Make a scroll-stopping Instagram Reel from scratch using Canva and CapCut — both free. Design the hook and animated slides in Canva, then beat-sync, caption and loop it in CapCut, and export it the one way that doesn't kill your reach on Instagram.
⏱️ Chapters
00:00 Intro — the finished reel + the promise
00:34 Set up the Reel canvas (+ safe zones)
01:14 The hook slide — 3 formulas that stop the scroll
02:47 Duplicate pages + one idea per slide
03:34 Animate, slide timing, cover & MP4 export
04:53 Into CapCut — import + ratio check
05:09 Beat detection — split on the dots
05:50 Auto captions in your brand style
06:46 Keyframe punch-ins + the one transition
07:24 The seamless loop trick
07:46 Export settings + the silent-audio trick
08:36 The 10-second viral checklist
09:03 The full system — recap
🧰 Used in this tutorial
• Canva (free tier works)
• CapCut desktop (free tier works)
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