Convert all your YouTube videos into Instagram posts, reels, and stories in one smooth workflow. Just create or upload your YouTube videos in Descript to generate clips in every size and format you need to promote your YouTube channel on Instagram.
Different platforms mean different audiences and aspect ratios. What looks great on your Mac will look cramped on iPhones and Androids. Descript is an incredibly efficient way to make your YouTube videos ready for your story, IGTV, and reels. Follow our step-by-step YouTube to Instagram story tutorial below.
Dragging your YouTube video file into a new project in Descript to upload it. You can also create your YouTube video from scratch in Descript, then repurpose it into Instagram content after. Descript will automatically transcribe your video, making it easier to edit the video directly from the transcript or the media timeline.
Highlight the transcript to cut and trim trim your video to meet Instagram’s video requirements. You can also add text overlays, and adjust the aspect ratio to Instagram’s preferred square (1:1), portrait (16:9), or custom formats. You can also enhance the video with animated captions and transitions.
After you’ve got your YouTube content on your phone, you can upload your YouTube video to Instagram in the Instagram app. Upload your video to the camera roll (Instagram and YouTube both use the MP4 video format, so there should be no problem there). From there, you can put it onto your Instagram feed, stories, reels, or IGTV.
Different platforms mean different audiences and aspect ratios. What looks great on your Mac will look cramped on iPhones and Androids. Descript is an incredibly efficient way to make your YouTube videos ready for your story, IGTV, and reels. Follow our step-by-step YouTube to Instagram story tutorial below.
Descript makes it easy for your team to share YouTube videos on Instagram without hindering your video editing workflow. Let someone else who has the bandwidth be your designated Instagram converter in charge of managing the hashtags and arguing with your Instagram followers.
The best YouTube videos take a village (or at least a small team). Your teammates can comment on the project, upload work to the cloud, or even edit videos with you.
Keep editing, even if there's a power outage. Your work will sync with the cloud once the city fixes the power lines.
You can definitely download PNGs of stickers and overlay them on a track and resize them. You can even use keyframe animation to move them around the screen. However, you could also do that on Instagram. You do you, boo.
Let’s stop right there. You’re already editing for TikTok when editing for Instagram reels since both use the same portrait (9:16) aspect ratio. And you can even upload TikTok directly from your computer. Think about how much time you’ll save.
You can use Descript as an Instagram converter unlimited times and have three hours of transcription with Descript’s free version. For watermark-free exports and 10 or 30 hours of transcription a month, subscribe to the $12/month Creator and 24$/month Pro packages, respectively. Go ahead and contact us to negotiate pricing for the Enterprise package, including a dedicated account representative, onboarding, and training.
Convert all your YouTube videos into Instagram posts, reels, and stories in one smooth workflow. Just create or upload your YouTube videos in Descript to generate clips in every size and format you need to promote your YouTube channel on Instagram.
Dragging your YouTube video file into a new project in Descript to upload it. You can also create your YouTube video from scratch in Descript, then repurpose it into Instagram content after. Descript will automatically transcribe your video, making it easier to edit the video directly from the transcript or the media timeline.
Highlight the transcript to cut and trim trim your video to meet Instagram’s video requirements. You can also add text overlays, and adjust the aspect ratio to Instagram’s preferred square (1:1), portrait (16:9), or custom formats. You can also enhance the video with animated captions and transitions.
After you’ve got your YouTube content on your phone, you can upload your YouTube video to Instagram in the Instagram app. Upload your video to the camera roll (Instagram and YouTube both use the MP4 video format, so there should be no problem there). From there, you can put it onto your Instagram feed, stories, reels, or IGTV.
Descript makes it easy to repurpose your YouTube videos into engaging Instagram videos, stories, and reels—all in one seamless workflow. Bring new life to your content by trimming, editing, and adding captions with ease. Perfect for creators looking to expand their reach without spending hours finding and creating clips.
YouTube and Instagram are very different channels for video. Luckily, with Descript, you can apply templates that resize videos for square or vertical video formats, add text and captions that keep viewers hooked, and tighten up pacing by removing silences and filler words instantly. All of which are necessary to help YouTube videos take off on Instagram.
Maintain consistent branding across channels with templates you can customize with your brand's colors and fonts. Save a ton time with pre-set options that help you convert YouTube videos into Instagram teasers in just a few clicks.
Yes, Descript allows you to add GIF stickers, stock and AI-generated images to your video projects from the built-in media library.
Transitioning your video content from YouTube to Instagram and TikTok involves resizing and reformatting to suit each platform's unique specifications. With Descript, you can easily repurpose your YouTube videos by editing and resizing them for Instagram's square or vertical formats and TikTok's vertical layout. Descript's intuitive editing tools allow you to trim, add captions, and adjust the aspect ratio to optimize viewer engagement across platforms, ensuring your content looks great and performs well no matter where it's shared.
Yes, you can convert YouTube videos to Instagram posts for free using Descript. Our platform allows you to easily import your YouTube video, edit and resize it to fit Instagram's format requirements, so it's ready to upload to Instagram directly or through your favorite social media scheduler. You get one watermark-free export per month on the free plan with unlimited exports starting at just $12/month.
