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Release roundup—August 14th, 2025
Good-looking video, any way you generate it
You can now generate custom video with AI right inside Descript! Our new video generation feature lets you easily create unique, animated clips for your projects without relying on stock footage. Whatever (beguiling) bespoke video your social post, explainer video, or tutorial needs, you can have it. Just ask Underlord and it'll generate some video, tailored to your content.
- AI-powered clip creation- Describe what you want, choose a style, and Underlord generates a 5-second animated clip.
- Style library- Choose from over 20 visual styles including cinematic, cartoon, watercolor, and 3D animation to ensure consistent, high-quality results.
- Image-to-video workflow- For best results, generate an image first to get the style and subject matter right, then transform it into video.
- Script integration- Ask Underlord to generate videos based on your script content, automatically determining appropriate styles.
How it works:
- Type a prompt describing what you want
- Ask Underlord to turn your image into a video with a simple animation prompt. (e.g., "Generate an image of a robot driving a bus in the style of a comic book.")
- Your generated clip replaces the original image in the scene editor and appears in your timeline.
- All generated media is saved to your AI Assets folder for future use.
For a limited time
all paid plan users(Hobbyist, NFP/EDU, Creator, Business, and Enterprise) can generate up to 3 minutes of video per month (that's 36 five-second clips!). Try it now and enhance your projects with custom animations.Note: Each clip is 5 seconds long, and the feature is only available to paid plans.
Click here to try out the prompt we used to create the video above.
Introducing Image-to-Avatar Customization
You can now create and customize AI avatars based on images you upload. Once you've created an avatar, you can generate variations just by entering a text prompt. Adjust your avatar's background, clothing or art style. These custom avatars can then be used just like our stock avatars.

Just click Create a custom avatar in the speaker menu to get started.
What's New:
- Image-to-avatar generation- Use any image as a starting point for your avatar. Upload an image and add a text prompt to generate a custom, styled version.
- Restyle with text prompts- Continue editing your avatar after generation by adding text descriptions to refine its appearance.
- Drag & drop support- Simply drag images directly into the avatar creation interface for a faster workflow.
- Image Downloads- Download any generated avatar image before assigning it—perfect for reusing later or using outside Descript.

This update gives you more creative control while maintaining consistent quality with Descript's avatar system. Try it today to create unique, personalized avatars for your next video.
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Release Roundup—July 31st, 2025
Avatars: New UI for faster access
We’ve made it easier to find and generate avatars in your compositions.

You’ll now see a
Generate avatars
button in two spots:- In the Hover Menuwhen you select an avatar layer
- Below the Scene Editoralongside your layout and background controls
New: Export to HubSpot
You can now export video or audio from Descript directly to your HubSpot account—no downloading or re-uploading required.

Screen Recorder Updates
We’ve added some powerful updates to Descript’s desktop screen recorder:
Region Recording
Select a portion of your screen to record by clicking and dragging. Use the aspect ratio lock or enter exact dimensions for precise framing.

Quick Share & multi-track support
Recordings can now publish instantly to a Descript share page as soon as you stop recording.
- With Quick Share on: recordings are auto-published and combined into a single track
- With it off: your recording opens in the editor, and each input gets its own track
Screen Recorder desktop shortcut
We’ve added a faster way to start recording your screen. The new
Screen Recorder launcher
opens a distraction-free recording mode right from your desktop.To download the Screen Recorder app, open the Screen Recorder, then click the + Add Shortcut to apps button; you can also download the Screen Recorder app from your App Settings, in the General tab.

Once downloaded to your device, add the app to your desktop or dock to launch the Screen Recorder with a single click.
New Viewer role in Descript Rooms (Business & Enterprise only)
We’ve added a Viewer role to Descript Rooms, available on Business and Enterprise Drives.

Viewers join the session in a dedicated Viewer Room, where they can observe the Rooms session without being seen, heard, or recorded. While Viewers don’t interact with Producers or manage tech, they do count toward the Control Room participant limit.
Transcription Glossary moves to Brand Studio (Business & Enterprise only)
The Transcription Glossary is now part of Brand Studio, available on Business and Enterprise Drives.

If you’re on a Creator plan, you’ll no longer see the glossary. Rest assured, we’re exploring personal-level glossaries to bring some of that functionality back in the future.
As always, we welcome your feedback. Head over to our Feature Requests Board to share your thoughts—you might find an existing post to upvote or add your comments to.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug resulting in "Error changing text" when trying to move scene in timeline
- Fixed a bug causing ignored text to be automatically removed by Underlord
- Fixed a bug preventing Rooms recordings from uploading successfully to a project
- Fixed a bug where publishing to YouTube failed without an error
- Fixed a bug causing Descript to become unresponsive after making a correction in the script
- Fixed a bug with the Fix duplicate transcripts tool that resulted in "Error splitting argument list: Option not found"
- Fixed an export bug causing the “Memory access out of bounds” error

Underlord is ready to collaborate—and it’s free. You’ll see it when you open Descript. Click the icon in the bottom right corner to start chatting with an AI co-editor that knows what a good video looks like and knows how to make it.
And did we mention it's free? From now until the end of August, using Underlord won’t count against your monthly AI limits (but using AI tools yourself will), so now is the time to take it for a spin. It’s still in beta, but getting more powerful every day.
What can the new Underlord do for you?
Execute complex workflows
. Just describe what you want, and let Underlord do the heavy lifting. - “Switch between multicam and single cam layouts throughout this podcast. But don’t use smart transitions.”
Translate your video and captions.
It can add dubbing or one of our native-sounding AI speakers.- “Dub this into French, Spanish, and Italian.”
- “Add German captions to this video and also create a version where you dub it in French."
Create videos from slide decks.
Upload a PDF of your slide presentation; Underlord will turn it into a video. It can write a script for the talk track, if you want.- "Create an avatar video of these slides, with playful narration."
- "Take this recording and this slide deck and turn it into a video about my company strategy, using the slides as b-roll."
Make and customize social clips.
It can identify the most clip-worthy moments and set them up for you.- "Create three 1-minute clips of high conflict moments."
- “Make 12 vertical 30s clips in a new composition with music, social-ready captions, and visual transitions.”
Add advanced transitions and animations.
Apply scene transition effects like fades, crossfades, directional wipes, star wipes, and blurs. It can also add animations like Ken Burns, pans, and zooms.- "Make all transitions crossfades.”
- "Apply a dramatic pan from left to right on this photo."
Want to see it in action?
Check out our Learn Descript tutorial.
You can learn more about effectively prompting Underlord in our Help Center.
Prefer the old way?
If you don't want to use Underlord to brainstorm, write scripts, edit your videos, make social clips, or anything, we won’t force you. For now, you don’t even have to look at it. You can turn it off in Labs settings.
Updates to the sidebar

This update also introduces a number of important changes to the layout of the sidebar:
- The Underlord button has been moved to bottom; it opens the agent chat prompt.
- The Project folder is now at the top.
- Manual AI features like Studio Sound, Remove filler words, and Green screen now live under AI Tools.
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Announcing—Brand studio, and layout remixing
Looking for more tutorials? Head to Learn Descript.
For Business and Enterprise users, we’re announcing the new Brand studio - a centralized workspace that brings together all your Drive's branding tools in one place. Now you can manage visual and language assets seamlessly, ensuring your team maintains brand consistency across every project.
Brand Studio provides a unified view of your team's branding assets, from fonts to layouts to language tools.

Brand studio allows you to view your Drive's custom fonts for use in layout packs and captions, build a transcription glossary, create a do not translate list and much more:
- Remix layout packs- Customize layout packs with your Drive's fonts and colors without needing design skills
- Set default layout packs- Ensure every new project starts with your team's preferred visual style
- Add branding to video pages- Showcase your logo and Drive name on published pages for consistent brand visibility
Brand Studio access is tailored to each user's role:
- Editorscan upload fonts, remix layout packs, and manage transcription tools
- Drive ownerscan set default layout packs and manage share branding
- Viewerscan browse Brand Studio but cannot make changes
With Brand Studio, your team can now maintain brand consistency without sacrificing productivity. Every video stays on-brand, every time.
Make your videos match your brand with remixed layout packs
Now available for all users with a paid plan, the layout pack remix tool lets you personalize our professional layouts with your brand colors and fonts to create a consistent visual identity across all your videos.
Access the remix tool directly from the layout picker in any of these locations:
- From the script: Click any scene thumbnail and select Layout
- From timeline or storyboard: Right-click a scene and choose Change layout
- From the scene panel: Click the Choose layoutand then the Remix button in the upper left corner

Once in the layout picker, just click the
Remix
button in the top-left corner to start customizing.Start with any layout pack from our gallery, then personalize it with:
- Your brand colors- Set primary, accent, and background colors that match your identity
- Your preferred fonts- Choose different fonts for titles, subtitles, and body text
- Sharing options- Keep it private, share with your team, or make it public
Once created, your custom layout pack appears in the layout picker ready to use in any project—giving your videos a consistent, professional look that's uniquely yours.
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Release Roundup—July 15th, 2025
New in Rooms—Control Room
Control Room is a long-requested, and powerful new feature that lets producers, and collaborators manage live recording sessions without appearing on screen or in the final recording. If you were familiar with SquadCast’s Backstage feature, you’ll feel right at home in Control Room.

Control Room introduces two new roles: Producer and Co-Host, creating flexible workflows for professional production teams:
- Add Producers:Operate from the recording room while remaining completely invisible. You won't be seen, heard, or recorded.
- Assign Co-Hosts: Co-hosts can do everything a Host can do.
- Push-to-Talk:Producers can use the Push-to-talk button to temporarily speak to everyone or individuals in the recording room to provide discreet guidance or keep talent on track.

- Direct messaging:Team members can chat privately during sessions through DMs, enabling discreet behind-the-scenes communication.
- Live annotations with Editor comments:Producers, co-hosts and hosts can use the Editor comment button to add timestamped comments that sync directly into the Descript script (in the editor), helping editors quickly locate key moments.

- Complete control with new roles:Producers and co-hosts have all the powers of a host, including managing settings, guest AV inputs, and controlling the recording start/stop.
Control room is available now for Business and Enterprise plans. Business plans support up to 3 producers in the Control Room, while Enterprise plans support up to 10 producers.
Whether you're coordinating talent, managing high-stakes interviews, or ensuring flawless production quality, Control Room gives you the professional flexibility needed to deliver polished content every time.
New—Stock speakers for non-english languages

Descript now offers stock speakers for multiple non-English languages. These new voices allow you to create more natural-sounding content in languages beyond English, with speakers specifically optimized for accurate pronunciation and authentic delivery.
Stock speakers are now available for Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (BR), Polish, Dutch, Turkish, and Swedish. These specialized voices help you create professional multilingual content with natural intonation and accent.
To access these new speakers, click the three-line drop down in the Speaker menu, set Non-english speakers to “Show” and select the appropriate AI voice when working with non-English text.
Text to Avatar—Create Custom Avatars with Just a Prompt

You can now generate custom avatars for your videos using just a text description—no photo uploads required. Simply enter a creative prompt describing the avatar you want, and Descript will generate three image options for you to choose from. This new feature eliminates the friction of photo uploads while providing consistent, high-quality results that work perfectly with Descript's avatars.
Editor updates
Ducking is now “Lower audio of other layers”
We've renamed the Ducking audio effect to Lower audio of other layers to make it more intuitive and easier to understand, especially for new users.
Along with this name change, we've also made an important workflow improvement: this effect is no longer applied by default to any layer. This change helps ensure that audio mixing remains more intentional and predictable in your projects.
These updates are part of our ongoing effort to make Descript's features more accessible while giving you greater control over your audio mixing process.
Other editor updates
:- We now support emojis in text layers when you publish your project. In the past these could cause errors.
- If you add an Avatar to a speaker in a project with a screen recording in the Script, or without a Script track, we’ll now automatically put the Avatar in a speaker bubble.
New in Labs—Upload from Mobile
We’ve added a new Labs setting that allows you to upload files into your project from your mobile device. This is especially useful for users who record their media using a smart phone rather than a digital camera. Once you toggle it on, just click the “Upload from Mobile” button in your project to receive a QR code. Scan the code and you can then add any media files from your device directly into your Project.

Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug causing script layer to become hidden when merging scenes.
- Fixed a bug causing settings menu to hide the rest of the window when using keyboard shortcuts.
- Fixed a bug preventing users from adjusting settings for multiple layers using the Mixed settings slider.
- Fixed a bug preventing users from dubbing some translated compositions resulting in a project crash.
- Fixed a bug causing audio to be missing from Guest file in a Rooms project.
- Fixed a bug on Windows that caused Scene boundary adjustments to add an image instead.
- Fixed a bug causing Stock media searches to change when playhead is moved.
- Fixed a bug causing Audio projects to change to video when adding an audio file.
- Fixed a bug causing “seek to” actions to land on the wrong timecode.
- Fixed a bug preventing Blur background slider in some cases where All Scenes is selected.
- Fixed a bug causing Flatten tracks to place the Script track above all other layers.
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The new timeline is ON
Starting today, we’re toggling the new timeline experience ON in Labs for everyone.
If you haven’t had a chance to try it yet: We've completely redesigned the timeline to make video editing simpler and more intuitive. The new timeline gives you a clearer view of your video and makes it faster to trim, split, and add scenes directly from the timeline.
To open the new timeline, hover over the solid grey bar above the play button and use your mouse to drag it
up
.This update comes with so many small changes and improvements we recommend that you view the video above as well our help center article to get acquainted.
- Scene rail has been removed:Scenes now live inside the timeline, creating a more streamlined editing experience.
- Script thumbnails:Scenes are now represented in the script with visual thumbnail images instead of slashes, making it easier see the timing of visuals at a glance.
- Simplified timeline indicators:Comments, audio, and other elements are now shown with icons placed directly in the timeline where they occur, improving visibility and context.
- New split button:Add scenes and split clips or layers with a single click, speeding up your editing workflow.
- Improved timeline tools:Access tools from the toolbar by toggling onAdvanced Timeline Toolsfrom the View menu to reveal the dropdown with Select, Hand, Blade, Range, and Slip tools.
- Storyboard view:Get a visual overview of every scene in your composition and quickly jump between them for easier navigation.
There’s also a new dropdown
View
menu in the upper lefthand side of the screen right next to the Home
button. This menu contains a number of quick access options and settings for different areas of the Editor window:- Script - Show/Hide script and other view settings
- Scene editor - Show/Hide scene editor and placement settings
- Timeline - Show/Hide timeline and other view settings
- Panels - Quick access for panels on the sidebar like Project, and Elements
- Theme - Quick access to toggle Light or Dark mode

The new timeline turned on for all users. If you need extra time to get up to speed, you can temporarily opt out by disabling it in
Settings → General → Labs
. However, we'll be transitioning all users to the new timeline experience in the near future.If you're on Desktop, we also release an update that requires a restart. It fixes a few bugs.
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue on Desktop causing windows to be the wrong size on app launch or restart.
- Fixed an issue related to window focus when recording with the Screen recorder.
- Fixed an issue with install and auto-update on Mac & Windows.
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Release roundup—June 25th, 2025
Smart filling text layers
We’ve added a new Smart fill tool for text layers when you apply a layout from the gallery. It reads the script track and automatically fills text layers like titles and lists with relevant details from your transcription.

This is a great way to save time with a better-than-blank placeholder, or final text if you’re satisfied with the results.

This setting is toggled on by default for any of our premade layout packs, but you can toggle it on or off for your custom layout packs from the Layout pack menu in Drive view.
New art style in AI video maker and Quick design
There’s a new illustration style for AI generated media when using both the AI video maker (available from the Home screen) and the Quick design action on the sidebar. The new setting is a brightly colored “collage” art style using more abstracted shapes for a more modern and lighthearted look.

New in the editor
A/V sync offset controls
You can now adjust the A/V sync of files automatically from the Project panel. This allows you to fix audio/video sync issues by applying a positive value to delay the video, or a negative value to advance the video.
This should save you time if you've been manually adjusting A/V sync issues using the Sequence editor.

Instant processing for Green screen and Blur speaker background
We’re now able to process Green screen (background removal) and Blur speaker background instantly, without the need for long processing times. We’ve also removed the Beta label on Blur speaker background. This update is rolling out slowly over the next few days, so if you aren’t seeing these effects process instantly, check back soon.
Generate button for Avatar added to Scene editor toolbar
We’ve added a secondary button to Generate your avatar to the Scene editor toolbar. This is just to make this option more prominent in the case that you haven’t Generated your avatar yet after adding it to a project.

Screen recorder on Windows
A few weeks ago we had to disable the ability to Hide the recording dock on Windows when using the Screen recorder in order to resolve some bugs. We have reverted this change - and you will now have the recording dock automatically hidden from your final recordings when using Windows.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug resulting in "Error: Request HTTP error 404:" during recording.
- Fixed a bug resulting in lost edits after a refresh.
- Fixed a bug resulting in a 403 error when trying to Export to a web link.
- Fixed a bug resulting in “Oh no! Somethings not working” message when opening the Desktop app.
- Fixed a bug causing Current scene control to get stuck when applying Captions.
- Fixed a bug causing transcription language to get stuck on default.
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Release roundup—June 10th, 2025
Teleprompter
We’ve added a teleprompter to both the Editor recorder, and to the Screen recorder. The new teleprompter allows you to type a script, paste a script, or import a script from a project. You can then set a text size, and scroll speed.
The teleprompter comes also comes with:
- A separate light and dark mode button so you can have increased contrast against the editor window or wherever other windows you’re using it.
- Mirrored mode for users who have a physical teleprompter handy.
- Focus mode which darkens everything but the currently highlighted line.
The scroll speed has two settings:
- Variable -This scrolls faster over line breaks and empty space
- Constant -This scrolls at a constant pace regardless of breaks in the script
The teleprompter will be automatically hidden from any recordings you make.

This is a long-standing feature request, and we’re excited to finally get it into your hands.
Undo
Also by popular request, we’ve added a big, easy to find Undo button to the main Editor control panel.
No more hunting through menus or memorizing the keyboard shortcut (
it’s Command+Z on MacOS or Control+Z on Windows by the way,
) just click the button to Undo your last action. 
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue causing edits not to be saved in some projects after a refresh.
- Fixed a bug resulting in "Error: Request HTTP error 404:" during screen recording.
- Fixed a bug resulting in “key not present in tau data map” error when trying to open a project.
- Fixed an issue preventing comment-only users from adding scenes and adjusting layouts.
- Fixed an issue causing space bar to playback from last playback position rather than cursor position.
- Fixed a bug resulting in an error message when using Fix duplicate transcripts.
- Fixed a bug resulting in “error changing text” when using Correct text.
- Fixed a bug resulting in “error changing text” when using Regenerate.
- Fixed some performance issues related to using layout pack selector.
- Fixed a bug causing Correct to add new words when leaving entry blank.
- Fixed the keyboard shortcut labels associated with Duplicate to… functions.
- Fixed a bug causing “All scenes” to be selected when adjusting animation keyframes.
- Fixed a bug causing transcription to be deducted twice when switching languages.
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Release roundup—June 5th, 2025
Improved filler word removal—Avoid harsh cuts
We’ve added a toggle to the Remove filler words AI action. You can now toggle on the “Avoid harsh cuts” setting, and our updated modal will analyze each removed filler word to ensure that it can be removed cleanly, without creating a harsh or jarring edit boundary that will be distracting for your viewers.
If a filler word cannot be removed cleanly it will be skipped to preserve the flow of your content.
Keep in mind, this is analyzing for harsh audio cuts, so you may still see video cuts that you need to adjust manually. It also adds a small amount of processing time when removing filler words.

Regenerate video (beta)
Regenerate, our tool that regenerates sections of your script to make corrections without needing to re-record, can now regenerate sections of your video without creating awkward lip-sync issues.
When you make script corrections or want to adjust the tone, Regenerate video will automatically generate AI speech and video that flows naturally. As always, you’ll need to consent from any speakers included in the regenerated section. Regenerate video can take up a few minutes to process. In the background, we’re regenerating the audio first, and then regenerating the video to match.

Keep in mind that this feature is in beta, and still being improved. At present, it can only be applied to your Script track, and cannot be applied to any other layers.
It works best when the speaker is centered in frame with their mouth visible. It also works best with video files under 4K.
This is feature is being rolled out slowly, so if you don't see it yet, check back in a few days.
New AI action—Quick design
You can now use the Quick design action under the
Look good
section of Underlord to quickly format your single-scene projects with scenes, layouts and B-roll. Just click the Quick design option and select from AI-generated B-roll, or Stock media. We’ll take care of the rest, detecting your layers and applying an appropriate layout.This currently only works if you haven’t added scenes to your projects yet. We’ll post an update as soon as this can be applied to projects that already have scenes.

Recorder updates
We now automatically apply a default layout to your recordings. This will select a layout based on the number of layers if one is not already selected. You can change to a different layout from the scene panel.
A note on releases
Over the last 6 months, we’ve slowly moved all of our users onto an upgraded version of the Desktop app that provides better performance, stability, and eliminates the need to keep local files for editing.
This new version also gives us the ability to make more frequent updates to fix bugs, implement changes to our backend, and more, without forcing you to update the app.
As a result, our version numbering system is no longer particularly relevant for most releases. We’ll still be posting changelog updates regularly—they’ll just be more of a roundup style to catch important changes, feature updates, and bug fixes.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where negative zoom values in the Scene toolbar might cause a crash.
- Fixed a bug preventing the moving of markers.
- Fixed a bug resulting in "Invalid word array (word.startTime < 0)" error when trying to access a project.
- Fixed a bug causing Avatars to go out of sync after being generated.
- Fixed a bug causing Delete option to be greyed out in Drive view.
- Fixed a bug causing auto-scroll to turn off when hitting play on Share pages.
- Fixed a bug resulting in an error when Correcting text.
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New in Labs—the new Underlord
Starting today, you can try out the new Underlord, available in Labs. It’s no longer just a suite of AI tools, it’s an AI co-editor that can help you write, design, and edit your video. Just tell it what you want, and it'll make a plan and get after it. It can read your script, follow directions, offer feedback, and more. And because it's inside Descript, it has every tool it needs to help you make the video you want.
Toggle it on by visiting the Settings menu → General tab → Labs section. Or just click here.
It’s still in beta—so we’re giving you free, unlimited use. From now through the end of June, taking any AI action with the new Underlord will
not
count against your monthly AI limit (but clicking on them yourself will). You can find details about getting started in our Help center.
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