Cristi Cotovan's Blog

Here are some blog posts where I share helpful tips, tutorials, news or general rants about my industry. Let me know if you find them useful, share them, link to them or comment and help me improve. Also, if you have a question about something, don't hesitate to ask!

Apply Branding with One Click in Riverside.fm Brand Kit

Discover how Riverside.fm's new brand kit feature can streamline your podcast editing process and enhance your branding with just one click. Perfect for content creators!

Translate and Voice Your Videos in Another Language with Descript
Selectively Hide Captions in Descript Using Scenes

Selectively Hide Captions in Descript Using Scenes
Schedule Multiple Recording Sessions in Advance with Riverside.fm

Schedule Multiple Recording Sessions in Advance with Riverside.fm
Use Legacy AI Voices in Descript Underlord

Use Legacy AI Voices in Descript Underlord
Invite Editors to Your Descript Project for Seamless Collaboration

Invite Editors to Your Descript Project for Seamless Collaboration
Descript v81: Animation Updates, Effects, AI Improvements and More

Descript v81: Animation Updates, Effects, AI Improvements and More
Creating Social Media Clips

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

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

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 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

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.