Changelog

Follow up on the latest improvements and updates.

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Release Version 85

Editor Updates
You can now edit or add Speaker Labels to a highlighted section of your script. Just highlight a range of text in the Script and use the keyboard shortcut
Shift+2 (@)
or click the
ellipses […]
menu on the Selection toolbar.
Speaking of the Selection Toolbar, we’ve updated it to include a Dropdown menu under the Ignore (strikethrough) icon that includes options to Ignore media, Delete media, Replace with Gap Clip, and Remove from Transcript.
Drive Admin Updates
Finally, we made it so that Drive Admins can change the access level of a guest member on a Project. On individual projects, Admins can choose between Can Edit, Can Comment, and Make Owner for their guest member permissions.
Bug Fixes:
  • The keyboard shortcuts for speaker labels
    (@)
    and markers
    (#)
    now work as expected on non-US keyboards.
  • Fixed a bug preventing Basic users with Admin permissions from changing project members.
  • Fixed a bug causing Animations to stutter in published versions of a project.
  • Fixed an issue where the toggle for Soloing on/off in a Sequence track failed to execute.
  • Fixed a bug causing Edit in Descript projects coming from SquadCast to transcribe in English even with a different language was selected.
  • Fixes an issue on Windows devices causing screen recordings to fail and files to become unrecoverable.
We’ve made backend changes to how Exports and Publishes are processed. These changes are designed to greatly improve the reliability of exporting files, and reduce the occurrence of bugs related to:
  • Skipped frames
  • A/V sync Issues
  • Color rendering issues
This upgrade is especially notable with variable framerate files, which include most screen recordings. With these changes, you should see frame-accurate results between in-app playback and exported files.
Note:
We have observed that this change does reduce export
speed
in some projects. We are working on improving this, but you may notice an increase in time-to-completion for some exports.
  • Fixes issues that prevented Creator and EDU plan users from Exporting in 4K

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Release Version 84

New AI Action: Find all highlights
This week we’re introducing a new AI Action called
Find all highlights.
It will seek out the parts of your project that best represent the throughline of your content.
This action is perfect for creating supercuts of your long-form content, or it can be used as a more thorough alternative to
Find good clips.
Whether you’re trying to my a podcast highlight reel for YouTube or just trying to boil down that 3-hour sync meeting into something more digestible,
Find all highlights
is your new production buddy.
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AI Edit Actions: Now with Deletion
Our AI Edit actions
Edit for clarity…
and
Remove retakes
are getting a quality of life update. After looking over suggested edits and applying them from
Edit for clarity
or
Remove retakes
, we now offer an easy follow-up action labeled
Accept all deletions
to quickly clean up your script by removing all ignored media.
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Housekeeping updates
  • Pasting video into an audio-only composition will ask if you'd like to convert the composition to video. If you intend to keep working in an audio-only state, you can just click the X to dismiss the prompt.
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  • A while back, we added a Default setting for Publishing privacy to Drive Owner settings. This was defaulted to Public for new Drives. This has been changed so that new Drives will default to “Anyone with Link” also known as
    Unlisted
    .
Signing in with the Wrong Email
We have resolved a problem that some users have encountered: if you sign in with the wrong email address, the app will treat it like a new user signup and you have to click through the onboarding steps including a plan level. This was confusing users who had already purchased a plan. While you could always select Free, then logout and log back in with the correct email address - we’ve added a Switch Account option to the drop-down in the upper right corner as an escape hatch if you end up signing in with a new email address by mistake.
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White Glove Sunset Update
As mentioned a few weeks ago, White Glove transcription has officially been disabled.
Bug Fixes
  • Fixed a long-standing issue with Alphanumeric sorting in the Media Library. Files starting with a number should now be sorted more intuitively.
  • Fixed several bugs related to pop-over menus and icons when using smaller-size project windows.
  • Fixed some issues with using Ignore on Wordless Media blocks.
  • Fixed a bug in which Duplicating to a New or Existing Composition resulted in unexpected layer placement.
  • Fixed a bug causing an error when removing filler works near Wordless Media Blocks.
  • Fixed a bug preventing the media library from being opened when viewing a project's Version History.
  • Fixed a bug causing extra or hidden layers to published pages.
  • Fixed an issue with the sensitivity of clicking and dragging clips in Sequence files, causing them to move when it wasn’t expected.
  • Fixed two bugs causing Templates to apply audio or video incorrectly in some projects.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented right-click from working on Drive view on Windows devices.
  • Fixed a bug causing an error when trying to use 4K video as a thumbnail during publishing.
  • Fixed an issue with transcription failing to resume after pausing a screen recording.
  • Fixed a bug causing a “Timestretcher” error when exporting.
  • Fixed an issue where imported or replaced transcripts would create blank spaces in the script.
  • Fixes an issue that allowed users on outdated versions of Descript to edit projects with a higher version number. This was causing some edits to not be saved.
  • Fixes a bug where speaker labels could not be added to the script and errant Detecting Speaker headers were appearing in the Script
  • Reverts changes to the selection toolbar
  • Fixes an error when applying a template containing a hidden script layer and a text layer that uses a custom font.

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fixed

Release Version 83

New Stock Voice
Our Stock Speaker library continues to grow, and this week we’re adding a new pal to the mix, Robert. We’ve labeled this voice as a Casual, Older, Masculine character.
Meet Robert:
We will continue growing the Stock Speaker collection throughout the year and have some other AI voice surprises in store so keep your eyes and ears peeled.
Editor Updates
Text layers can now have different properties between Scenes, so you can use a different font or styling between sections of your project. When you select a full layer with multiple properties, you’ll see the word Mixed in the Font and Style section, and you can select any scene to see its scene-specific properties.
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You can select the properties for a layer within an individual scene by clicking the layer in the Canvas during the desired scene.
This update pairs well with the recent launch of the Timeline Redesign available with Descript Labs, which improves the visual clarity of the Timeline.
Speaker Labeling Updates
The Speaker Label menu has been improved with some changes the Replace Speaker option. We moved it to a button under the ellipses […] menu, with a popout to Create or Select a different speaker in the project. You no longer have to type into the Speaker Label box to reveal the option.
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In addition, we collapsed the Speaker label color picker into the ellipses […] menu next to the Speaker name.
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AI Summarize can sum it all up
We’ve given AI Summarize a big boost and it can now handle compositions of
any
length. If you ran into issues with Summarize failing on longer compositions, you should give it another try now.
Quick Recorder issues when using Screen Time on MacOS
We’ve caught a bug that causes MacOS Screen Time app to erroneously report the QR app as active when it’s just enabled in the background. We think the issue is with the Screen Time app, and have reached out to the developers to find a solution. We will post updates here when they are available.
Bug Fixes
  • Fixed a bug causing Wordless Media dots to appear in the wrong location
  • Fixed an issue with copy and paste preventing Word Gaps and Scenes from pasting into a blank composition
  • Fixed an issue preventing Add Gap Clip from working after right-clicking some clip boundaries
  • Fixes an issue that prevented an animation's first keyframe from being updated
  • Fixes an issue that prevented removing filler words near Wordless Media
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