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When you're editing a video in Riverside that switches between layouts — solo speaker, two-person interview, screen share — you probably don't want captions in the same position for every scene. A caption that looks great centered on a solo shot might overlap someone's face
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Riverside has become one of the most powerful browser-based editors for podcasters and video creators. But recording is just the beginning — the real magic happens in the edit. In this comprehensive guide, I walk through every precision editing technique available in Riverside's editor, from AI-powered cleanup
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Looped media such as GIFs are difficult to wrangle in Descript. In this short article, I show you how to control exactly where they start and stop.
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If you've recorded multiple podcast episodes or interviews in Riverside, you can pull the best moments from each one and combine them into a single "best-of" compilation — all without leaving the platform. No need to export clips individually or use external editing software. The Big
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If you recorded a video call on Zoom, Teams, or another platform, you probably ended up with a single video file where all speakers appear in one frame. That's fine for playback, but it limits your editing options — you can't zoom into one speaker, switch between
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Every time you start a new episode edit in Riverside, do you find yourself rebuilding the same scene layouts from scratch? Speaker name overlays, side-by-side arrangements, solo speaker close-ups — it's the same setup every time. Scene templates solve this by letting you apply pre-built
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When you're editing a podcast or video interview in Riverside, the layout determines how speakers are arranged on screen. But you don't have to stick with the same layout for the entire episode. You can save custom scene layouts and reuse them across projects — building a
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A new feature to adjust colors has been added in Riverside and it could save a lot of back and forth in color correcting.
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I host my show on Riverside and recently ran into an issue: even when I publish a video episode from Riverside, Spotify displays it as audio-only.
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I walk through the exact steps I follow so you can replicate the same process and prepare metadata for YouTube without overworking each upload.
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When you download recordings from Riverside, you'll notice two video options: Raw video and Aligned video. If you plan to edit in external software like Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, or Descript, the aligned video is the one you want, especially if you've had more than one
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Let me show you how I customize logo and brand in Riverside so your podcast or show consistently displays the right logo, colors, and placement across recordings and edits.