Descript Tutorial for Beginners

00:01 Introduction to Descript
00:05 Understanding the Descript Workspace
00:12 Starting a New Project
01:53 Recording and Transcribing
07:08 Editing and Refining Your Video
07:52 Adding Effects and Transitions
16:19 Working with Media Bin and Sound Effects
18:33 Publishing Your Project

[joybenoit]

Probably a good idea to check out your 2hr tutorial. I'm new to Descript and not at all tech savvy. Editing and moving things around has been incredibly frustrating and strangely when I mimic things that I've learned from other tutorials it doesn't work or messes up other things. I "Undo" a LOT. Editing is my least favorite thing and I was REALLY hoping Descript was going to relieve the stress. Just impatient with learning the platform. Thank you for the help.

[GeekPsychology]

Learned some new things to make editing more efficient. Thank you.

[MedicalAssistingwithMsK]

Thank you! I should have been signed up. I have to re-record the lessons I did with StreamYard. It is not edit savvy at all like Descript.

[thepianocornertpc]

Can you explain how to record in English but have dutch subtitles please.

[marywright]

Can you show us how you put in your metadata please?

[jilldaltonnyc]

I just signed up to descript and need to learn how to use that sucker. It looks like there are lots of useful shortcuts. Thanks for the video. I subscribed, and I watch more.

[doreenyong]

Great tutorial, though I was hoping you'd talk about subtitles and how to unhide the timeline when hidden. I haven't quite mastered these features. Do you have any video on those?

[I_Mackenzie]

I've enlarged the video on the canvas, but now I can't see the handles around the video. Is there a way to zoom out of the canvas so I can see the whole video. Not an animation, just view more of the canvas?

[JARVART]

Captions are out of time with audio how do I fix this?

[thepianocornertpc]

Can I connect a GoPro 9 to descript and use it to record? If so, please explain how to do.

[EricGranata]

I’m convinced millennial pause is caused by the trauma we’ve had recording only to find the first few seconds is lopped off due to buffering or something.