Turn one video into several YouTube Shorts—without any video editing experience. Descript makes it easy to automatically create clips, remove word gaps, and add captions to create punchy short-form vertical video content for YouTube and beyond.
Import the video you want to turn into a YouTube Short by dragging it into a new project in Descript, or pasting in a link to your YouTube video. You can also create and record new YouTube shorts from scratch.
Descript will generate a transcript you can use to edit your video and highlight clips to turn into shorts. You can do this manually by selecting specific moments to duplicate to new compositions. Or let AI do it for you by using Underlord to find and create all the clips you need based on the parameters, style, and layout you want.
Polish your YouTube Short by adding captions and animated elements like progress bars, or trimming pauses to keep it fast-paced. When you're ready, hit publish to upload it directly to YouTube.
Turn one video into several YouTube Shorts—without any video editing experience. Descript makes it easy to automatically create clips, remove word gaps, and add captions to create punchy short-form vertical video content for YouTube and beyond.
Import the video you want to turn into a YouTube Short by dragging it into a new project in Descript, or pasting in a link to your YouTube video. You can also create and record new YouTube shorts from scratch.
Descript will generate a transcript you can use to edit your video and highlight clips to turn into shorts. You can do this manually by selecting specific moments to duplicate to new compositions. Or let AI do it for you by using Underlord to find and create all the clips you need based on the parameters, style, and layout you want.
Polish your YouTube Short by adding captions and animated elements like progress bars, or trimming pauses to keep it fast-paced. When you're ready, hit publish to upload it directly to YouTube.
Features like compositions, time-saving templates, and your own built-in AI Underlord were designed to make repurposing video content faster, easier, and better for YouTubers and creators. Plus, Descript preserves the original video so you can edit and experiment freely to create as many Shorts as you need.
Hit the ground running with an all-in-one video editing solution that handles short- and long-form YouTube videos, from editing videos to writing YouTube descriptions. Content creators don’t need an external online video editor for YouTube Shorts because Descript gives you everything you need to repurpose content. Export video shorts to reuse them on TikTok, Instagram Reels, and more.
Grab your audience’s attention and hold it throughout with animated text and fancy captions that highlight every word. Descript also makes it easy to remove word gaps and filler words for quick fast-paced delivery.
Descript is one of the best AI tools for creating YouTube Shorts. It automatically transcribes clips and generates captions. It can also remove filler words and trim pauses in recorded videos. Where other AI YouTube Short makers result in content that looks like everyone else's, Descript lets you add your own creativity at every step of the process.
You can publish YouTube Shorts directly from Descript. When you’re done editing and the clip is in the right format, you just need to connect Descript to your YouTube account and hit Publish. Don't forget to keep it under 60 seconds and include #Shorts in the title or description.
You can create YouTube Shorts from existing videos using Descript. The app allows you to manually crop and rotate the clip to set the right orientation, add captions, trim for length, and publish directly to YouTube. Or you can do it in seconds using Underlord's AI repurposing powers.
To upload a video file to YouTube Shorts, it should be under 60 seconds, and the aspect ratio should be square or vertical (ideally 9:16 or 1080 x 1920 pixels).