How to Add An Aesthetic Heart Overlay to a Video

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How to Add An Aesthetic Heart Overlay to a Video

Last Updated: 2022. 09. 06

Heart overlay is not something new. Ever since love film is created, the heart overlay is widely used to highlight the romantic atmosphere and give the video a more aesthetic look. Even if you are not that ambitious to produce a professional video about love, it is also fun to put a heart overlay to a video.

Heart Overlay Example

CapCut is powerful mobile application to help make all kinds of video edits, not to mention a small edit like adding a heart overlay. In case you want to add heart overlay on computer, we also find FlexClip, a nice tool to put heart overlay perfectly on video with computer. Check the following methods out!

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Part 1. How to Add Heart Overlay to Video with CapCut on Mobile

CapCut is developed by ByteDance to help people make edits on mobile. Even though lots of website claim that they can download CapCut for PC, they are lying. CapCut official never claimed that CapCut for PC is available expect for in China.

Here is how to add heart overlay to video in CapCut.

Step 1

Download CapCut on your mobile and launch it.

Step 2

Create a New Project and then upload your video clips from your Camera Roll.

Step 3

Click on Overlay section, you can find numerous filters, overlays you can apply to your video. You can also upload another image and add as overlay.

Step 4

Download & Export. Your video now is ready to share. CapCut helps you upload videos to TikTok directly, but you can also save the video to a local folder.

Part 2. How to Add Heart Overlay to Video in FlexClip on Computer

FlexClip is a browser-based video editor that doesn’t require you to download anything, register or subscribe. It has all easy tools you need to make video edits and free, rich resources like heart overlay to level up your work. Click on Create a Video button and follow the steps below to get started.

Step 1

Drag and drop your video clips to the Media section and apply it to the timeline.

Add Heart Overlay to Video - Upload

Step 2

Go to Overlays section in the sidebar, check the Effect Overlays. You will find loads of heart overlay here. Pick one you like and click to apply to your video.

Step 3

You can change the heart overlay’s transparency and blend mode so that the heart overlay perfectly matches your video.

Create a Slideshow for Instagram with FlexClip - Step 5

Add Heart Overlay to Video - Add to Video

Step 4

(optional) Make other edits. FlexClip has other tools and resources to level up your work, like transitions, animations, filters, GIFs, stickers. Give them a try.

Step 5

Download and share. Generate a short link and share to others or download the video to your computer in minutes.

The Bottom Line

This post shows you two easy ways to add heart overlay to a video. If you want to put a heart overlay to a video on mobile, CapCut is good to go. As for those who prefer adding a heart overlay to a video on PC, FlexClip could be a good choice. By the way, FlexClip creates all sorts of videos for social media, for example, TikTok video, Instagram video, YouTube video. Do remember to give it a try!