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Creating Social Media Clips

Join me on October 23, 6:00PM BST to learn how to create attractive social media clips with captions and other exciting elements

Backing Up Your Descript Work: Best Practice Advice

Questions from Facebook members in the Descript users group.

Descript Scenes and Templates: Learn All About Them Live with Cristi

Join me on a live webinar next week, Oct 16, 2023 6:00PM, to learn about scenes in Descript Storyboard and how to use them in your video editing workflow.

Sequences vs Compositions in Descript Storyboard

Sequences and Compositions in Descript Storyboard are the first things you need to familiarize yourself with as they are the most important. New Descript users usually have difficulty with the distinction between the two so I'll attempt to explain in this article.

Word Gap Removal in Descript Storyboard is Not Silence Removal

You may have audio files that you transcribe and work with in Descript Storyboard that have speech and other audio. Maybe you have a piece that has audio in more than one language or there's laughter and other sounds on the audio.

Faster Keyboard Navigation and Editing in Descript Storyboard

Descript Storyboard has a lot of keyboard shortcuts you can use throughout the interface. I love working on the keyboard and there are some nice little keyboard tricks I use when I want to work faster and not reach for the mouse all the time, particularly when performing repetitive tasks such as cycling through removing filler words or shortening word gaps.

Descript Storyboard Has Two Recorders. They are different.

Descript Storyboard has two different recorders. One runs in the system tray and is called "Quick Recorder" and the other is launched from within the application from among the 5 icons at the top.

Descript Transcript Correction Doesn't Stick?

You may have come across a situation where Descript will ignore your transcription corrections. This is due to a bug that's been around for some time, but can also be due to crosstalk or a conflict in word alignment.

Never Delete, Always Ignore: Descript Storyboard Transcripts

The first advice I give to all my course or coaching students when it comes to making corrections in Descript, is to never delete, always ignore.

Stop Wasting Descript Transcription Minutes by Enabling This ONE Setting

Descript tends to try to 'help' you when you import audio or video files into a project by automatically transcribing them. Let me tell you why that's bad and how to prevent it.

How to Edit Only Text in Descript Storyboard and Leave Video and Audio Unaffected?

In Descript Storyboard, you can make text edits and corrections by editing, deleting or ignoring words, and having the audio and video kept in sync by deleting them with the words. But in some situations you might not want to affect the audio or video at all. Can you still just correct text?

Adjust Clip Speed in Bulk in Descript Storyboard

If you need to change clip properties in bulk in Descript, you'll find it's not as easy as you'd think. Once you've made cuts and edits in your composition, particularly after removing filler words or closing word gaps and such, you typically end up with tens or even hundreds of small clips.