Feature Requests

Allow a trash or archive function for old projects

I want to be able to record my screen or camera in Descript without requiring an internet connection. The current setup forces me to use bandwidth and doesn’t fit workflows where offline recording is necessary. Having a true offline recording would make Descript much more flexible and useful for creators who work in bandwidth-limited environments.

Support gradients not just solid colors as a fill type

Current Workflow: Film video with screen recording Click Record again to record the next clip Record button is greyed out Wait for last clip to finish processing twiddle my thumbs Record next clip Ideally, I'd be able to just record clips sequentially, with each new recording being added to the processing queue. This would literally double how fast I can film. Right now I need a side project to work on when I'm filming to stay busy. And yes, I wrote this while waiting for a recording to process. Thanks!

Set skin tone based on an eye dropper to automatically adjust visuals for skin tone

We need face smoothing effects, much like we can do on Zoom with Touch Up My Appearance. It can be very light, but it is still nice to have. Zoom has the best one I've seen so far, so I would love seeing at least that.

When editing with demanding footage (e.g., timelapse b-roll), playback constantly buffers - waiting minutes to play just a few seconds. Final Cut Pro lets you manually drop playback quality (e.g., below 10%) to scrub and edit smoothly, then it's rendered at full quality on export. Descript's auto-generated proxies aren't low enough for this use case. Please add a manual playback/preview quality setting so the tool works with heavy footage instead of forcing users to split projects or close other apps.

I would love an automation or way to upload my b-roll (graphics, video) for a Faceless channel that automatically fills them where I need them. Either through uploading a document of where to put them in reference to what text, and alternatively, have AI suggest and/or pick and choose where personalized graphics and video make sense. Since I script, and have placeholders for graphics in a spreadsheet or document like Notion, it would make it easier and monumentally faster to then not have to manually place each graphic or video in a 8+ minute transcript.

Custom aspect ratio fails to allow flexible canvas dimensions. At least let us have native 4:5 aspect to.