Exporting video from hitfilm pro

Exporting

Exporting creates a new video or image sequence from hitfilm pro in your project. The exported media can then be used and played outside of HitFilm.

Exporting a Timeline

You can export any timeline, in whole or in part, to create a new video file of its contents. On the left

hand side of each timeline are two icons. Which one you click determines what portion of the

timeline is added to the Export Queue.

Export Contents: The top button exports the entire contents of the timeline. If your timeline

extends beyond the video it contains, any empty frames on the end will not be included in the

export.

Export IN/OUT Area: The bottom button exports only the work area of your timeline. The

work area is defined by the In and Out points you set. To set the work area, move the playhead to

the frame where you want the work area to begin, and press the I key (for "in") on the keyboard.

           Then, move the playhead to the frame where you want the work area to end, and press the O key

           (for "out").

           Once the work area is set, click the Export Work Area button to add the work area to the render queue.

Export Screen

The HitFilm Export screen is where you manage your exports. It is divided into two main sections.

On the left is the Queue. You can add multiple export tasks to the queue, and export them

individually or all at once. On the right is the Presets bank, where you can select from a variety of

predefined export settings designed for different purposes. You can also customize the settings at

any time you need to, and save your own export presets.

Queue

When you export a timeline from the Edit screen of HitFilm, it is added to the export Queue. You

can view the list of queued timelines here, and select the export details used by each task. The

details of each task in the queue are also listed.

Name: The name of the task to be exported.

Format: The format to be used for the export. This is determined by the preset that is selected.

Preset: Presets contain a specified set of format and compression details which will be used to

create the exported file. The presets panel on the right side of the Export screen can be used to

manage your presets, and will be discussed later.

Duration: Indicates the total duration of the exported file.

Output: Here is where you can set the name and location that will be used by the exported file.

Click on the Output field to enter a name to be used by your exported file, and to choose the

location to which it will be saved.

Progress: Once you click the Start Exporting button, the progress of the task will be shown here,

so you can see how much is completed, and how much of the render remains.

Start Time: The time of day at which the file began rendering for export.

Elapsed: The amount of time that has been spent processing the task so far. During the export,

this number will change dynamically based on how long the task has taken. Once the export is

complete, this will display the total time spent on rendering the exported file.

Remaining: An estimate of the amount of time it will take to complete the export.

At the bottom of the Queue there are several buttons for managing the task list.

Remove Task(s): Removes the selected task (or tasks) from the render queue

Remove Completed Task(s): When a render task is completed, it remains listed in the queue.

You can select completed tasks and use this button to remove them when you no longer need

them listed.

Start Exporting: Begins exporting all tasks listed in the render queue. Tasks will be processed in

order, from the top of the list to the bottom.

Presets

The Presets portion of the Export screen lists all your available export presets. Presets allow you to

save export settings that you wish to use again, and make it easy to export multiple versions of your

project for different purposes. The included presets provide a variety of settings suitable for most

export situations, but you are not limited to only exporting using these settings.

You can create your own presets at any time. Click the New Preset button below the presets list,

then select the format you wish to use, MP4, Image Sequence, AVI (Windows), or MOV (Mac).

Once you select a format, the options for that format will be shown, so you can select the specific

settings you wish to use in your preset.

In the queue, you can select any of your available presets for each export task.

You can delete a preset by selecting it in the list, and then clicking the Delete Preset button at the

bottom of the screen.