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Release Version 99

Automatic multicam now w/ templates and layouts
You can now apply templates while using Underlord’s Automatic multicam feature. We’ll smartly select individual layouts based on the number of speakers in each scene.
Just select the Automatic style, a frequency of cutaway’s and toggle on the Use Template option.
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Underlord will cut to multi-camera layouts during crosstalk and during longer monologues for reaction shots. Use one of our free templates, or build your own custom template complete with your own color scheme, logos, caption styles, and anything else you might need to speed up your workflow.
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Once you’ve run Automatic multicam, you can quickly adjust templates using the scene rail, or quickly copy and paste layouts between scenes.
Rooms beta is underway
The beta for our brand new collaborative recorder, Rooms, is finally here. Rooms is the culmination of our long term plan to bring the best features of SquadCast into a package you can access directly from Descript. Featuring improvements to recording quality, reliability, and file backups - we’re excited for you to give it a try.
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We’ll be onboarding users in waves, but if you’d like to get access as early as possible, you can sign up for the waitlist below. If you signed up prior today, you should be receiving a confirmation email shortly. Once you’re in the Beta, you can find detailed instructions at our Help Center.
Sign up for the waitlist here: https://www.descript.com/rooms
New scene toolbar under the Canvas
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There’s a new toolbar that appears under the Canvas whenever you are within a scene but have no specific layer selected. From this toolbar you can adjust scene parameters on the fly without opening the sidebar by browsing templates and adding layouts, changing background colors, or adding transitions.
The Layout button has a pop-out gallery view for added convenience.
Additional editor updates:
  • A new edit in timeline has been button has been added to the toolbar popover that appears when you select an edit boundary in the script while the timeline is hidden. This is designed to make it clearer how you can adjust edit boundaries in fine deal, which will be especially helpful to newer users.
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  • We consolidated the two stock media panels on the sidebar into a single panel, now called Stock. This new version of the panel contains both Visual and Audio stock media for easier browsing. Just click the tab for the media type you’re looking for.
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  • Timeline exports are now available on the Web. The options are the same as the desktop version of Descript, and include Pro Tools/Logic (.aaf), Audition (.sesx), Samplitude/Reaper (.edl), Final Cut Pro X (.fcpxml), Premiere (.xml), and DaVinci Resolve (.xml).
This is rolling out slowly so if you're not seeing it yet it should be enabled for you soon.
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  • We've also enabled file conversion processes such as Normalize audio, Convert to mono, and Repair audio on the Web version of Descript.
New powers for Enterprise Drive admins
Drive admins can now decide whether Editor members can invite new Editor members to their team's Drive. You can find the toggle under the Subscription section of the settings menu. Toggling this to OFF will prevent Editor members from sending those invites until unless an Admin turns it back ON.
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Bug Fixes
  • Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause scale in/out animations to result in an error
  • Fixed a bug resulting in a “Something’s not working” error when trying to access Descript for Web
  • Fixed the Remove from transcript keyboard shortcut
  • Fixed a bug resulting in a black bar being visible in the canvas when using Crossfades
  • Fixed a bug resulting in “error changing text” when dragging a file into the Script
  • Using Remove ignored text in Edit for clarity will now close the Underlord sidebar
  • Fixed an issue that causing some projects to crash when opening