How to Edit a Podcast From Start to Finish
✨Try Descript: https://bit.ly/4icseGq Watch the final result here: https://youtu.be/5FqN-mezxL4 Learn how to edit a podcast yourself. Our beginner-friendly tutorial shows the full podcast editing workflow. No more downloading files, switching programs, losing tracks, or paying for six different tools. Recording to posting, all in one place. Here's exactly what that looks like. Ramdy walks through the complete podcast editing workflow in Descript — from setting up your project to exporting your episode to pulling social clips — without leaving the app once. Every step, no cuts. In this video: ✅ Recording with Rooms or importing your own files ✅ Setting up a multitrack sequence and syncing your tracks ✅ Automatic Multicam vs. manual shot selection (and why Ramdy does it the hard way) ✅ Hiding jump cuts without anyone noticing ✅ Custom lower thirds, intro packages, and outro layouts — built inside Descript ✅ Studio Sound, limiters, and audio mastering without a separate DAW ✅ Generating show notes, titles, descriptions, and thumbnails automatically ✅ Creating social clips manually or letting AI find the moments for you 🕰️ Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 0:46 - Recording your podcast 1:15 - Importing Zoom recordings 1:26 - Recording your podcast with Rooms 2:02 - Editing your podcast 2:35 - 1 - Organizing your project 3:56 - Creating a multitrack sequence 5:41 - Setting up project compositions 7:11 - 2 - Rough cut 8:15 - Automatic multicam 9:21 - Layout packs 9:59 - Enabling automatic multicam 10:26 - Manually selecting shots 12:47 - Adding a lower third 13:46 - Continuing manually selecting shots 14:31 - Shorten word gaps 16:01 - Continuing manually selecting shots 16:45 - Hiding jump cuts in edit 17:57 - Cutting out cross-talk 20:57 - Continuing manually selecting shots 25:14 - Rough cut review 27:20 - 3 - Picture lock 28:56 - Creating custom lower third 33:12 - Using the media panel 34:06 - Continuing custom lower third 37:31 - Copy/pasting scene layouts 38:18 - Creating intro animation 45:55 - Saving a new layout 45:55 - Creating outro layout 48:05 - Picture lock review 48:14 - 4 - Final mix 49:11 - Finding music 51:57 - Adding music to podcast 54:54 - Mastering our audio 55:28 - Adding Studio Sound 56:45 - Adding a limiter 57:35 - Final Mix Review 58:11 - 6 - Posting 58:25 - Export tab 59:38 - Descript share page 1:00:35 - Other export options 1:01:35 - Drafting show notes tool 1:02:09 - Other writing tools 1:02:32 - Generating thumbnail 1:02:52 - Posting review 1:03:11 - 6 - Social Clips 1:03:27 - Creating clips manually 1:04:43 - Creating clips automatically 1:05:24 - Outro ✨Try Descript: https://bit.ly/4icseGq ---------------------------------- 📺 Subscribe on YouTube @Descript 🆘 For help: http://help.descript.com 🫂 For community support: http://discord.gg/descript 𝕏 X: https://x.com/descript/ 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/descript_app/ 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/descriptapp/ ⌨️ Blog: http://descript.com/blog 🪵 Changelog: http://changelog.descript.com 🎥 Sign up for future live events: https://luma.com/descript?utm_source=ytdescription ---------------------------------- ✨Try Descript: https://bit.ly/4icseGq #descript #ai #videoediting