how to export a video in Adobe Premiere Pro CC.

To start, let's open Premiere Pro.

For this example, we will have a completed edit

open in our timeline.

To render it, go to where you want

your exported video to start.

In our case, we want it to start

right at the beginning of our timeline.

Make sure your playhead is at the beginning

and press "I."

This will be your in point.

Now move your playhead to where you want

to end your exported video.

Now press "O." This will be your out point.

Premiere will render everything

in between your in and out points.

Now open up your export window, click on "File,"

then "Export," and then "Media."

Let's go through some of the important settings.

You can start by choosing a format

and selecting a preset under that format

to match your video-export needs.

H.264 is a very common, popular choice

and is an MP4 file type.

H.264 is used for a high-resolution video

that is packaged in smaller file sizes.

Under the presets tab, you can find optimized settings

for social-media applications

like Facebook, Twitter, Vimeo, and YouTube.

Other popular formats can be QuickTime,

which is a .mov file type,

or MP3, which is a great way to export

an audio-only version of your video for a podcast.

The next export setting is output name.

Simply click on the output name,

name the file, choose the save location,

and click "Save."

Down one more, we have choices

to export video- or audio-only versions,

and below that is a summary

of your current output location, settings, and source.

At the bottom, we have an effects tab,

which you can use to add a watermark to the video.

The video tab is where you can refine

the output video settings, like width

and height and coding settings and bitrate.

Two quick tips here: Use hardware encoding

over software encoding when available for faster renders,

and the larger the bitrate, the higher the quality

but larger the file size.

The audio tab has adjustments for audio quality.

The publish tab gives you the ability

to upload directly from Premiere to sites like Facebook,

Vimeo, and YouTube.

At the bottom, you can see your estimated file size

based on the settings you have chosen.

Now it's time to export.

You have two options.

Clicking "Export" will begin the exporting process

inside Premiere, and you lose the ability

to continue editing until it is complete.

Option two is to click "Queue,"

which opens Adobe Media Encoder

and places the render in the queue.

You can start the render, pause, or stop

using the controls at the top,

and you have the ability to continue editing in Premiere.

A small note: If you go back

and continue editing the same project

you are currently rendering inside Media Encoder,

your changes to the edit will not show up

in the current render until you create a new export.

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