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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Upload your video files to a new project
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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Create your scenes or apply templates
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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Fine-tune and publish your montage
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.
Save time with text-based editing
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.
AI voice overs and script writing assistant
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.
Share your montage in multiple formats and aspect ratios
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.
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Templates
Ready-made and custom video templates let you save time and create a consistent feel across different video content or scenes.
Captions & subtitles
Create automatic hard and soft subtitles synced to your montage.
Social post writer
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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What is a video montage?
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.
What's the ideal length for a video montage?
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.
How do I select the right background music for my montage video?
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.
