How to Turn Long Videos into Social Clips Fast with Descript
✨Try Descript: https://bit.ly/478e4Qw Turn one long video into dozens of social clips — without losing your mind (or your afternoon). In this webinar, Descript's Fiona and social media manager Aaron walk you through the full workflow for repurposing long-form recordings into scroll-stopping short-form content for Instagram Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and more. You'll learn how to find clip-worthy moments fast, frame vertical video without the dreaded black bars, customize captions that actually match your brand, and even translate your clips into 50+ languages — with AI dubbing and lip sync. Whether you're a solo creator or part of a team, this is the repeatable system you've been looking for. What you'll learn: ✅ How to scan transcripts and highlight clip-worthy moments at 1.5–2x speed ✅ Creating clips manually vs. using Underlord AI to find them for you ✅ Reframing horizontal video to vertical with proper safe zones ✅ Customizing captions, waveforms, speaker names, and progress bars ✅ Saving reusable layouts so you never start from scratch ✅ Translating and dubbing clips into 50+ languages with AI lip sync ✅ Exporting multiple versions at once and sharing review links Chapters: 00:00 — Intro & what to expect 02:34 — The social clip creation problem 05:59 — Why repurposing long-form content is worth it 09:00 — Demo: Finding clips manually in Descript 16:05 — What makes a good standalone clip 22:27 — Using Underlord AI to auto-generate clips 27:34 — Customizing clip layouts, captions & brand colors 33:38 — Framing vertical video & safe zones for Reels/Shorts 38:00 — Adding and styling captions 43:07 — Saving and reusing layouts across projects 48:46 — Translating clips with AI dubbing & lip sync 55:48 — Exporting and sharing clips for review 58:00 — Q&A: Multi-speaker clips, templates & more 1:01:18 — Wrap-up & resources ✨Try Descript: https://bit.ly/478e4Qw ---------------------------------- 📺 Subscribe on YouTube @Descript 🆘 For help: http://help.descript.com 🫂 Community: http://discord.gg/descript 𝕏 X: https://x.com/descriptapp/ 📷 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/478e4Qw #ai #aivideo #aivideogenerator #aivideoediting #socialmedia #socialclips