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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
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In Descript, 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
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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. Automated transcription 'wizards' Descript's automated 'wizards' are
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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.
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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. I have several clients that request perfect transcriptions out
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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. You have the same options on both recorders, such as recording your screen, microphone,
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Descript 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
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You may have audio files that you transcribe and work with in Descript 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. If you try to remove 'gaps&
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Sequences and Compositions in Descript 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. What are Descript sequences? Sequences are the
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Descript offers two different ways to remove your video background — the traditional Chroma Key effect and a newer AI-powered Green Screen filter. Each has its strengths, and in this tutorial I compare both methods side by side. Watch the full tutorial: Method 1: Chroma Key Chroma Key is the classic
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When you record a Zoom meeting, you get a single video file with all participants visible in a grid. But what if you want to create a professional multi-camera look — cutting between full-screen shots of each speaker? Descript makes this surprisingly easy using sequences, scenes, and its transcript-based editing. Importing
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Descript has a much-loved feature called Overdub, which allows you to generate audio from text (text-to-speech) with your own voice. However, there's a distinction in the subscription plans for this Descript feature: The Creator Plan limitations to Overdub will instead replace the words with 'gibberish'. In