If you are making a pimpwalk entrance video, there are two routes: the CapCut templates that took off around 31 October 2026, or the browser generator at ViralReel's pimpwalk entrance template. Both work. They differ in casts, casting control, watermarking and render behavior.
The CapCut route
The CapCut wave started on 31 October 2026 with "how to make the viral doorway entrance pimpwalk hold the door trend" tutorials — the biggest of which now sits at 442K plays. By 3 November the two main templates stood at 8,387 and 4,694 uses.
How it works: find a post using either template in TikTok, tap the template link, drop in a photo, and CapCut edits the clip for you inside the app.
Good for: speed and zero cost. It is the fastest way to put one face into the doorway.
Limits:
- You get whichever doorway the template holds — the two big templates are fixed casts.
- Most versions take one photo; casting the person who holds the door is limited, and the door-holder is half the joke.
- Exports carry the CapCut watermark unless you pay CapCut.
- Face-swap quality on the strut's low angles varies a lot — the near-crouch close-up is where cheap swaps fall apart.
The ViralReel route
ViralReel's pimpwalk entrance template rebuilds the scene with an image-to-video model from your photos, in the browser.
Good for:
- Three doorway casts — Burger Shop Dandy, Walter White on the Door, and Yellow Shirt Strut.
- Two photo slots — you cast both the walker and the door-holder, which is where the friend and dad jokes come from.
- The full 15-second scene — door swings wide, the groove, the low strut, the rise into close-up.
- No watermark on paid exports, failed jobs refunded automatically as credits.
- Free credits on signup — your first video does not require a payment method.
Limits: rendering takes a few minutes rather than being instant, and ViralReel does not license the trend sound — you keep the original sound from your posting app's library.
Side by side
| CapCut template | ViralReel | |
|---|---|---|
| Cast choice | Fixed doorway | Three casts |
| People in the scene | Mostly one photo | Two photos, two roles |
| Full 15s scene | Varies by template | Always |
| Watermark | CapCut watermark unless paid | None on paid exports |
| Sound | App-side | Add from your app's library |
| Where it runs | App | Browser, no install |
Either way, post responsibly
Both routes are fan work on an AI-generated scene — neither is official. Use photos of yourself, people who agreed, or your own pet; keep the caption honest about who is who; and turn on the AI-generated label.
Related: how to make the video · the CapCut trend page · what the trend is