How to Export Your Descript Timeline to Premiere Pro, Resolve & Final Cut

Export your Descript timeline straight into Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, or Final Cut Pro — with your edits and media intact. Descript can handle your whole video workflow, but it doesn't have to. Do your rough cut with text-based editing and AI tools, then finish in the editor you already use. In this video: ✅ Exporting from the Export tab, and which format goes where: XML for Premiere and Resolve, FCPXML for Final Cut, EDL for Reaper, SESX for Audition, AAF for Pro Tools and Logic ✅ Including your media files so everything imports already linked — no hunting for missing files ✅ Frame rate settings, and when to use source frame rate instead of snapping to a standard one ✅ Workflows this opens up: rough cuts in Descript, color grading in Resolve, handing your timeline to an editor who's never opened Descript 🔗 Full list of what transfers over: https://help.descript.com/export-and-share/timeline-exports Chapters: 00:00 — Why you'd edit outside Descript 00:38 — How to export your timeline 00:44 — Formats, media files, and frame rate settings 01:28 — Importing into Premiere Pro 01:46 — What doesn't transfer 02:02 — Workflows: rough cuts, color grading, handoffs ✨Try Descript: https://bit.ly/4gQPlFm ---------------------------------- 📺 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/4gQPlFm #descript #videoediting #premierepro #davinciresolve #finalcutpro