Exporting your video
Export turns your timeline into a finished video file.
Quick export
Section titled “Quick export”-
Choose Export at the top right. It is greyed out until the timeline has something on it.
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The Export button chooses export settings. The small arrow next to it opens Export options with one-click choices (listed below).
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Pick a location when asked, and wait for the progress bar to finish.
| Choice | What you get |
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| MP4 Standard (best match) | Your project’s size, H.264. Works for the web and social media. |
| 4K Standard | 3840 × 2160, for YouTube 4K. Not shown for vertical projects. |
| 1080p High Quality | 1920 × 1080 at 30 fps with a high bitrate. |
| 1080p 60fps | 1920 × 1080 for smooth motion. |
| Audio Only (WAV) | Uncompressed audio. |
Some choices show an estimated export time.
The full export window
Section titled “The full export window”Choose Export (or Custom export… in the options list) to open the window. Its tabs:
- Presets: ready-made settings.
- Smaller File: shrink the video towards a size you want.
- Custom Settings: choose the format (MP4, WebM or MOV), codec (H.264, H.265, ProRes, VP9 or AV1), resolution (from 480p up to 4K, plus Vertical 1080p and Square 1080) and frame rate.
- Audio: export only the sound, as a WAV file.
- Frame: save a single picture from the video.
- Subtitles: export your captions as a file.
- Queue: line up several exports to run one after another.
The options list also has Compress video… to shrink any video to a target size, and, in the desktop app, Export for Premiere or DaVinci…, which saves the timeline as XML with a list of anything that does not come across.
- Not sure? Use MP4 Standard.
- A 4K or 60 fps export takes longer and makes a bigger file. Whether your PC handles it comfortably depends on its power: see System requirements.
- If an export fails, see Troubleshooting.