Easily turn multiple videos or stories into a single highlight reel that delivers all the key moments. With Descript’s AI-powered features and friendly interface, anyone can dive right in and start creating captivating montage video clips like a pro—even as a beginner—complete with music, transitions, AI voice overs, and more.
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Create a new project in Descript, and drag and drop any videos and other media files you want to turn into a montage video. Descript automatically transcribes video and audio files containing speech into text and waveforms for wordless media like music, which lets you edit your video by editing the transcript. You can also add images, background videos, music, and sound effects from our built-in stock media library by clicking the Media icon, which is also where you can find all your uploaded files.
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Creating scenes in Descript allows you to storyboard your montage video and set the start and end points for each video in the montage for smooth transitions. You can do this by adding a ‘/’ in the transcript or timeline to create a new scene. Then you can drag and trim your clips to fit into each scene. If you want to sync your montage to music, you can play the song through and right click to Add scene at playhead, timing your scenes with the rhythm and transitions in the music.
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Rearrange and resize your clips within your scenes to find a sequence you like. You can add in/out transitions by selecting a scene and clicking Transitions in the properties panel. You can also edit specific clips by selecting the track and adding effects, animations, text in various fonts, and backgrounds, or adjust the audio and playback speed. When you’re done, click Publish to download your montage video or export it as a GIF.
Where most online montage makers force you to use a traditional video editing timeline. Descript includes both a timeline and a text-based editor to make planning and storyboarding a breeze, as you can add scenes or delete sections directly within the auto-generated transcript.
Don't want to create a montage script or voice over from scratch? No problem. Write your script, or ask AI to do it, and assign a speaker from one of many stock AI voices. Or create a realistic voice clone of yourself, and turn your text into voice audio to narrate your montage.
Duplicate your montage video into multiple compositions to easily create landscape, portrait, and square versions of your videos, or spin up variations customized for different audiences and social media channels. All while preserving the original.
Descript is an AI-powered audio and video editing software that lets you edit podcasts and videos like a doc.
Ready-made and custom video templates let you save time and create a consistent feel across different video content or scenes.
Create automatic hard and soft subtitles synced to your montage.
Turn your script into promotional copy for YouTube, TikTok, and other social media profiles. Just tell it what you want and refine the results with feedback.
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With a 4.6-out-of-5-star rating and a bunch of distinctions on G2, Descript’s users have declared it an industry standard in the video and podcasting world.
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“With Descript I'll be able to at least double my content output since editing is taking one-quarter the time it used to.”
Donna B.
“With Descript we can create videos for our YouTube channel and our LinkedIn page much faster and with high quality.”
Balázs N.
“Descript has made cleaning up and creating my educational videos into professional presentations [possible] without needing extensive technical computer skills.”
Barbara C.
“Descript makes recording and editing audio and video a breeze. It's advanced features have streamlined my workflows, saving me a lot of time usually spent editing.”
Roderick F.
“The collaborative tools streamline teamwork, allowing my team and me to work efficiently together on projects. Overall, Descript enhances productivity and simplifies the editing process.”
Aldrich M.
“Transcription-based editing makes the process much faster…All in all, a must have editor for most audiences, especially in SaaS marketing.”
Nidhin M.
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A video montage is a compilation of short video clips or segments edited to create a seamless, often thematic, and engaging narrative. A good example of a montage is the training scene from the movie Rocky. We're shown different periods of Rocky's training as he gets progressively better. The objective of a montage is to evoke emotions and convey powerful stories in a short format.
The ideal length for a video montage can be subjective, depending on what you're trying to convey. However, montage clips are typically 1 to 2 minutes long.
The role of background music is to set the mood for the montage and highlight the message. Think of what you're trying to convey, and select a soundtrack that best illustrates it. Descript offers an extensive royalty-free music library for background tracks, so be sure to check it out.
