account safe.