Add professional opening and closing credits to your videos with Descript. Pick from varied styles—like animated lower-thirds or classic rolling credits—for your movie, music video, YouTube sketch, or any other collaborative project. It’s a straightforward way to give credit to everyone who helped make your video possible.
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Upload your video
Drag and drop your video file into a fresh Descript project. Descript will transcribe it automatically so you can mark where you want your credits to begin and end with a ‘/’ command.
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Create and style your credits
Create credits from scratch using the Text tool, or head to Templates > Gallery > Titles to pick a ready-made format for your credits—like lower-thirds for the start or a rolling animation for the end. Plan out your credits and fill in the names and roles you want to highlight. You can also customize fonts, background music, colors, animations, and transitions to spice up your closing sequence.
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Export your video with the credits
Pick ‘Play’ to see a preview of your video and the credits. When you're done, click Publish. You can publish straight to platforms like YouTube, download the entire video or just the credits segment, or export your timeline to another editor for final touches.
Opening & closing credits viewers won’t skip
Who says your end credits scene must be bland black text on a background? Descript offers more freedom than ordinary credits maker tools. It’s a fully-featured video editor packed with stock media, AI features, voice cloning, effects, animations, templates, and a lot more.
A credits maker in a video editor made for everyone
If you can edit a Word Doc or a PowerPoint, you can handle Descript to make a video from start to finish, including the final credits. Begin for free on Windows, Mac, or right in your browser.
Rolling, static, slide-in—pick the perfect credits style
Whether you want a retro, modern, or comic-book feel for your credits, you can do it all with Descript. You have total creative control over fonts, colors, styles, sound effects, and animations to match your unique style. Make your credits as engaging as the rest of your project.
Descript is an AI-powered audio and video editor that feels like editing a transcript with helpful automation.
Fancy captions
Add text layers that pop with animation effects and styles, perfect for custom video credits.
Collaboration
Invite your whole team to create, revise, and provide feedback in a single shared space within Descript.
Video editing
Descript reimagined video editing so you can handle audio and video as easily as you edit text.
AI effects
Descript includes AI-driven features like Studio Sound and Green Screen, letting beginners make pro-level edits.
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How do you make end credits for free? 
You can create end credits at no cost using an image or video editing tool such as Canva, iMovie, or Descript. Add effects and transitions to text-based images for credit slides, or animate multiple text layers to form a credits sequence. Descript lets you do both.
What is the app that creates movie credits?
A great choice for movie credits is a credits maker that also helps you build your entire production, like Descript. Featuring credit templates and an AI-based editor, Descript allows you to create movie credits as part of your post-production workflow.
How do you make rolling credits?
To create rolling credits, you can use a rolling credits generator or apply a slow upward animation to a text layer with Descript. Simply drop in the rolling credits template, add your text, and fine-tune the font, background, music, and other elements. Then export your finished credits video file.
What types of video credits can I make with Descript?
Descript lets you build various opening and closing credits, such as scrolling text overlays, static credit screens, brand logos, headshots, credits with background music, and slide-in lower-thirds. You have the flexibility to build credits that fit your style.
How long should credits be?
The length of credits depends on the project scale. Some online videos or short films keep credits under two minutes, while feature-length movies may run credits for seven minutes or more.
