Best Export Settings for YouTube/Social Media in Final Cut Pro

[@raulgolfs]

Huge tip for us FCPX editors! LFG! Appreciate the work bud! 🔥

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Damn! Thanks a ton, Raul! 🥹 I appreciate you, brotha 👊🏼

[@mynusten]

Outstanding video and thanks for the tips! 🤘

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Thanks for the kind words! Much appreciated 🙏

[@BobbyClements]

I liked how you showed me WHY you chose these settings 🔬 thanks for running all of those tests 📝

[@dylanjohndickerson]

My pleasure, Bobby 👊🏼 thanks for the kind words.

[@AdamBoroniec]

yet another video on repeat for me haha. Always with the new computahs!

[@dylanjohndickerson]

I got you, Adam 👊🏼

[@beardawgstudios]

As always, your videos are so unbelievably helpful and clear to follow!!!

[@dylanjohndickerson]

So happy to hear that 😊 thanks for watching!

[@skiddlybatch]

Love your videos, Dylan. This was very helpful. 🎉

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Thanks so much 😁 have a great day!

[@SingtotheMountainStudio]

Very useful Dylan. Cheers to you for researching and testing options

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Thanks for watching! 👊🏼

[@phucmapvlog]

Always quality content 🤝

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Thanks a ton, brotha! Hope you're doing well 👊🏼

[@Hobby-tripInfo]

Very well done and helpful video.

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@CubanRider]

The amount of work and wealth of information that you put out on your videos does not go unnoticed. Keep it up 🍺 and thanks for the videos.

[@dylanjohndickerson]

I really appreciate that, amigo 👊🏼 thanks for the love!

[@KwameBlue]

i’m going to try this. thanks for sharing.

[@dylanjohndickerson]

You're very welcome! Thanks so much for watching and commenting 😊 I really appreciate it.

[@outdoorhabits]

Thank you for sharing! I absolutely learn something new each time I watch your videos. You rock! 💯

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Awesome! Glad this one helped. Thanks for watching 😊👊🏼

[@laydeeghee22]

Yass finally a video that goes straight to the point. Thank you. 😀

[@dylanjohndickerson]

It's my pleasure 😊thanks for watching!

[@Josh_Sattin]

Thank you Dylan! I have gone back and forth so many times with all of these settings.

[@dylanjohndickerson]

You're welcome Josh! As have I.

[@thehealinghiker]

You are my new best friend, 😉. Thank you soooo much for taking an interest in my novice understanding of FCP. I am beyond honoured how you took the time to try many different renderings to prove which one is the best. 🙏 NOW your next video could be "did I waste my money buying Compressor?" Or "What is the purpose of Compressor for FCP?" Ha ha, I could keep you with video ideas for the next year! Cheers Dylan, thanks again.

[@dylanjohndickerson]

It's my pleasure! Thanks so much for the suggestion 😊

[@dedalnok]

same here, for what does Compressor actually exist? Couldn't get my head around it. 😂 @@dylanjohndickerson

[@Barnabas87]

⁠@@dylanjohndickerson happy holidays! I hope all is well.. but did u make a new video about m roto al?

[@OriginalMasterNAI]

Well unless if you bought Compressor through the bundle, then you don’t have to worry about it too much.

[@thehealinghiker]

@@OriginalMasterNAI no I bought it separately thinking it would help with my huge exporting file, but realize I don't have a clue how to use it, or what it's real purpose is.

[@VinnerFilms1]

Great! I just knew about the first one tip, but the second one makes sense, the reason why my 4k video on instagram looks bad

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Happy it helped 😊 thanks so much for watching and commenting!

[@WobbleMatic]

Super useful video. Thank you.

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@PhillipRPeck]

Fantastic editing in this video

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Thanks so much! But admittedly, I didn’t put a lot of work into this one. Have you seen my video before this? You’ll like that one more 😊 Bet You DON'T KNOW These Final Cut Pro Tips & Tricks! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKaUXnuMmqiKiKM

[@PhillipRPeck]

@@dylanjohndickerson Yeah, that one was amazing. IDK, this one just struck me as really well put together with all the screen caps and transitions

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Well thanks! I really appreciate it 🙏🏼@@PhillipRPeck

[@projectdirtbikes]

Thanks man! I really apreciate the help! I've been using final cut for a couple years now and have never been happy with the export quality until now. Thanks again!

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Sick! Happy to help 😊

[@OffbeatDiscoveries]

Oh, thank you sooooo much, Dylan. I'm new to FCP and couldn't understand why I wasn't seeing the same 'options' on mine as on other instructor's screens. You SAVED me by saying that i wouldn't see it on my iMac. I love the fact that now I only need to hit Command E now. Again, thank you so very much.

[@dylanjohndickerson]

My pleasure 😊 thanks for watching and commenting!

[@boundariesunlimited267]

Thanks Dylan! Gonna give this a shot. Uploading 90gb file sizes would take over 2 days and became very frustrating!

[@dylanjohndickerson]

You're welcome! Thanks so much for watching 😊

[@augystudio]

that was really helpful, thanks!

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Really glad to hear that 😊 thanks for watching!

[@MishaMishaMatic]

Thank you so much for including your reasons for why you choose certain settings, blindly following setting advice without understanding the why is always something that makes me a bit apprehensive to follow a guide.

[@dylanjohndickerson]

It's my pleasure. Thanks for watching 😊

[@zzalg]

Useful as always.

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Thanks for watching!

[@gilles675]

I was looking for a simple and straightforward way to export. This video made my day. One question though how should we export went we want to share the files for another editor to work with?

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Happy to help! Do you mean how can you transfer a project to another editor?

[@gilles675]

@@dylanjohndickerson yes.

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Give this a shot kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIScaqKpeb-Yl6M@@gilles675

[@joewardpr]

Excellent. This will definitely help my workflow. When it's time to publish, I typically have zero time left. Every second counts.

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Sweet! Thanks for watching and commenting, Joe 🙏🏼

[@gaetanproductions]

Perfect !

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Thanks for watching!

[@gazwrighttravel]

Amazing video and super helpful. I've uploaded over 100 KZbin videos on default... file sizes 20-90gb! What a shambles

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Happy to help, amigo! 😊

[@swaysedits]

Good info thanks

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Thanks for watching!

[@2wheelswings]

the best! love your videos mate

[@dylanjohndickerson]

So happy to hear that 😊 thanks for watching!

[@alternativestudio9807]

Nice vid ! How do you handle your blue background against banding? Thanks ?

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Thanks! I shoot in 10 bit

[@MindiaMusicStudio]

Hey thank you this is very helpful! If I want to export KZbin/TikTok/Facebook and Instagram shorts, is there a setting that allows me to not have to export two different versions?

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Thanks for watching! Not at once unfortunately, but you can obviously just export two times with different settings

[@user-nlvmruu]

hey dylan do you have a tutorial on how to make that outline thing? i am not sure what to search for. the one that circled all your export destinations. thanks!

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Hey! So it's with this plugin geni.us/mReview I think you can use the code DYLANJOHN and get 10% off 😊

[@GOAT_Media]

Thanks bro!

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Thanks for watching!

[@MannyWalks]

Thanks Dylan 🙏

[@dylanjohndickerson]

My pleasure, Manny! Thanks for watching 🤙🏼

[@bernardkocioek685]

This is called „destiny”. I was wandering how I should export my video in FCP and “bang” - notification from YT. Thank you!

[@dylanjohndickerson]

I can read your mind, Bernard.

[@manfredmakiseni]

just 2 days ago l was looking for a video like this 😅 thank you

[@dylanjohndickerson]

No problem 😊 thanks for watching!

[@JaroslavBengl]

You convinced me, Dylan! 😀 I will use Fast option on my next video 👍🏻

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Give it a shot! 👊🏼 thanks for watching and thanks for the continued support on my channel, my friend.

[@misterlaazy]

Thanks for the tip ! it's what I usually use for my exports 😎 A client is asking me a "cinema version" should I go with the master file ? Thanks for your time !

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Ya go with a master file in that instance, although, I don't think they know what that means haha unless they're knowledgeable. If they end up saying that it's too large of a file, just use compressor on the master file.

[@misterlaazy]

yeah right ! because i'm far from being a cinema post production expert 😅, but I guess they want to display the film on a few cinema screens@@dylanjohndickerson

[@dylanjohndickerson]

If I were you, I'd ask them to ask the projectionist the specific export settings they require to ensure compatibility with their playback systems and any additional requirements they might have. I just want to make sure you're in the clear because I'm not sure if a ProRes 422 Master File is 100% the call. @@misterlaazy

[@misterlaazy]

It's what i'm gonna do 👍 Thanks your advice !!@@dylanjohndickerson

[@SebastianCristanchoYT]

I heard it a video of MKBHD talking about how exporting in .MOV makes KZbin process the video faster

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Interesting. I didn't notice much of a difference. I guess if that's the case, you'd switch to 'social platforms' instead of 'computer'. Do you have a link to the video by chance?

[@bingefeller]

I was editing a video I downloaded from the internet years ago, how can I make the output video the same settings as the source video?

[@-iamlisa]

this is so new to me, wow

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Glad it helped out 😊

[@Chips-Lab]

Hey Dylan, did you see the CineD last video about « MacOS color washed bug » after exporting en PPro and DV ? Hope there’s no such thing on FCPX

[@outdoorhabits]

Question. If you haven’t already. Can you please do a video on how you create thumbnails for your KZbin videos and what you use to create your thumbnail? Thanks :)

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Hey! I have one or two actually, but they're in my channel membership 😊 geni.us/CreatorClub

[@MrJshep10]

Hey Dylan! When sending our videos to customers, what is the best way to export? It’s clear and crispy on my side, but I’ve had a few people post and it shows up blurry for them and it makes me cringe 😓

[@andyjack1974]

Great video. When you do you videos, do you export a mastering 422 file for archiving alongside your social export or do you stick with the KZbin export?? Is that good enough for a final video.

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Not for KZbin videos, but for passion projects of mine I do.

[@azam2025]

Nice tips. From Bangladesh.

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Thanks for watching! 😊

[@TomSchultzMusic]

Thanks!

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Thanks for watching!

[@TomSchultzMusic]

I followed your method exactly and for some reason my video processes on youtube in SD only. How can I get it to at least 720 ?

[@johnclay7644]

good topic.

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Thanks John!

[@lavinchi6709]

Super!!!!Grazie Mille!!!

[@dylanjohndickerson]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching 🙏🏼

[@NaturallyMeil]

Would this setting still make the video be in HD ?

[@BehindTheShot]

I looked first, and didn’t see this asked yet… Why wouldn’t you just use the built-in “KZbin & Facebook” option instead of creating your own? Am I nuts to think that the FCP dev team would have taken the time to be sure that they created a good export option?

[@rfischmann]

I've been always using that option and it works great for me. The only issue is that the export actually ends at 45%, not at 100%. Go figure.

[@dylanjohndickerson]

KZbin and Facebook are now 'Social Platfortms', but to be honest, it doesn't make a whole bunch of a difference. I also used KZbin & Facebook for years. Now I've been using what KZbin recommends. Just choose what you'd like.

[@BehindTheShot]

@@dylanjohndickerson Thank you. Enjoy your weekend.

[@karelkasik]

Can you do video about compressor?

[@dylanjohndickerson]

I would, but my buddy Dylan Bates has already made a killer video on it. Give it a watch and let him that I said 'he sucks at slashing skeletons'. He'll know what that means. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYmcZ6ytqal9q7Msi=C0FH7yxdXnXFukgI

[@OriginalMasterNAI]

Serge M also covered that topic too

[@loudaccord]

Wow I’ve been doing it all wrong, Ty for this

[@dylanjohndickerson]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching 🤘🏼

[@Shawnbbeckner]

What about hdr HEVC FOOTAGE. I edit in wide gamut the do the hevc does the h.264 convert the color to hdr

[@xandersitu]

Does anyone know if Instagram takes 24fps videos? I was reading that it will convert 24fps videos to 30fps and that it doesn't do anything higher than 30fps?

[@Erzaalu]

I have a questions about exporting for instagram. In your video you only show how you create the project in 1080p. So for instagram I also need to create the project differently and not just export in 1080p? Does it not work to create the project in 4k quality and to just export in 1080p?

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Yep!

[@Blair_Millar]

Any idea why we can’t export custom dimensions to mp4? E.g 864x1080

[@DigiDriftZone]

None of this makes a huge difference (except 1080p for instagram) as you highlighted but I would go for H.265 on Apple Silicon. Because the output file size is half of H.264 for identical or better quality and there is a hardware decoder that makes this as fast as H.264. On Intel the primary reason not to use H265 was speed of exporting (or compatibility with older devices).

[@innerlijkekrijger]

i don"t even see this option in my menu, where can I find it?

[@DigiDriftZone]

@@innerlijkekrijger There are a few names for H.265 on different devices, e.g. HEVC, XAVC HS on Sony.

[@redred9993]

Can you tell me what is the version of your fcpx?

[@dylanjohndickerson]

I don't know what it was when this video was made

[@YonnBurgos]

HI Dylan! Great video and information for beginners! Love it! Question: can you recommend how to add a Thumbnail to Shorts? I don't see that option when I upload from the computer. On the other hand, if I do it from my iPhone, it is available, but the video resolution is bad when uploaded to KZbin. Happy holidays!

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Hey man! Happy holidays! I'm not sure actually. I thought it was the normal way you add a thumbnail to a YT video, but perhaps I'm wrong. I don't post many Shorts.

[@darkrangersinc]

I’ve noticed that the faster option doesn’t give a smaller file size than the better option, so I always just go with better over faster. Maybe I’m doing something wrong though?

[@dylanjohndickerson]

It encodes faster though

[@dima1353]

Hi, I did as you said, but my quality in 1080p in draft seems to be worse than average. Is this just a feature of viewing a draft ? or is there something else causing it? I'm worried because not all viewers are switching to 1440p and 4k.

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Hey! I’m not sure what ‘draft’ is. Export it and then review the quality.

[@OriginalMasterNAI]

3:31 That goes the same with HDR videos too. One time I did that, it washed out all of the colors I've graded which looked much worse than the 4K quality, in my opinion. Welp lesson learned, do not upload 4K or HDR videos to Instagram; only 1080p and SDR.

[@jvckanderson]

Hey! I don't know if this actually works or not, but when I upload a video to Instagram I upload through the Instagram website on my computer. It seems to allow me to post a higher quality image? Is that possible?

[@DavidListenMentalHealth]

What do you recommend we record in? pro res 422? or 422 HQ? or RAW?

[@dylanjohndickerson]

I shoot in S-Log 3 (Sony's LOG profile) Proves 422, 10-bit color

[@DavidListenMentalHealth]

got it. thanks for sharing that!

[@HDBnB1]

I'm noticing that my uploads aren't getting converted to 4k even though I am exporting in 4k. Any insight on this?

[@OriginalMasterNAI]

Did you upload your videos on your phone or desktop? Or actually make sure your upload settings is set to “Full Quality”

[@OriginalMasterNAI]

What about your bitrate? Because that could also be another reason.

[@Windsurfingaddict]

I come back a few time to your how to export to Utube and even still fanatic in a March 2024 🤩🤩🤩😃😃😃

[@dylanjohndickerson]

😄👊🏼

[@ThisisDigitalden]

Dylan U R Always giving the BEST advice and another great video here, let me run this past you… I often export a master file in HD ProRes, then convert to H.264 using compressor ( more options ) , or I use Shutter Encoder and make the file H.265 both look great and file size is always good for SM IMO any thoughts on these workflows> Thanks as always Dylan...

[@dylanjohndickerson]

I think that workflow is really solid. No need to change it in my opinion 👌 you could also just send your project straight to compressor if you want to expedite the process

[@deek3048]

It still does not show how to connect to youtube!

[@blessedtrinityministries5508]

Tks ❤

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Thanks for watching 👊🏼

[@TheFinalCutBro]

I’m just gonna stick with 240p. The files upload wayyyyyy faster.

[@dylanjohndickerson]

🤣 do it. It makes you look better anyways.

[@tiagofreitas4426]

⁠😂

[@infiveg]

Дааа! Спасибо большое !

[@dylanjohndickerson]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching 👊🏼

[@DavidCapperino]

should you have chapters markers checked? does that matter? what is it? how does it translate to youtube if at all?

[@kevinhoctor62]

This is a great tip, but I think you undersold the potential size difference. If I use the Apple Devices 4K export, my 26 minute KZbin upload file is 3.91GB. Using your settings, that same project exports to a 9.76GB file. Since my wife and I have a travel channel and can't always guarantee great upload speeds at all our Airbnb or hotels, the smaller size is critical. Am I missing something?

[@dylanjohndickerson]

I believe I said in the video that if you want a smaller file size, go with the Apple Devices option. 🤷🏻‍♂

[@kevinhoctor62]

Yes, you did. I just didn’t expect such a massive difference in the sizes. So this isn’t a complaint, but I thought it was significant enough to comment and clarify what I saw. Thanks.

[@Bogoslov2007]

Просто удивительно! Я только что протестировал, и это реальный способ ускорить рендер. По крайней мере для тех, кто всё ещё на Intel, как я (Pro2017)🤭. Как раз на днях я думал, могу ли я что-то ещё выжать из моего Mac, в частности, скорость рендера? Но я был уверен, что уже достиг предела. Я создал себе пресеты с разным битрейтом от 5000kbps до 50000kbps в зависимости от того, какого размера файл хочу получить, балансируя между размером файла и качеством, потому что чем выше битрейт, тем выше качество после загрузки. С моими настройками MPEG-4 multi-pass 15000kbps рендер 1 минуты занял 3,5 минуты (Проект с мультикамом и графикой). С твоими настройками это заняло 2 минуты. Для меня это супер-приятная новость, и очень неожиданный подарок, пока я ещё не обновил свой mac. Кстати, если интересно: судя по размеру файла, битрейт в твоих настройках равен 50000kbps, что действительно даёт хороший запас при компрессии KZbin. Dylan, спасибо большое

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Вау, спасибо за это! Рад, что настройки вам помогли. 😊

[@FlavorMind]

I try H264 & ProRes422 (All in 1080p), and I feel like the ProRes422 is more sharpness than H264 (especially the text in the video). And then I try upload to KZbin, and the result is also ProRes422 is more sharpness (of course KZbin have compressed those two version). So...I don't know...what you think?

[@dylanjohndickerson]

I mentioned what I thought in the video

[@dronoweloty]

Ok. But it’s better to use compressor because of bitrate of sharing file

[@OriginalMasterNAI]

And not to mention it saves a little more storage

[@pzazzcreativemedia7205]

Great video, is there a way to make an export preset that limits the size of the file exported ie short videos need to be sub 64mb to share on WhatsApp etc? currently its export/compressor/newbatch etc then play about with video/bitrate/custom etc.. some of my clients prefer to see versions on their phone.. any ideas?

[@frankiesunswept]

These settings did not work for us at all. We uploaded our music video (shot in 4K) at these settings and it looked so much blurrier than the file. We tried uploading the full quality .mov file exported Apple ProRes 422 via Compressor and it looked great.

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Perhaps that works for a 2 minute music video, but a lot of videos exported out in ProRes are going to be so massive. A typical tutorial KZbin video of mine, typically 6-8 minutes, is around 30-50gb if exported out in ProRes. But if that works for you then go for it! More power to ya.

[@willarias]

Thanks so much . No wonder why my two minutes video was 6GB 🙄

[@kearlthekreator]

😂👌

[@dylanjohndickerson]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching and commenting 👊🏼

[@ForsterFilmes]

I've already done tests uploading the same file in full hd and 4k to instagram. I've always found 4k to be of superior quality.

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Do you. I wouldn't recommend it though.

[@dedalnok]

Interesting! I mean if you record on your iPhone in 4K and then go and upload it on IG is would compress it also and Instagram is prepared for that?

[@dylanjohndickerson]

That's what the literature says online, yes. @@dedalnok

[@dedalnok]

@@dylanjohndickerson I believe you and are happy to use my laptop and export videos to the best performing file size! 🫶

[@ForsterFilmes]

@dedalnok That's the point! We know that Instagram likes files sent from iOS and does a ridiculous compression of files sent from Android. Maybe this is the most relevant point when posting your video, from where you are posting.

[@Panther-]

Yes but pro res quality is better tbh the quality is cleaner amd crisper

[@dylanjohndickerson]

Then upload your huge ProRes videos to KZbin. But it’s complete overkill and the difference once these sites apply compression is minimal.

[@TimeFlies-ye3nt]

The literature at Apple on this is clear as mud.