Ready to modernize your back office for video and podcasts? This guide shows how Descript’s text-based editing (and its emerging Agent Underlord co-editor) accelerates rough cuts, DaVinci Resolve 20 brings production-grade color, audio, and AI-powered speed via Blackmagic Cloud, and CapCut adds accessible finishing, brand consistency, and localization. Learn when to pick each tool for speed, collaboration, quality, governance, and accessibility; see combinations for solo creators, small teams, and large orgs; and follow a pragmatic 90-day rollout to publish faster with fewer review rounds. We cover templates, proxy workflows, Live Save audit trails, Brand Kits, captions-by-default, and the metrics that prove impact. Start with three quick wins—auto-captions, branded templates, and Live Save—then scale a resilient, human-led, AI-assisted pipeline from recording to publish.