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In the latest versions of Descript Underlord, there have been significant changes, particularly concerning AI voices. The AI voices were redeveloped last year, and new engines were created, leading to the retirement of some old stock voices. While the new AI voices are more refined and natural, many users still
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If you're working in Descript and would like to collaborate with someone, like send your project to an editor to make edits while you keep your project on your drive, there is a very easy way to do that by inviting them to your project. I see this
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It's January 23rd, 2024 and Descript has rolled out version 81. In this update, there are some significant improvements that I am excited to share. Let's dive into them! Animations with Variable Speed One of the standout features in this update is the ability to change
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When you export a video from Descript, it will export the video but secretly add 'soft subtitles' to that video in the metadata as a subtitle track. There's no way to disable this in Descript, but you can remove them.
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Don't Panic! We're About to Lose Access to Descript Classic Descript announced that their old version of the product - the Classic version - would be retired on October 1st. If you were still relying on it, unfortunately you have no choice anymore. I've
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A user in the Descript Users Facebook Community asked an interesting question about backing up your Descript projects. She was worried what's going to happen to all her projects / compositions if Descript stops working or functioning someday. She has a lot of projects or compositions published and hosted
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If you have an external transcription ready made for your video or audio, you can import it into Descript and synchronize it with the audio or the video. You don't have to waste your transcription minutes in Descript. But first... Prevent Automatic Transcription By default, Descript will try
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Techsmith just announced a set of pre-built library assets that allow you to create audio visualizers to your projects - assets that react to audio (music or speech) and can be customized.
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Descript has two different filters or effects to make your video transparent and remove your background. It has a good ol' green screen removal based on chroma key and an AI-based one.
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15 August, 2023 - Some exciting news from Descript today, it was announced that Descript has acquired SquadCast. So SquadCast is now part of Descript. If you have a Descript account, the great news is you can now link your Descript account to SquadCast and have online recording for free.
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I see this question quite a lot in the Descript communities and I thought I'd make a quick tutorial about it. It is possible to copy files from one project to another in Descript without re-uploading, re-editing or re-transcribing them. What's the problem? Most Descript beginners
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Did you know you can export your videos or audios much faster from Descript Storyboard by using the cloud? It's very easy. Exporting your finished videos from Descript is quite slow on your local computer. You need disk space and a fast processor and it can take a