HOW TO EDIT VERTICAL VIDEOS for instagram in FCPX (Best Instagram Export Settings)

[@Forestryfilms]

Happy Monday everyone! This is the process we use to export vertical videos on Instagram! I thought I'd share it with you all since I often get asked about this!

[@Sticks]

Love that you just started straight away 🙌🏼 so noticeably better

[@Forestryfilms]

Yes! So glad you loved it!

[@Sticks]

Loving the videos! Keep them coming 🙏🏼😊

[@Forestryfilms]

Sticks Productions thanks! Will have more coming!

[@Sticks]

Forestry Films - Wedding Video and Wedding Photography Cant wait!

[@FishTails]

Thanks for your video! Are there any advantages of setting the dimension to 1080 x 1350 over 1080 x 1920 for Instagram?

[@adiamond3]

I think a faster option is to hit [Command + A] in your project to select all clips, go to inspector, scroll down to spatial conform select FILL instead of FIT. It will scale every clip up to fill your frame without any black bars.

[@Forestryfilms]

Didn’t know that! Will have to try!

[@adiamond3]

@@Forestryfilms Unfortunately, you can't set a keyboard shortcut for that command. Another tip, set CMND + CTRL + SHIFT + 1 to do automatic speed (slows down footage to display each frame). I use that all the time to quickly slow down a 60p clip on a 24p timeline vs manually entering 40% speed.

[@adiamond3]

Oh, I had to set that as a custom command in FCPX. It's not set by default.

[@Forestryfilms]

Great tip!!

[@CoachDeb]

ooh sweet tip! Gotta copy/paste this! :D thanks!

[@GinaCiccone]

This is great! Thank you so much :) What about exporting horizontal videos for the feed?

[@billlynchfilms1858]

Thank you. Very clearly explained.

[@amejoartes]

Excellent, the best solution I have seen so far, I had been looking for a while how to make this change ... But not one by one. thank you very much 👏

[@dan-3000i]

I wish you would do more fcpx tutorials, you explain very calmly and very understandably

[@Forestryfilms]

Thanks so much! I’m planning on doing a lot more 🙌🏻

[@greenpeakphotography]

Thank you so much! Would the export resolution numbers be the same if you are exporting in 4k?

[@user-tk6qn1ub2h]

this was very helpful! thank you so much for sharing!

[@learemillieux]

Oh.my.god. thank you so much. Just subscribed to your channel, this video saved me so much time and frustration

[@ClaudiaGoodwin]

This was incredibly helpful! Thank you so much!

[@qdashooter9995]

I imported at 1080 X 1350 but I am not seeing an option for 1080 x 1350 when I am trying to export, is there something that I am doing wrong?

[@jasbirsingh159]

same here..any tips please..

[@GagdetID]

@@jasbirsingh159 Yeah, me too until using video and audio as master file first, and then chose the costume resolution. I think he used costume media export first, or just different version of FCP.

[@Josematamoros1]

nice!! thank you for the tutorial 👍

[@angie8470]

Thank you so much for this useful video! I manually adjust each clip but i dunno why some of my clips are moving? my video camera is fixed.

[@COOKTHRUTHEYEAR]

This is already such an amazing tutorial. But is it possible for you to do a new video with the updated FCPX "vertical" feature? I believe it is the FCPX 10.4.9 version with the new feature. I want to use this feature to create #shorts and instagram reels and IGTV. Thank you in advance!

[@adrenalog]

I also don't have the export option to match the quality of the vertical video. Followed step by step. If I choose share 1080p it's not available in the settings? Any other tricks?

[@temitayoisme]

Lovely tuts. Quick question, is there a particular reason you chose to export using “Apple devices” opposed to the “Master file?”. Cheers

[@Forestryfilms]

Great question! We love the "Apple devices" option because it's a bit faster than doing "Master File" then sending it to compressor.

[@duanesaundersmedia]

Or you could use the social media cropping tool and it will automatically reframe and select where the focus of each frame should be 👀

[@Mimiszy]

This was very helpful, thank you✨

[@OttoKaarelAltroff]

Wow thanks for having no intro haha! Straight to the point I love it!

[@Forestryfilms]

Thanks man! Thought it’d be easier that way!

[@marlabronstein5397]

Thanks for this. Now I can't find the captions? Any Idea where they went, or if I can scale those as well?

[@midnightj1994]

Very helpful! What are the custom numbers if your footage is in 4k not 1080?

[@Forestryfilms]

1080 x 1350 is the project settings :)

[@midnightj1994]

@@Forestryfilms So that clip you exported was a 4k clip?

[@Forestryfilms]

@@midnightj1994 The original media was 4k but it was exported at HD 1080p. Instagram doesn't really like 4k. It compresses it too much. It likes 1080p better.

[@midnightj1994]

@@Forestryfilms Thank you!

[@midnightj1994]

Hey one more thing. I am shooting my second wedding in Arizona in 3 weeks. What is the going rate for a second shooter? Im going to hire my friend or another videographer in the area. I know it depends. However on average for a 8 hour shoot.

[@BrotherHenkel]

Is scaling in the same as just cropping it?

[@singingdrums]

Thanks for your video. While exporting the video, Fcpx does not give the potion in the settings to change to 1080 x 1350. Is this a new update feature. They have a "Vertical" option while creating the project but it is 720x1280

[@bossphotographynitin]

very use full tq bro

[@riley7brown]

what about changing from faster encode to better quality?

[@KurtDeMeuterFilms]

Great help, thx ! :-)

[@Forestryfilms]

So glad it was helpful!

[@sactown024]

What if you want to export a 4k or 5k video vertical? Would you still use 1080x1350?

[@mohammadabed5184]

Bro real shit, if you taught French id be down to listen.

[@AceHardy]

👑

[@abigaillafleurr]

awesome!