You can export your content as mp4 video files by clicking Publish, selecting the Export tab and then choosing Video from the list of options.
Export settings
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| Current composition | Default behavior and exports your currently selected composition |
| Current selection | Select a range of text in your composition to export as video |
| Current scene | Export the currently selected scene |
| Markers | Export individual video files for each of the Markers in the currently selected composition |
| Line breaks | Export individual video files for each section of text separated by line breaks within your composition |
| All compositions | Batch export a file for each composition in your project |
| Resolution* | Export a 480p, 720p, 1080p, or 4k video |
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Set file quality to low, medium, or high |
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| Channels | 1(mono) or 2(stereo) |
| Sample rate | 44100 or 48000 |
| Audio bitrate | 32 kbps, 48 kbps, 64 kbps, 96 kbps, 128 kbps, 160 kbps, 192 kbps, or 256 kbps |
| Normalize volume | Set normalization to off, peak, -14 LUFS, -16 LUFS, -18 LUFS, -23 LUFS, -24 LUFS |
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Enable/disable metadata and include a show title, episode title, description, or markers as chapters |
*Users on the Free plan are limited to 720p export.
Maximum export resolution
If you find that your export resolution options are limited on the export menu (greyed out), you will need to increase the resolution of your Composition's video settings. This will ensure that your shape and text clips, as well as video and image assets, render at the configured resolution when exported.
Video watermark
Users on a Free drive or basic members of paid drives will have a Descript watermark in the bottom right-hand corner of their exported videos. However, they can create one watermark-free video per month by toggling the option in the export settings. Upgrading to a paid subscription will remove the watermark from all future exports.
Embedded subtitles
Subtitle cards are automatically embedded into the exported video file. This means that services that support embedded subtitles may allow the user to enable or disable the subtitle text.
Descript's embedded subtitles are not burned into the video. Burned subtitles are permanently visible in your video and cannot be removed. Descript supports adding custom captions if you want to add burned subtitles to your video.
How do I format embedded subtitles?
Embedded subtitles only contain the text and timestamp data. Once you have imported your video into the destination application (Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, or other editing, broadcast, or hosting platforms) you should have the ability to modify your display properties including text formatting.