How to Speed up Any TikTok Videos in 4 Easy Ways in 2023

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How to Speed up Any TikTok Videos in 4 Easy Ways in 2023

Last Updated: 2023. 09. 11

Wanna add styles and rhythm to your TikTok videos by changing the TikTok video speed? We’ve got you covered.

In this tutorial, we will walk you through 2 quick and easy ways to speed up a video on TikTok using TikTok’s native speed controllers, plus 2 great workarounds to speed up a pre-recorded TikTok video online and on your phone (IOS and Android). So, let’s dive into it now!

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Here’s What You Will Learn:

How to Speed up a Video on TikTok When Recording It

How to Speed up a Video on TikTok When Uploading It

How to Speed up a Pre-recorded TikTok Video Online by FlexClip

How to Speed up a TikTok Video on iPhone and Android by CapCut

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Here is a quick takeaway for how to speed up a video on TikTok:

With TikTok’s native speedometer controls, you can easily speed up a video on TikTok when recording it or uploading a pre-recorded video.

The maximum speed on TikTok is 3x faster than the original TikTok video speed.

Currently, TikTok only allows you to speed up a TikTok video as a whole. If you only want to speed up parts of a TikTok video, you need to use other workarounds.

Of course, TikTok also offers two speeds (0.5x, 0.3x) to slow down a TikTok video.

How to Speed up a Video on TikTok When Recording It

Step 1

Open TikTok and Head to Video Record Screen.

Step 2

Tap the Speed Icon and Select 2x or 3x to Speed a TikTok Video. You May also Set the TikTok Video Duration (15 seconds, 60 seconds, or 3 minutes).

Tap the speedometer icon and set the speed for the TikTok video when recording.

Step 3

Tap the Record Button and Record the TikTok Video as You Normally Do. Then, TikTok Will Automatically Speed up the Video at a Speed You Set.

Step 4

Done with the Recording. Tap the Red Checkmark. Then You Can Preview the Accelerated TikTok Video and Tap Next to Add Titles, Hashtag, etc. to Post a TikTok Video.

Bonus: How to Speed a Video on TikTok But Not Sound

If you speed up a TikTok video with audio, the original audio recorded will be distorted or have an annoying high pitch. To speed up a video on TikTok without changing the sound, a great solution is to tap “Add Sound” first on TikTok and then tap the Speed icon to set the desired speed to speed up a video and record your TikTok video. Also, read how to add music to TikTok.

How to Speed up a Video on TikTok When Uploading It

Very often, you have pre-recorded videos in the Camera Roll or Photo Gallery. You may also use TikTok’s speedometer to speed up the video when uploading it to TikTok.

Step 1

Open TikTok and Tap the “+” Button. Then TikTok Will Open up Your Camera.

Step 2

Tap the “Upload” Button and Select a Video from the Phone Album You’d Like to Speed Up and Tap Next.

Tap Upload and select a pre-recorded TikTok video.

Step 3

Tap the Speedometer Button and Select 2x, 3x to Speed up the Tiktok Video and Tap Next.

Tap the speedometer icon and select 2x or 3x to speed up a TikTok video.

Step 4

Proceed to Add Sounds, Effects, Texts, Stickers, Captions, Hashtags, and Tap the Post to Publish this TikTok Video.

How to Speed up a Pre-recorded TikTok Video Online by FlexClip

Well, though TikTok’s built-in speedometer offers you an easy way to speed up a video on TikTok when recording or uploading a TikTok video, you have no options to speed up parts of a video on TikTok and the maximum speed is only 3X.

So, a free and easy workaround is to use a versatile online video editor with fast forward feature to speed up TikTok videos before uploading them to your TikTok.

To that end, the user-friendly and feature-packed FlexClip AI video maker, with its flexible speed curve feature, deserves to be your go-to choice to speed up or slow down TikTok videos.

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With FlexClip, you can:

Harness the versatile speed curve feature (0.1X-8X) to speed up any parts of a TikTok video with a smooth transition. There are 6 fully customizable speed curve presets available as well. You can add new speed points and drag and drop to ease in/out the speed transition. Of course, the normal speed change (0.2X-8X) is also available.

Seamlessly speed up TikTok videos using FlexClip’s speed curve feature online.

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Select from 74,000+ royalty-free music tracks and sound effects to go along with TikTok video speed change to add vibes and emotions to your video, such as “whoosh”, and “swoosh” sound effects for speed transitions.

Access vast royalty-free music and sound effects to spice up your TikTok videos.

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What’s more, as a full-featured AI video maker, FlexClip also empowers you with a treasure trove of AI tools to help you automate your TikTok editing process and save you tons of valuable time. From the handy AI video script generator, fueled by ChatGPT, to lifelike text-to-speech generator, AI auto subtitle generator, text-to-image generator, text-to-video generator, image background remover, and audio extractor,etc. creating viral TikTok videos has never been easier.

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Step 1

Access FlexClip > upload your pre-recorded TikTok videos from your PC, phone, Google Drive, One Drive, Dropbox, or Google Photos > set the video aspect ratio to 9:16 for TikTok.

Upload your prerecorded TikTok videos to FlexClip and set the video aspect ratio to 9:16.

Step 2

Clip the Plus sign to add your TikTok video to the intuitive timeline. You can trim or split the clip when needed.

Add your TikTok video to the intuitive timeline.

Step 3

Use speed curve to speed up TikTok videos.

With the TikTok video select selected, and click the Speed tool > Curve Speed > Customize > you can move the playhead to decide where you want to speed up the TikTok video > click “+ Add Point” > drag this point upward to speed up parts of the TikTok video up to 8X faster. If you drag the speed point downward, you can slow down parts of the TikTok video up to 10X slower. You can add multiple points to speed up TikTok videos anywhere you wish.

Add speed points and drag the point upward to speed up TikTok videos.

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Meanwhile, the Time indicator will show you the original TikTok video duration and the resulting video duration after the speed change. If you want to delete a speed curve, simply select a speed point > click the delete button or click the Reset button to undo all the speed changes.

Select a speed point and reset all the speed changes or delete a specific speed point.

To create a smoother transition from the normal speed to a faster or slower speed, just drag two points away to make a mild speed ramp. The further between two speed points, the smoother the transition will be, and vice versa.

Drag two speed points further away to create a smoother transition and vice versa.

Step 4

Add royalty-free music and sound effects to enhance the fast forward video effect.

Click the Audio tab > Sound Effects > search for “swoosh”, or “woosh” transition sound effects > move the playhead to where the speed changes > click the Plus Sign to add the fast forward sound effects right to the audio tracks > in the Music Tab > add an upbeat piece of music to create the vibes for your TikTok video > adjust sound effects and music track’s volumes. Fantastic!

Add swoosh transition sound effects and upbeat music to highlight speech change and create vibes in your TikTok videos.

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Step 5

Add TikTok text animations for call-to-actions.

Click the Text tab > scroll down to select from 1,000+ readymade and editable text animations for CTAs in your TikTok videos, such as TikTok profile titles, Like, Share, and Follow buttons, speech bubbles, call-out titles, lower thirds titles, news titles, quotes titles, and much more.

Add readymade and editable TikTok text animations for titles and CTAs in your TikTok video.

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You can drag and drop to replace the premade profile images with yours and click the Motion tool to decide how, where and when you want your TikTok profile reveals in the TikTok video.

Drag and drop to replace TikTok profile image with yours.

Or click the Element tab > search for “TikTok” > add an animated TikTok logo to your TikTok video.

Add animated GIPHY TikTok stickers to spice up your TikTok video.

Alternatively, you can easily customize the text style, text font, text size, color, alignment or opacity, etc. and cilck the Motion tool to animate the text with styles, such as typewriter, cinematic glitter, blur, burst, bounce, fade in/out,etc.

Easily animate text with styles.

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Step 6

Preview and share.

Done with the editing. You can click the Export button to save the edited TikTok video to your computer or directly share it to TikTok, Google Drive, One Drive, or Dropbox; a clickable link is also available for your blog posts, newsletters, or other repurposings.

Easily share TikTok videos from your computer to TikTok or repurpose the video.

How to Speed up a TikTok Video on iPhone and Android by CapCut

Another flexible option to speed up a pre-recorded TikTok video before uploading it is to use CapCut, a free and powerful app, available to both iPhone and Android users.

Step 1

Open CapCut and Import a Pre-recorded TikTok Video onto the Timeline.

Step 2

Tap “Edit” > “Speed” > Select Either “Normal” or “Curve” to Speed up a TikTok Video.

Select how to speed up a TikTok video on CapCut.

Normal (basic)：You can speed up the entire TikTok video at a speed from 2x to 100x faster.

The normal way to speed up a TikTok video on CapCut.

Curve (Advanced)：You can add multiple beats to the video and drag the curve upward to speed up a particular part of the TikTok video at any speed you wish. If you drag the curve downward, it will slow down the video.

Use Curve to speed up the TikTok video by CapCut.

Step 3

Export and Share the Video to TikTok.

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Passionate about photography, video-making and travel, Frank is a seasoned copywriter and a beloved father of 2-year-old daughter at FlexClip. He is always keen to share his latest discovery about video marketing and tricks to relive your memories through videos and images.