The future of Descript is happening right now, and we’re taking a moment to make sure you’re up to speed.

A while back we introduced Descript for Web, and in v91, we announced that we had completed Beta testing. The Web version is now in wide release, and you can use it right now. We’ve raised the file size limit from 5GB to 50GB, so there’s nothing in the way of completing projects start to finish on the Web.

This project required rebuilding our media engine from the ground up, allowing us to store your files and stream them back to you without you having to download anything, ever.

Just head to web.descript.com to see for yourself.

Here are just some of the benefits of Descript for Web:

But that’s not the best part, we’re also announcing the new and improved Desktop app, that brings all of these improvements into a local package that you can download right now.

We’re excited to announce a new pre-release version of the Descript Desktop app. This new version of our Desktop app brings all the benefits of Descript for Web into a local app package.

Click here to Download the new Desktop Preview version of Descript, and here for installation instructions.

This new version of Descript will eventually replace the Desktop app, and you get started with it today. Say goodbye to “A new version of Descript is ready” prompts - in addition to all the benefits listed above, the new Desktop Preview will never require you to restart for updates.

You can have both the regular Desktop app and the new Desktop Preview installed at the same time, and switch back and forth without causing compatibility issues.

For both further information, and all current limitations for Descript for Web, and the Desktop preview, please visit our Help Center.

Since the launch of Season 6, we’ve seen incredible feedback about the new layout, and we’re confident that the streamlined interface is a major improvement for Descript usability and feature discovery. We want to stay focused on making this version the best it can be, and for this reason we have disabled the Labs toggle that restores the old interface.

If you still have concerns about the update, or feel like you need some more help getting started we have lots of options to get you up to speed:

This concludes all of our experimental feature options within the Labs program for the time being. We’ll let you know when we’ve added new, exciting, pre-release features for you to check out.

There’s only one small change within the Editor itself for version 93:

The “Layout” setting (within the Layer settings menu) has been renamed to “Size and Position” to reduce confusion between it and the concept of Layouts, which refer to elements within Templates. You’ll use the Size and Position interface to do what it says on the label: adjust the size and position of any Layer within your canvas.

Regenerate, our AI-powered tone-fixing, speech enhancing, spoken word replacement tool is officially out of Beta. Seamlessly eliminate any jumpy, abrupt, or awkward parts in their audio recordings, simplifying the process of creating smooth and professional-sounding audio content.

If the Beta tag was giving you pause, or you ran into issues during the Beta, now is the perfect time to give it a try.

We’re making some incremental improvements to the Drive view interface, and with this update we’ve added a new Toolbar that activates when you click the check box next to a project, or select multiple projects.

When a single project is checked, the top bar will change to this display which has controls for: Download, Rename project, Duplicate project, Move project, Copy link to project, and Project access

When you check multiple projects, you’ll be able to use the Move icon to relocate projects in bulk.

Bulk project deletion is still in the works, and we thank you for your patience on that. Data security is a top priority for us, and implementing mass delete in a way that is safe for our users will take just a bit longer.

As of July 2nd, 2024, new plan tiers and plan names are going into effect. You can view full details on our Pricing page, but here are the important parts:

Usage limits on plans is now broken down by feature type. It’s best understood by looking at our pricing table, but we’ll cover how our Underlord features are ranked:

: Underlord actions like Studio Sound, Green Screen, Remove Retakes

: Eye Contact, and Translate Captions

: Translate w/ Correction (upcoming)

For users on Free plans, or newly created Hobbyist and Creator plans, there are new prompts have been added so you can track your use of AI features.

For users who embed Descript share pages with Private view settings (aka “Drive access required”) - we now can detect whether the user is logged in to an authorized Descript account with Drive access. If the user playing the embedded video is logged in, the video will play as expected. If they are not logged in, they will be redirected to the main share page and prompted to login first.

We’re taking a breath on major changes as we all settle into the major interface overhaul from our last update. We have some optimizations and improvements upcoming, but for v92 we have mostly focused on fixing bugs, and bringing some Quick Recorder upgrades to Windows.

We've rolled back the change to Automatic Speaker Detection being on by default, and now offer at toggle. If you prefer the old Speaker Detective work flow, including listening to clips and manually labeling, just make sure you keep "Always ask to detect speakers" toggle set to ON.

Back in February we launched a number of improvements to the Quick Recorder on MacOS. Today, we’ve finally brought those upgrades to Windows devices.

As a reminder, you’ll see improvements to:

There are two modes:

This also means that we no longer offer a Quick Editor on Windows or MacOS - instead, you can click the Edit button to open a normal Descript project with your Quick Recording.

: We added a Default publishing privacy option to the Settings menu. We recommend choosing a setting due to the new features.

We have had to re-release patch 91.0.3 in order to resolve a project compatibility issue that some users were encountering. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

If you are prompted to update, please proceed.

Welcome to version 91, the beginning of Descript Season 6. The first thing you will notice is a reorganization of the Descript interface, which allows us to make room for exciting new features launching today, and those to come throughout the season. There is a lot to cover, so feel free to skip to the updates you find most interesting, or watch the walkthrough videos provided below.

With that disclaimer out of the way, let’s cover what is changing today.

The first thing to notice is that the Top Toolbar has been cleaned up, and many of the most useful features have migrated to the new and improved sidebar menu. The goal of all of these updates is to make it faster and easier to find the tool you need when you need it.

For more information on the new layout, click here.

Meet your new production sidekick. We’ve moved Descript’s most powerful AI features and tools into one convenient location on the sidebar. Underlord replaces the Actions bar as well as consolidating easy-to-access features to help you look good, sound good, repurpose, publish, and write content.

The Sound Good section has all the tools you need to clean up your audio, refine your script, and get organized with chapters.

- Quickly remove filler words and cut down on fluff content in your projects.

- Make your spoken word audio sound more professional. One of our oldest and most reliable tools.

- The classic tool removes your ums, uhs, and other stammer words.

- Have AI remove all of your repeated takes.

- Trim all the gaps between words to make your content snappy.

- Have AI automatically add helpful chapter titles and markers to your project.

The Look Good section contains tools to improve the visual styling of your project, correct eye contact, and replace backgrounds with automatic Green Screen

- Automatic eye contact to keep your peepers focused on the camera (even if you’re reading from a script.) This feature is in beta so some errors are expected.

- Keeps the camera centered on the current speaker. Great for vertical versions of horizontal videos. This feature is in beta so some errors are expected.

- Automatic background replacement even if you don’t have a physical green screen.

- Assign multicam settings by active speaker with a single click.

- Image generation powered by DALL-E.

The Repurpose section is designed to get you high-quality promotional content quickly, featuring Underlord actions to Create Clips, Highlight Reels, and Translate captions.

- Our new clip creation workflow, Underlord finds the best moments and automatically applies templates and layouts. Quickly create your social media clips with just a few clicks.

- Let Underlord compile the best moments that tell the story of your project and apply templates for quick creation of vertical videos.

- Find all the best bits that represent the through line of your content.

- Underlord translates your captions into any supported language for Export and Publishing. This feature is still in Beta so errors are expected in some cases.

The Publish section is there to deal with the most tedious steps at the end of any project, creating summaries, show notes, YouTube descriptions, and more.

- Generate a title based on your content.

- Quickly and concisely summarize your content.

- Generate podcast-style show notes in a single click.

- Create a YouTube description with chapter markers.

- Let Underlord act as your marketing intern and write catchy, engaging social media posts.

- Convert your project into a written post.

The Write section contains our most powerful content generation features, where you can ask Underlord to Write, Brainstorm with you, Outline a script, or Rewrite your script.

- Let Underlord help you get started by asking it questions, or prompting it to ask you.

- Task Underlord with generating a script on any topic, in any style, for any audience.

- Generate an outline on any topic and fill in the rest yourself.

- Ask Underlord to create a new draft of your script.

Ask Underlord to try anything. Just type in what you’d like Underlord to do in your project and hit enter. We can’t guarantee that every custom Underlord request will work perfectly, but we expect the quality of custom results to improve over time.

Most of what you’ll find on the new sidebar are features from the top toolbar, but there are a few notable changes worth explaining.

The project panel is where you manage compositions and files within your project. The stock media libraries have been separated into their own sections so we’ll cover those later. From the Project panel, you can:

The new Scene panel is where you can adjust properties and add templates to a Scene within your project. From this panel you can:

The Layer panel covers all of your properties for individual content layers including the Script, media files, audio tracks, sequences, shapes, and more. You’ll find:

Captions now have their own panel, with new styles, and animated previews so you can choose the best style for your project.

The media panel contains our all of our supplementary video libraries:

This panel contains our audio libraries with:

Making clips in Descript is easier and more customizable than ever with our new Create Clips workflow. Using our clip-selection AI tools, you can select the topic, number of clips, clip duration, and apply templates to selected clips. It will then create Compositions for each clip that you can navigate through from the sidebar. Each clip receives a rating, and details on why our AI selected that specific clip.

Clips can then be rejected or replaced allowing for a much smoother clip-selection workflow.

Let Underlord arrange your Multicam display automatically, applying custom layouts and focusing on active conversations when multiple speakers are present.

Automatically translate your captions into any supported language to quickly expand your target audience for any project.

We’ve updated the interface when you start a new project to make it easier to take your first few steps. The upload button is front and center, followed by a new Video link option that we will cover below. You can also click Start Writing to type directly into the Script, Record directly into the Script, or start with a Template. Copying and pasting from other projects or documents also works just as smoothly as ever.

You can now import video content directly from a YouTube or GIPHY link, this has been a long sought-after feature and makes pulling in reference material, b-roll, and anything else, a snap.

We’ve added the ability to Publish your files directly to Google Drive to make collaborating with non-Descript users or anyone else as smooth as collaborating in the app. As with all publishing options, this requires that you also Publish to a Descript share page, but luckily this happens automatically any time you use an outside publishing option. We’ll also be adding the ability to publish to a specific Google Drive folder soon.

The new and improved timeline features a clearer visual design, making it easier to tell your layers and media files apart. Improvements include:

We've made some improvements to the Canvas and canvas toolbars. This selection improvement allows you to choose in which scenes your layer property changes—like size, layout, position, and more will take effect. You can apply changes across all scenes the layer appears in, or limit the changes to just the current scene.

The canvas toolbar that appears when you select a layer has been reworked to make the most powerful tools easier to find and provide options to edit Effects, Animations, captions, and more.

The Descript for Web beta is complete, and we’re making it available for everyone. With the addition of a Recorder - Descript for Web is now feature complete, matching all of the power of the Desktop version in the convenience of your browser window. Please see this article for all current limitations.

As a friendly note, we are revamping our prices and subscription tiers on July 2nd, 2024. Now that our AI features are mostly out of Beta, some usage limitations will be added at different subscription levels.