Publishing a web link the easiest way to share your content created in Descript. You'll create a standalone page with its own unique URL you can share and even download the content up to 10x faster than exporting a video or audio local file. You can set privacy and other settings for the page (both from your Descript project and the actual published page) so people can view your work, download the content, and make comments.
Creator and Free plans may publish videos up to 1 hour. Pro and Enterprise plans may publish videos up to 3 hours. Compositions with video exceeding the length limitation will be published as audio-only.
Publishing a page
- Click the Publish button at the top-right corner of the editor window.
- Open the Publish tab.
- Select Web link from the dropdown menu.
- Set your title, resolution(video-only), access permissions, and other settings.
- Select Publish.
Publishes are limited to a canvas size of 8192 pixels. You can either export your file or re-size your canvas to a smaller resolution if through the Aspect ratio and video settings menu.
Updating a published a page
You can make updates to content, re-publish it, and preserve the original URL in Descript . Simply follow the above steps for publishing a page after making your updates, and the page content will be re-rendered.
Re-publishing or removing a page will cause any published comments to be permanently removed. Users wishing to work collaboratively with other users during the editing phase will instead want to invite collaborators to comment directly within the project. Learn more about project access.
Removing a page
If you need to remove a published page, open the share.descript.com page and select the Publish settings in the top right corner of the published webpage, and select Unpublish.
Publishing settings
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Resolution | Set the video resolution to 480p, the 720p, 1080p, or 4K |
| Access: | |
| Public | Published pages are configured to allow search engines to list the page in their results. Good for people who use Descript web links as a public hosting platform. |
| Anyone with the link | Pages are configured to be excluded from search engine results. Good for sharing links to pages without requiring Descript account access to view. |
| Project access required | Pages are configured to be excluded from search engine results. Users must sign in with a Descript account and have authorization to view. |
| Settings: | |
| Show transcript | Display you composition’s transcript on the published web page |
| Allow comments | Allow commenting on the published web page |
| Show author | Display the project owner’s name on the web page |
| Allow sharing from embeds | Add a share button on embedded video or audio players of your published page |
| Custom branding | Enable/disable showing the drive’s icon on the published web page |
Changing default publish permissions
Drive owners have the ability to change the default publish privacy setting for all projects on their drive. To do so, click on the D menu of an open project and select Settings. Click on the Subscription tab, then locate the Default publish privacy field and click the dropdown to change your drive-level default.
Adding a thumbnail
By default, your page's thumbnail will be the first frame of your video. You can customize the thumbnail by clicking on its preview image.
Use a frame from your video
- Click on the thumbnail in the publish panel.
- Select Change frame.
- Use the slider at the bottom of the video preview to move through your video.
- Once you find the frame you want to use, select Use frame.
Upload a custom thumbnail
- Click on the thumbnail in the publish panel.
- Select Upload.
- Choose the image you want to use.
Download, share, or view the page
Once you've published your content, you can Download the content,
Copy the page link, or
Open the page from the bottom of the publish panel.
Downloading a published page is faster than local exporting
One of the key benefits of publishing a web link and downloading your content is that it renders in the cloud. This rendering process allows you to download your content up to 10x faster than exporting a local video or audio file. Learn more about downloading a published page.