I'm working with videos that already have baked-in animated captions created in other editing platforms like DaVinci Resolve. When using Descript to add additional captions or selectively remove parts of the transcript, I often need certain portions to simply be blank — no text displayed at all — to avoid overlapping or repeating what’s already burned into the video.

However, when I delete or ignore these portions in Descript, the app keeps displaying the previous caption, instead of clearing it and showing nothing. This results in duplicated or incorrect text on screen.

It would be incredibly helpful to have a feature that allows me to:

Replace a portion of the transcript/captions with intentional empty gaps (no carry-over from the previous line)

Ensure the screen shows no text at all during those sections

Possibly insert a “blank caption” block manually when needed

This would make Descript much more compatible with workflows involving pre-animated or stylized captions, and would solve a major pain point when combining different platforms for captioning and storytelling.

Thanks so much for considering this!