Export a file that looks exactly like the preview.
Choose H.264 to play anywhere, HEVC for smaller files, ProRes to hand to an editor, or GIF for chat and docs. The sheet tells you how big the file will be before you start, and the export uses the same renderer as the preview.
Export Video
4 clips · 1:12.4 · 1920 × 1080 canvas
How it works
- 01
Press ⌘E
Or click Export in the toolbar. The Export Video sheet opens.
- 02
Pick a format and a size
Choose Format, Size and Quality, or the ProRes flavour or GIF settings, and read the estimate along the bottom.
- 03
Export
Click Export…, name the file, and when it's done, Reveal in Finder.
What you can change
Each one is named the way it appears in Lumae.
- Format
- H.264, HEVC, ProRes or GIF.
- Size
- The canvas, or a smaller 4K, 1440p, 1080p or 720p. GIFs go from Large to Tiny.
- Quality
- Good, High or Best for H.264 and HEVC. High is recommended.
- Flavour
- 422 LT, 422, 422 HQ or 4444, for ProRes.
- Frame rate, Colours
- For GIFs: 10 to 30 fps, and 16 to 256 colours.
- Dither, Loop forever
- GIF options, both on by default.
The numbers
- Formats: H.264, HEVC, ProRes and GIF
- 4
- What H.264 at High asks for at 1080p and 60 fps
- 18.7 Mbps
- How much less HEVC asks for than H.264 at the same quality
- 35 %
- AAC audio at 48 kHz in stereo, or uncompressed with ProRes
- 192 kbps
- Motion blur samples per frame in an export, against 12 in the preview
- 32
- Codecs across the four formats, counting each ProRes flavour
- 7
Questions
Anything else, ask on the feedback page.
Can I export an H.264 MOV?
Not from the sheet. H.264 and HEVC are saved as .mp4, and ProRes as .mov.
What if I export over a file that's already there?
The old file stays until the new one is complete, so cancelling leaves it as it was.
Is there a subtitle file?
No. Captions, annotations and the camera bubble are drawn into the picture.
Next
All features
Record your next demo. Annotate your next screenshot.
Lumae is free for Mac. It zooms on your clicks, smooths your cursor and writes your captions, so your time goes into the demo, not the edit.
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