Photos App videos not loading into video editing software (Capcut / Premier)

When dragging and dropping a video from the Photos app into the Capcut it drops it as an image (jpeg) file. in Premier I managed to find a way by right clicking the video inside Photos app and then "edit with" -> Premier. But if I select Capcut in the "edit with" list, it wont open. I cannot find any solution so far, besides exporting all the videos from photos app, taking up loads of space on my MacBook, and loosing quality. this isn't why I chose Apple and Photos app. Please help

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 14.6

Posted on Sep 1, 2024 12:55 AM

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ilanabarrashi wrote:

When dragging and dropping a video from the Photos app into the Capcut it drops it as an image (jpeg) file. in Premier I managed to find a way by right clicking the video inside Photos app and then "edit with" -> Premier. But if I select Capcut in the "edit with" list, it wont open. I cannot find any solution so far, besides exporting all the videos from photos app, taking up loads of space on my MacBook, and loosing quality. this isn't why I chose Apple and Photos app. Please help

Use File > Export to export unmodified original so no quality is lost (disk space is lost, though, but just delete the intermediary files after you are done). Don't drag 'n drop from Photos because it has unexpected results and sometimes it outputs only a tiny thumbnail. Maybe Capcut does not support editing inside Photos -- ask Capcut support about this.

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Sep 1, 2024 1:29 AM in response to ilanabarrashi

ilanabarrashi wrote:

When dragging and dropping a video from the Photos app into the Capcut it drops it as an image (jpeg) file. in Premier I managed to find a way by right clicking the video inside Photos app and then "edit with" -> Premier. But if I select Capcut in the "edit with" list, it wont open. I cannot find any solution so far, besides exporting all the videos from photos app, taking up loads of space on my MacBook, and loosing quality. this isn't why I chose Apple and Photos app. Please help

Use File > Export to export unmodified original so no quality is lost (disk space is lost, though, but just delete the intermediary files after you are done). Don't drag 'n drop from Photos because it has unexpected results and sometimes it outputs only a tiny thumbnail. Maybe Capcut does not support editing inside Photos -- ask Capcut support about this.

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