How YouTubers Use DaVinci Plugins to Create Viral Shorts

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How YouTubers Use DaVinci Plugins to Create Viral Shorts
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Are you a new YouTuber looking for DaVinci Resolve plugins for your workflow? YouTube shorts are a great way to gain new followers but it takes a lot of time to make these viral shorts. 

You have to film a long video and cut out the irrelevant parts to make it interesting. You also need animated captions which can increase visibility of your videos, trendy background music or catchy B-rolls relevant to your content. However, when you try to add  these captions manually with DaVinci Resolve, it can take a while. As for the music and B-rolls, you need to beware of copyrights infringement so your content can stay on your channel for the viewers. Wondering how many plugins you would need to solve all these problems? Just one!

FireCut AI: Solution to all your problems

FireCut AI is an AI-powered plugin available for DaVinci Resolve and Premiere Pro. It is designed by the famous YouTuber Ali Abdaal and his friend Suhail Idrees, so it covers all your editing needs and supercharges your daily editing workflow. Lets see how you FireCut can help you create viral shorts for your YouTube channel:

  1. Remove Repetition, Silences & Filler-words:

First of all its important to have a clean footage to start with so once you have recorded your video, you have to cut out all the unnecessary parts so it is short and exciting. With FireCut you can remove repetition, silences and filler-words using cutting AI technology so you don’t have to go over the footage again and again identifying all the gaps and making the right cuts. You only need to select a few basic settings and let FireCut do its magic.

  1. Automated Captions:

FireCut also lets you add captions in more than 50 languages with just a click. There are presets for famous caption styles such as Hormonzi, Box Pop or Box Follow etc., or you can style your own captions by choosing your favorite font, color and animation.

  1. B-rolls:

You can also add B-rolls related to your content as FireCut gives you access to multiple libraries like Storyblocks, Pexels, GIPHY etc. So now you can add images, B-rolls or GIFs in high quality without fearing about the copyrights.

  1. Music:

FireCut also gives you access to royalty-free music. There is an automatic option which finds the music relevant to your video or you can search for your genre, keyword or type. It is very quick and easy!

  1. Highlights:

This amazing feature lets you create Shorts from longer videos. It picks out all the important parts and turns them into highlights. You can add B-rolls and captions and well. You can even reframe the video to make vertical Shorts. This feature is great for creators who are new to YouTube Shorts and have no clue on how to make them.

Conclusion: Edit Smarter, Not Harder 

Creating viral YouTube Shorts doesn’t have to be a grueling marathon of manual cuts and captioning. By integrating FireCut AI into your DaVinci Resolve workflow, you’re not just saving hours of tedious work—you’re giving yourself the creative breathing room to focus on what actually matters: your content. Whether you're stripping out filler words or generating trendy, styled captions, this plugin handles the heavy lifting so you can post consistently and grow your channel faster. So start your free trial today and experience it yourself!