Export to video

H.264, HEVC, or ProRes. Pick the codec, decide whether to bake captions in

Three codecs, one render pipeline. Pick the one that fits where the file is going.

The three codecs

From the Export menu, under Video:

• H.264 (.mp4): universal, plays everywhere, what to upload. Around 10 Mbps for 1080p.
• HEVC (.mp4): smaller files, modern players. Around 5 Mbps for 1080p. Same visual ballpark as H.264, half the size.
• ProRes 422 (.mov): intra-frame, heavy on disk, friendly for further editing on the other side.

All three pull from the same render pipeline:

• Stereo AAC audio at 48 kHz, 320 kbps
• 120 ms head and tail audio fades to avoid clicks at the edges
• Mosaic crossfades baked in if your project has them
• One seamless render, no gaps unless your timeline has gaps

Captions: sidecar or burn-in

Two ways to ship captions with the video.

• Sidecar: writes a .srt next to the .mp4 or .mov. Player picks it up, viewer can toggle them on or off. Best for upload to platforms that read SRT.
• Burn in: bakes the captions into the pixels using the animation preset and style you've set in the Captions Editor. Permanent. Best for vertical clips, social, or anywhere you can't trust the player to render captions correctly.

You pick one or the other in the export dialog.

The ProRes burn-in caveat

You can't burn captions into ProRes 422 from this menu. The OS-level pipeline drops the animation overlay when ProRes is the target codec, so we don't offer it instead of shipping a half-broken option.

If you need ProRes with captions baked in, the path is: export ProRes without captions, export the captions as alpha-channel MOV from the Captions Editor, composite them in your editor of choice. Two clips on a track, done.

Re-export

Same filename, same folder: it overwrites. No warning today. Name your drafts if you want to keep them.

H.264 for upload, ProRes for the editor on the other side. HEVC if disk is tight and you trust the playback chain.