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• Film Editing 101: How Cuts Build a Scene (Descript)
  Film editing is the decision about when to cut and what to cut to, which is where pace and meaning actually get made.
• The best YouTube video editor tools for 2026 (Descript)
  You Tube video editor tools split between browser editors for quick trims and desktop editors for anything with structure.
• How to Export a Video: MOV vs MP4 and When to Use Each (Descript)
  Exporting a video renders your timeline into a single file, and the format decides where it will play.
• Building a Searchable News Archive From Audio (Descript)
  A searchable news archive built from broadcast audio requires transcription at a scale where accuracy and cost fight each other.
• Should You Start a YouTube Channel? 5 Questions First (Descript)
  Before starting a You Tube channel, the questions worth answering are: who is this for, can you make fifty of these, what does a viewer get…
• How to Make Money on YouTube: Proven Revenue Paths (Descript)
  Making money on You Tube comes from stacking revenue streams: ad share through the Partner Program, sponsorships, channel memberships, affi…
• How big-time creators are using generative AI (Descript)
  Creators using generative AI at scale mostly apply it to the parts audiences never see: research, rough cuts, thumbnails, and variants for…
• What is the rule of thirds in film: tips & examples in 2026 (Descript)
  The rule of thirds divides the frame into a 3 x3 grid and puts your subject on the lines or their intersections rather than dead center.
• 3 ideas for how to grow your YouTube channel (Descript)
  Growing a You Tube channel rides on retention, consistency, and packaging more than on chasing the algorithm.
• Emily Shaw of Candy Ears on Passion Projects and Pay (Descript)
  Emily Shaw makes Candy Ears alongside paid work, which is how most audio fiction actually gets produced.
• 10 online video platforms to share your content (Descript)
  An online video platform hosts your video and controls how it gets shared, embedded, and measured.
• The 10 Best Add Text to Video Tools in 2026 (Descript)
  Adding text to video covers titles, lower thirds, and captions, and each has different legibility rules.
• How to upload a video to YouTube: guide and tips (Descript)
  Uploading a video to You Tube means publishing your file with a title, description, thumbnail, tags, and visibility settings.
• How to Get Started With Generative AI: A Primer (Descript)
  Generative AI produces text, images, audio, or video from a written instruction. The learning curve is not the tools, it is learning to spe…
• So you got invited on a podcast: How to be a good podcast guest (Descript)
  Being a good podcast guest means telling stories rather than delivering points, wearing headphones, and letting the host steer.
• Podcasting Resources: The Big List From Experts (Descript)
  The useful podcasting resources are the ones made by people currently making shows, not by people selling courses about making shows.
• How the Naval Podcast Cuts an Hour to Four Minutes (Descript)
  Cutting an hour of conversation to four minutes means discarding almost everything, which requires a clear test for what stays.
• How to Record Computer Audio (Descript)
  Recording computer audio means capturing the sound your system plays, like app audio, calls, or streamed music, separate from or alongside…
• What is screen recording & why do you need it? (Descript)
  Screen recording is capturing what happens on your display as video, used for tutorials, demos, support, and walkthroughs.
• Podcast Loudness Standard: The Right LUFS Target (Descript)
  The podcast loudness standard is minus 16 LUFS for stereo and minus 19 LUFS for mono, which is what most platforms normalize toward.
• How to Record a Podcast With Multiple Mics (Descript)
  Most computers will not record two USB microphones at once without an aggregate device, and even then the clocks drift.
• Grow your podcast with promo swaps (Descript)
  Podcast promo swaps trade a spot in your episode for a spot in someone else's, which costs nothing but attention.
• How do you know when a video is done? (Descript)
  A video is done when further changes stop making it better and start making it different. Several creators describe the same tell: you begi…
• How to Make a Horizontal Video Vertical for Reels (Descript)
  Turning a horizontal video vertical means cropping to 9:16 and deciding what stays in frame, since a 16:9 shot has more width than a vertic…
• Best Video Editor Tools: A Full Overview (Descript)
  Video editor tools cover everything from browser trimmers to node-based color suites, and most people need far less than they buy.
• How speech synthesis technology makes your life easier (Descript)
  Speech synthesis is technology that turns written text into spoken audio, also called text to speech, used for voiceovers, accessibility, a…
• The 10 best article-to-video tools in 2026 (Descript)
  Article to video tools turn written copy into a narrated video with stock footage and captions.
• How to set the perfect audio levels for video (Descript)
  Audio levels for video should peak around -6 dB with dialogue averaging near -16 LUFS, which leaves headroom without sounding quiet.
• There’s More To Recording Great Audio Than a Good Microphone (Descript)
  Recording good audio depends more on the room than on the microphone, which is the opposite of how most people spend money.
• The best audio to text converter tools for 2026 (Descript)
  Audio transcription tools convert a recording into searchable, editable text, and the gap between them shows up on accents, crosstalk, and…
• How to make a tutorial video: Show, don’t tell (Descript)
  The strongest tutorial video tip is to show the action before explaining it, since viewers follow the cursor faster than the narration.
• How much does it cost to start a YouTube channel in 2026? (Descript)
  The cost shows up in gear, software, and time, and it ranges from nothing if you use a phone and free editor to a few thousand dollars for…
• It ain't over yet: 6 podcast marketing tips for a show that's ended (Descript)
  A finished podcast keeps earning if the back catalog is treated as a library rather than an archive.
• How to Change Vertical Video to Horizontal (Descript)
  Changing vertical video to horizontal means adding width you never filmed, so something has to fill the sides.
• Jad Abumrad's Workflow: 5 Steps to Better Storytelling (Descript)
  Jad Abumrad builds stories around a question the audience wants answered rather than around information he wants to deliver.
• Best Audio Waveform Generator Tools for Video and Podcasts (Descript)
  An audio waveform generator turns sound into an animated visual that moves with the audio, which makes audio-only content work on video-fir…
• 50+ podcast topic ideas to spark your show in 2026 (Descript)
  Podcast ideas are easier to find by format than by subject: interview, solo essay, narrative, co-host banter, or a recap show.
• Add Sound Effects to Video: A Practical Sound Design Guide (Descript)
  Adding sound effects to video is mostly a timing problem, since an effect that lands two frames late reads as wrong even when nobody can sa…
• Introducing Descript Podcast Studio & Overdub (Descript)
  Podcast Studio and Overdub shipped together, pairing multitrack podcast production with voice cloning that lets you fix a line by typing it.
• The best video transcript generator tools for 2026 (Descript)
  A video transcription service turns spoken video into text, either through AI or a human transcriber.
• Radio Advertising: What It Costs and When It Works (Descript)
  Radio advertising buys airtime on a station, priced by daypart and market size, and it still reaches people during commutes that digital au…
• 8 of the best apps for making reels on Instagram in 2026 (Descript)
  The Instagram in-app editor covers trims, audio, and text, and it stops being enough once you are cutting Reels out of longer footage.
• Podcaster Traci Thomas on how The Stacks hit it big (Descript)
  Traci Thomas built The Stacks by treating books as a way into conversations about everything else.
• How to Edit Videos With AI: A Complete Guide (Descript)
  Editing video with AI now covers the tedious parts: removing filler, tightening pauses, and finding the usable takes.
• How to Send Long Videos From iPhone and Android (Descript)
  Sending a long video from a phone fails because messaging apps cap attachments well below what a few minutes of 4 K weighs.
• Master YouTube Shorts that actually get more views in 2026 (Descript)
  You Tube Shorts reward a hook in the first second and a clean loop at the end, because the feed gives no second chance.
• Podcast Show Notes: Templates, Examples, and What to Include (Descript)
  Podcast show notes do two jobs: convince someone to press play and give search engines something to index.
• Audio File Format: How to Pick the Right One (Descript)
  An audio file format is how sound is encoded and stored, like WAV, MP3, AAC, and FLAC, each trading quality against file size.
• 13 best video editing apps for every skill level in 2026 (Descript)
  A video editing app puts the cut on a phone or tablet, which is where most social video now gets finished.
• How to Record an Interview: 11 Practical Tips (Descript)
  Recording an interview well is mostly preparation: test the gear before the subject arrives, record a backup, get thirty seconds of room to…