Share or export your iMovie project

Ship your motion picture to friends and family unit, export information technology to watch it on other devices, or share it on social media.

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Share or export your iMovie project on iPhone or iPad

Send your picture show via email or text message, export your movie to watch on another device, or share your pic to the spider web. If you want to edit your movie afterward sharing information technology, open up the saved project in iMovie, make your changes, then share it again when you lot're gear up.

Send your movie via email or text message

You can send a finished movie to others in an email with the Postal service app or in a text bulletin with the Messages app.

  1. From the Projects browser, tap the picture show you desire to share. If you're editing a project, tap Done in the upper-left corner.
  2. Tap the Share button , then tap Messages or Postal service.
  3. Complete the message or e-mail that was created, and then tap Send.

If your moving picture is too big to ship, you can reduce the size of the movie file. Abolish your current bulletin or email, return to the share screen, tap Options, then choose a lower resolution.

Export your movie to lookout man on another device

If you want to scout the movie on another nearby Apple tree device, y'all tin use AirDrop to transfer the file. You can besides save your moving picture to your Photos library.

  1. From the Projects browser, tap the movie you lot desire to share. If you're editing a project, tap Done in the upper-left corner.
  2. Tap the Share push .
  3. To change the resolution or format of your movie, tap Options, so tap Done when y'all've set your options.
  4. Choose where you lot want to export your film:
    • To employ AirDrop, tap AirDrop, and then tap the profile picture of its user at the height of the screen. Or you can use AirDrop betwixt your own Apple devices.
    • To export the movie to your Photos library, tap Save Video. If you lot have iCloud Photos enabled, you lot can admission the video from all Apple devices signed into the same iCloud account.
    • To save your pic to iCloud Drive, to a binder on your device, or to some other third-party storage service you've enabled in the Files app, tap Save to Files, choose a location, and then tap Salve.

Share your movie on the spider web

Save your movie in the Photos library, so upload it to the spider web.

  1. In the Projects browser in iMovie, tap the project you desire share, then tap the Share button.
  2. If you want to change the resolution of your video, tap Options under the moving picture title, then choose a resolution. 1080p is a skilful choice for sharing to the web.
    Lower resolutions like 720p HD produce smaller files that upload to the web faster than movies with higher resolutions.
  3. Tap Save Video to save your movie in the Photos library on your device.
  4. Open an app similar YouTube or Facebook on your device, or visit the website for the service you want to use, and then upload your video.

Share or export your iMovie project on Mac

E-mail your picture, add the movie to your Photos library, or gear up your movie to share on the web. If you want to edit your movie later sharing it, open the saved project in iMovie, make your changes, so share it again when you lot're fix.

Send your movie via e-mail

Y'all can electronic mail your movie to others with the Mail app.

  1. From the Projects browser, select the iMovie project you want to send, click the More push, and then choose Share Projection. If you're editing a project, click the Share button .
  2. Click Email.
  3. Click Share. If your picture file exceeds the recommended limit (usually 10 MB), you'll see a warning on the share screen.
    iMovie email share options windowClick the Resolution popular-up menu, choose a resolution that reduces the motion-picture show file to a size most postal service servers back up
  4. Click Share. Once iMovie has completed exporting the moving-picture show to email, yous'll see a notification.
  5. Consummate the email that was created, and then click Ship.

Add the movie to your Photos library

When y'all save the movie every bit a file, you can add together the picture to your Photos library, shop information technology in iCloud Drive, or save it in another location. If y'all want to email the moving picture using some other email client or other service, you should also salve the picture show as a file.

  1. From the Projects browser, select the iMovie project you lot want to send, click the More button, then choose Share Projection. If you lot're editing a projection, click the Share button .
  2. Click File.
  3. Click the Resolution pop-upward bill of fare and choose a size for your video. The default resolution is based on the content of your movie. Choosing a lower resolution produces a smaller file that uploads to the web more quickly. Choosing a college resolution produces a larger file that'south slap-up for viewing on a Mac or on a high-definition television (HDTV) through Apple Idiot box.
  4. Cull a location to save the video file, so click Save.
  5. Elevate the exported movie file into the Photos app to add the picture to your photograph library. If you take iCloud Photos enabled, yous tin admission the video from all Apple devices signed into the same iCloud account.

Share your movie on the web

iMovie provides optimized settings for sharing to YouTube and Facebook. This special setting also works well for sharing to other websites like Vimeo and Twitter.

  1. With your project open in iMovie, click the Share button.
  2. Click YouTube & Facebook.
  3. Cull a location to save the video file, so click Save.
  4. In a web browser, visit the website where y'all want to share your video, then upload the video file.

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