Share or export your iMovie projection

Ship your movie to friends and family, export it to watch information technology 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 motion-picture show via e-mail or text message, export your motion picture to lookout man on another device, or share your pic to the web. If you desire to edit your moving picture after sharing it, open the saved project in iMovie, make your changes, so share it again when y'all're ready.

Send your motion-picture show via email or text message

Yous can transport a finished picture show to others in an e-mail with the Postal service app or in a text message with the Letters app.

  1. From the Projects browser, tap the movie yous want to share. If you're editing a project, tap Washed in the upper-left corner.
  2. Tap the Share button , then tap Messages or Mail.
  3. Complete the message or email that was created, then tap Send.

If your movie is besides big to send, you lot tin reduce the size of the movie file. Abolish your electric current message or electronic mail, render to the share screen, tap Options, then choose a lower resolution.

Consign your movie to sentinel on another device

If yous want to watch the movie on another nearby Apple device, you lot can use AirDrop to transfer the file. You lot can as well relieve your motion picture to your Photos library.

  1. From the Projects browser, tap the movie you want 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, and so tap Done when yous've set your options.
  4. Choose where yous want to export your moving picture:
    • To employ AirDrop, tap AirDrop, then tap the contour moving picture of its user at the height of the screen. Or you tin can use AirDrop between your own Apple devices.
    • To export the picture to your Photos library, tap Salve Video. If you accept iCloud Photos enabled, you lot tin can access the video from all Apple devices signed into the same iCloud account.
    • To save your picture show to iCloud Drive, to a folder on your device, or to another tertiary-political party storage service you've enabled in the Files app, tap Save to Files, choose a location, then tap Save.

Share your flick on the web

Salvage your movie in the Photos library, then upload it to the spider web.

  1. In the Projects browser in iMovie, tap the project you lot desire share, then tap the Share push.
  2. If you want to change the resolution of your video, tap Options under the movie title, then cull a resolution. 1080p is a good selection for sharing to the spider web.
    Lower resolutions like 720p Hard disk 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 up an app like YouTube or Facebook on your device, or visit the website for the service y'all want to employ, and then upload your video.

Share or export your iMovie project on Mac

Email your film, add the moving-picture show to your Photos library, or prepare your picture show to share on the spider web. If you want to edit your film after sharing it, open up the saved project in iMovie, make your changes, and so share information technology once again when you're ready.

Send your movie via email

You tin can e-mail your movie to others with the Mail app.

  1. From the Projects browser, select the iMovie project you lot want to send, click the More than button, and so choose Share Project. If y'all're editing a project, click the Share push button .
  2. Click Email.
  3. Click Share. If your motion-picture show file exceeds the recommended limit (normally ten MB), y'all'll see a warning on the share screen.
    iMovie email share options windowClick the Resolution pop-up menu, choose a resolution that reduces the moving-picture show file to a size most mail servers back up
  4. Click Share. In one case iMovie has completed exporting the movie to email, you'll see a notification.
  5. Complete the e-mail that was created, and then click Send.

Add together the movie to your Photos library

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

  1. From the Projects browser, select the iMovie project y'all want to send, click the More button, and then choose Share Project. If yous're editing a project, click the Share button .
  2. Click File.
  3. Click the Resolution pop-up carte du jour 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 spider web more quickly. Choosing a higher resolution produces a larger file that'due south nifty for viewing on a Mac or on a loftier-definition television (HDTV) through Apple tree Television set.
  4. Cull a location to save the video file, then click Save.
  5. Drag the exported movie file into the Photos app to add together the pic to your photograph library. If yous have iCloud Photos enabled, yous can access the video from all Apple tree devices signed into the same iCloud account.

Share your picture show 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 projection open in iMovie, click the Share button.
  2. Click YouTube & Facebook.
  3. Cull a location to salvage the video file, then click Relieve.
  4. In a web browser, visit the website where you want to share your video, then upload the video file.

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