Share or export your iMovie project

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

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Share or consign your iMovie project on iPhone or iPad

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

Send your movie via email or text message

You tin can send a finished moving picture to others in an e-mail with the Postal service app or in a text bulletin with the Letters app.

  1. From the Projects browser, tap the moving picture yous want to share. If you're editing a projection, tap Washed in the upper-left corner.
  2. Tap the Share button , then tap Letters or Mail.
  3. Complete the bulletin or e-mail that was created, so tap Send.

If your picture show is likewise large to send, you can reduce the size of the moving-picture show file. Abolish your current message or email, return to the share screen, tap Options, then choose a lower resolution.

Export your movie to watch on some other device

If y'all want to spotter the movie on another nearby Apple device, you can use AirDrop to transfer the file. You tin can also save your motion-picture show to your Photos library.

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

Share your movie on the web

Save your picture show in the Photos library, then upload it to the web.

  1. In the Projects browser in iMovie, tap the project you want share, then tap the Share button.
  2. If you want to change the resolution of your video, tap Options under the movie title, then choose a resolution. 1080p is a good option 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 up an app like YouTube or Facebook on your device, or visit the website for the service y'all want to use, then upload your video.

Share or export your iMovie project on Mac

Email your picture show, add together the movie to your Photos library, or gear up your movie to share on the spider web. If yous want to edit your moving-picture show afterward sharing it, open the saved projection in iMovie, make your changes, and so share it once again when you're ready.

Send your movie via email

You lot tin email your pic to others with the Post app.

  1. From the Projects browser, select the iMovie projection y'all want to transport, click the More than push, then choose Share Projection. If you're editing a project, click the Share button .
  2. Click Electronic mail.
  3. Click Share. If your movie file exceeds the recommended limit (usually x MB), you'll come across a alarm on the share screen.
    iMovie email share options windowClick the Resolution pop-upwardly carte du jour, choose a resolution that reduces the film file to a size about post servers back up
  4. Click Share. Once iMovie has completed exporting the film to email, you'll run across a notification.
  5. Complete the electronic mail that was created, then click Ship.

Add together the movie to your Photos library

When you save the movie as a file, you can add together the pic to your Photos library, store it in iCloud Bulldoze, or save it in another location. If you want to electronic mail the film using some other email customer or other service, y'all should also salvage the movie as a file.

  1. From the Projects browser, select the iMovie project y'all want to send, click the More button, then choose Share Project. If you're editing a project, click the Share button .
  2. Click File.
  3. Click the Resolution pop-upward card 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 great for viewing on a Mac or on a loftier-definition television (HDTV) through Apple TV.
  4. Choose a location to save the video file, then click Save.
  5. Drag the exported picture file into the Photos app to add together the moving-picture show to your photo library. If you accept iCloud Photos enabled, y'all tin access the video from all Apple devices signed into the same iCloud business relationship.

Share your film on the spider web

iMovie provides optimized settings for sharing to YouTube and Facebook. This special setting as well 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. Choose a location to save the video file, so click Save.
  4. In a web browser, visit the website where you desire to share your video, then upload the video file.

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