Video Editing with Descript – Complete Tutorial

Video Editing with Descript has been fun to learn, and I'm using Descript to record and edit my YouTube videos almost exclusively now. Descript video editing has come a long way and they're always updating the app, so I finally put together this Descript video editing tutorial for you!

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00:00 Descript Video Editing
00:10 Record Videos with Descript
01:24 Record Screen with Descript
03:02 Descript Scene Rail
03:19 Doc or Script Area
03:32 Descript Scenes in Script
04:31 Canvas or Preview Window
04:41 Effects, Controls, Settings
05:00 Descript Timeline
05:14 Shorten Word Gaps (MAGICAL!)
06:09 Correct Mistakes in Descript
07:42 Ignore Text in Descript
09:03 Studio Sound
09:48 Timeline Editing in Descript
10:20 Split Clip in Descript
10:58 Select, Range, Blade, Hand Tool
11:45 Import Background Music to Descript
12:24 Descript Scenes Explained
15:24 Zoom in
16:11 Title Screens
17:01 Send To Back / Bring Forward
17:47 Animations in Descript
20:10 Add B Roll in Descript
22:48 Edit Multi Cam in Descript
23:24 Stock B-Roll and GIFs in Descript
24:05 Correct Transcript with Descript
25:19 Export Video with Descript

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[thahiphopdoc]

Thank you! Just joined the Descript Family. This was very helpful. Still struggling but this is exactly what I needed!

[TheresaCroft]

You are brilliant.... New video life....Very excited and thank you for your spirit of e xcellence Meredith.

[arnaudcz]

don't know if you saw, there's a new feature where AI can recognize multiple takes of a particular bit and remove it for you. It's a real time saver.

[chadkbrignall]

Wow Meredith I just found d your channel looking for few tutorials on the 2024 updated version from a few weeks ago. Thank you! #subd

[JohnvanGurp]

Any idea if it will ever be available on the iPad?

[sellermetrics]

Any idea how you can blur out specific part of the video using Descript?

[TheWaywardHome]

This was so helpful, Meredith! Thanks!

[TheresaCroft]

So excellent. Your SCREENFLOW is very super great.

[TheMarvinChronicles]

Great vid. How do you add b-roll or footage that doesn’t have dialogue?

[midiafogo]

O problema é que quando eu coloco um vídeo pra legendar, na hora de exportar ele fica com a qualidade inferior ao vídeo original. isso prejudica. Alguém sabe me dizer o que fazer para preservar a máxima qualidade?

[thirtysixverts]

I see you're using a Cam Link 4k, but in the Descript user guide, it says that it's not a supported device. You've had good success with it so far? No issues?

[lpcb]

Great video, thank you. I'm having issues with loosing quality if I upload a video into Descript to then do my editing have you ran into this issue? Any way to fix that??

[padelfyi]

How do you move multiple scenes back together? Moving the scene border takes space from the following scene and cuts off the end. I want to increase the length of one scene and push all the others back.

[VisualDeepDive]

Hi, great video. Thank you. I am new to this. I'm curious, if you delete part of a sentence, won't that affect the actual video of you talking? What I mean is if I said on the video "the tree stood tall" then decided to add "Christmas" in wouldn't that affect the visual of me talking? Probably silly questions but just learning. Thank you in advance.

[historyinaheartbeat]

Do you know how to make one part of the video landscape and another part portrait…? I can’t figure it out

[pAulseperformance]

Nice Video! I use Screenflow too and I am jus getting into Descript. What is your workflow with Screenflow and Descript or do you use them separately for separate videos?

[katiebartnett]

Hey Meredith, when I add a B roll or picture, it doesn't fit the full size of the screen, and some of the video I am overlaying the B roll is showing, So then I resized the B roll, but then it resized both the main video and the B roll through out the entire video. What am I doing wrong? I have searched through all the descript tutorial videos and can't figure it out. Can you help?

[EternalKernel]

When I add text with write it adds black video, how do i have it fill that?

[haneer]

Hi Meredith, I just want to ask where is that video you said that you use the transcript to make a blog using chatgpt. Can I ask for a link please? I'm really curious how you do that. Thank you

[jescopuluj]

Thanks for the video, Meredith! I am wondering, how can I save a specific setting, such as a cropped image or a color correction, and apply it to a different scene? Can this be done through templates?