Reference Manual
Installing Descript
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Descript system requirements
Descript is now supported on both macOS and Windows desktops. We als...
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Downloading and installing Descript
Descript is currently available as a desktop application for both ma...
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Creating a Descript Account
You can set up your Descript account in a couple of different ways. ...
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Updating Descript to the latest version
Updates exclusive to the desktop app Just so you know, Descript is ...
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Why does Descript open when I start my computer?
Launch at Login From Descript's Quick Recorder settings, you have th...
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Descript for Web and Desktop Preview
You will find that the Descript for Web and the new Desktop Preview...
Drive and team management
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Understanding Your Legacy Plan
As we introduce new subscription plans, we want to ensure you can co...
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Understanding Changes to Your Free Plan
Starting July 2, 2024, we’re changing our subscription plans. You wi...
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Preparing for Drive Ownership Transfer
Introduction If you need to transfer ownership of a drive to ano...
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Changing the default save location for new projects
Plan restriction This feature is available for Enterprise plans onl...
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Drive view
The Drive View is the central hub for project organization in Descr...
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Workspaces
Workspaces allow you to manage the privacy of your projects within y...
Projects
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Layer Panel
The Layer panel covers all your properties for individual content la...
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Projects overview
Projects are the containers for the content you create in Descript. ...
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Create a new project
You can create a project from your Drive View or while working on an...
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Change project ownership
Saying goodbye to a project can be tough (or the happiest moment of ...
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Scene Panel
The Scene panel allows you to adjust properties and add templates ...
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Eye Dropper tool
Descript makes it easy to sample colors from any visual source and u...
Compositions
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Composition overview
A composition is what you'll eventually publish or export from Descr...
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Customize the editor
Optimize your editing workflow by customizing the layout of the edit...
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Audio-only compositions
Descript allows you to create audio-only compositions. These composi...
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Viewing duration and word count
When you make a selection in your script, we'll display the duration...
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Playback and navigation
Descript's playback and navigation features allow you to see where y...
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Auto-scrolling
When you playback a composition, Descript will auto-scroll the visib...
AI Speakers
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AI Speakers overview
For now, AI Speakers are only available in English. AI Speakers le...
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Generating text-to-speech
This article will show you how to use an AI Speaker to generate text...
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Using Overdub to edit recorded audio
After you import and transcribe a recording or record directly in th...
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Regenerate
For now, Regenerate can only be applied to video or audio in English...
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Overdub is now AI Speakers
Overdub has graduated into a new suite of tools called AI Speakers. ...
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AI Speaker usage guidelines
This page covers how to use AI Speakers in Descript, including text-...
Underlord
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Automatic multicam
The Automatic Multicam feature in our platform helps you automatical...
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Understanding AI Limitations, Features, and Usage Tracking
This page provides detailed information about AI limitations, AI...
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What's in a name: Underlord FAQ
Is there a story or concept behind the branding of "Underlord"? Yes,...
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Translate
The translation feature in Descript allows you to easily translate y...
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Look Good Actions
Underlord offers great pre-built options to help quickly edit and im...
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Ask Underlord
Underlord's AI Actions make your workflow more efficient and enjoyab...
Scenes
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Scenes overview
The concept of scenes Before we get into how scenes work, it’s impo...
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Scene boundaries
This article explains how scene boundaries impact visual and audio...
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Scene rail
The scene rail lets you easily navigate and interact with scenes ...
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Splitting vs. creating a new scene
Splitting a scene To split a scene, insert a forward slash (/) in yo...
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Re-order scenes
You can rearrange the order of your scenes in a composition simply b...
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Attaching a layer to a scene
You can attach layers to a scene if you want to constrain certain pr...
Script editor
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Wordless media in your script
Wordless media—sections of your script that don't contain speech—wil...
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Write mode
Write mode lets you write your script using placeholder text or by g...
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Selection toolbar
The selection toolbar shows up when you highlight a portion of you...
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Deleting vs ignoring script text
Deleting and ignoring text or wordless media in your script is how y...
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Text correction keyboard shortcuts
While editing your script, three hotkeys are useful for making quick...
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Edit boundaries
Edit boundaries are represented by ¦ vertical lines that appear in ...
Canvas
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Canvas overview
The Canvas contains all of a scene’s visual elements — the video, te...
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Adding media or templates to the active scene
When you add media or apply a template to the Canvas, it will only a...
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Canvas tools
You’ve got a handful of tools for working with visuals in the Canvas...
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Aspect ratio and video settings
You can adjust your composition's aspect ratio, frame rate, and vide...
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Resizing and positioning the Canvas
Make the most out of your video editing experience by bending the Ca...
File management and actions
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Stock Panel
The Stock panel offers a creative set of visual and audible content ...
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Import content via a URL link
When you open a project for the first time, you will see the option ...
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Project Panel
The Project panel offers a comprehensive set of tools for managing p...
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Project files
Project files can be found in the Files section of the Project panel...
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Stock media
Descript offers a rich library of premium stock media that you can u...
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Generate AI images using Underlord
You can generate AI images using text prompts to create custom image...
Timeline
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Timeline overview
The Timeline is one of the editor panels in Descript. While the majo...
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Media layers, scenes, and the script in the Timeline
When you make selections in the Script editor and Canvas, the select...
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Layer visibility and order
You can choose to hide or show the Timeline. While the Timeline is v...
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Timeline tools
The Timeline tools allow you to interact with your script track, lay...
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Trimming clips
Whether you want to remove extra silence in your recording, adjust t...
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The wordbar
The wordbar tells you exactly what words a waveform represents, and ...
Transcription
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Automatic transcription
Descript offers a cutting-edge automatic (AI-powered) transcription ...
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Supported transcription languages
Descript can automatically transcribe 25 different languages. A...
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Automatic Speaker Detection
Descript will automatically run speaker detection on transcribed fil...
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Transcription glossary
Please note that this feature is currently only available in Englis...
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Transcription accuracy
Descript's automatic transcription is up to 95% accurate. The accura...
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See your transcription activity
You can see your transcription history and all the transcriptions yo...
Layers and clips
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Layer and clip overview
Layers hold all the visual and audio elements used in a project, suc...
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Adding layers in a project
There are many ways to add layers in your project: Drag and drop yo...
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Add layer quick action
The Add layer quick action allows you to add as many new layers as y...
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Locking layers in Descript
You can lock layers to protect it from accidental changes to its pos...
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Video, audio, and image layers
Descript offers many options to add videos, audio, and images to you...
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Clip duration, speed, and looping
You can adjust the duration of your audio and video clips right in t...
Sequences
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Sequence overview
Descript makes it easy to drag and drop media files into composition...
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Creating a sequence
If have multiple tracks of narrative audio and/or video from the sam...
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Switching between video layouts of a sequence
When you are working with a multitrack sequence that contain video t...
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Sequence Editor
The Sequence Editor provides a multitrack editing view for files con...
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Select sequence tracks to include in your script
With the Sequence Editor, you can select individual tracks within a...
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Fix duplicate transcripts
If the audio tracks in your sequence aren't fully isolated, your spe...
Effects and color correction
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Effects overview
Descript comes with a suite of audio and video effects you can use t...
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Applying and adjusting effects
You can apply one or more effects to the script, scenes, sequences, ...
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How effects are applied in Descript
Understanding how effects are applied in Descript will help you cont...
Animations and transitions
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Ken Burns Animation
The Ken Burns animation, named after the famous American documentary...
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Animations overview
Animations allow you to adjust the properties of a visual layer in a...
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Applying and adjusting animations
You can apply animations to any visual in a scene and change a visua...
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Transitions overview
A transition is a visual effect that can be applied at the start, en...
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Applying a transition to a scene
When you apply a transition to a scene, it will affect all of that s...
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Applying a transition to a clip
You can apply a transition to any clip in the script track from the ...
Audio mixing
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View and monitor audio levels of your composition
The volume unit (VU) meter in the Timeline shows the stereo audio le...
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Adjust volume and panning audio
Balancing the volume and panning of your content's audio can signifi...
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Auto-leveling
Making sure clip levels are consistent across your project can be te...
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Room tone
Recordings made outside of professional-grade recording studios may ...
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Volume automation and keyframes
You can adjust the volume over time of your script or audio layers w...
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Composition audio properties
Similar to a master bus or mix bus, your composition's audio propert...
Templates
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Templates overview
A template is a collection of pre-made scenes or layouts that you ca...
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Templates, scenes, and the script
To get the most out of templates, it’s often helpful to understand h...
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Sharing custom template layouts with drive members
When you create and publish a custom template, it will be private. B...
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Aspect ratio consideration for custom templates
If you want your template to contain scenes with different aspect ra...
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Save a scene to a template
Templates can be created from scratch of saved from scenes in an exi...
Accounts and billing
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Updating or removing your sign in method
Manage how you access your Descript account by adding, changing, or ...
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Usage Monitoring
Keeping track of your text-to-speech and AI suite usage is crucial t...
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How billing works in Descript
Here are a few key points to help you understand how subscription bi...
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Viewing and managing your subscription
You can manage your subscription from the Subscription tab in your a...
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Switch between multiple Descript accounts
To switch between different Descript accounts with separate email ad...
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Change my billing cycle
You can pay your subscription monthly or yearly. Learn more about ou...
Publishing and exporting
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Publish to Google Drive
You can publish your finished video or audio project to your Google ...
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Publishing and exporting overview
Descript gives you comprehensive exporting and publishing options ta...
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Publish content with Descript web links
Publishing a web link is the easiest way to share your content creat...
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View, share, and manage a published page
After publishing your content as a web link, you may download your c...
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Publishing to other hosting providers
Publishing to other hosting providers Descript now supports a variet...
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Exporting video
You can export your content as mp4 video files by clicking Publish, ...
Collaboration
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Project links
Descript automatically generates a web link you can use to access yo...
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Project access
Descript makes it easy to manage how collaborators access a project....
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Commenting in projects
Descript's commenting features make it easy to annotate your transcr...
Integrations
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Publishing to YouTube
Descript lets you publish videos directly to your YouTube channels. ...
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Publishing Blubrry episodes
Publish to Blubrry in Descript Click Publish at the top-right corne...
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Publish your content to Buzzsprout
Click Publish at the top-right corner of your editor. Then select t...
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Publishing Captivate episodes
Captivate only accepts audio content. If you want to publish a vide...
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Publishing your content to Castos
Click Publish at the top-right corner of your editor. Then select t...
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Publish your content to eWebinar
Click Publish at the top-right corner of your editor. Then select t...
Connect and engage with Descript
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The Descript Community on Discord
Descript has set up a Discord server — a community-based chat servic...
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The Descript Affiliate Program
Upcoming changes to the Descript affiliate program We're excited to...
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Becoming a supported content hosting partner
Descript now supports one-click export to supported content hosting ...
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Watch Descript webinars and other live events
We regularly host live webinars, office hours, and product announcem...
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Contact Descript
Customer Support Support Hours of Operation Descript Customer Suppor...
Shortcuts, settings, and feature previews
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Preview upcoming features with Descript Labs
Descript offers you the option to try new and upcoming features thro...
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Quick guide to keyboard shortcut changes
To help you while we’re changing Descript’s keyboard shortcuts, here...
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Keyboard shortcuts
A reference table of all available keyboard shortcuts is available f...
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App settings
You can access your app settings from the top right corner of the Dr...