Share or export your iMovie projection

Transport your movie to friends and family, export information technology to watch it on other devices, or share it on social media.

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    iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

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Share or export your iMovie project on iPhone or iPad

Send your picture show via email or text bulletin, export your film to watch on another device, or share your movie to the web. If you want to edit your picture later sharing it, open up the saved project in iMovie, make your changes, and so share it again when you're prepare.

Send your movie via e-mail or text message

Y'all tin can send a finished pic to others in an e-mail with the Post app or in a text message with the Messages app.

  1. From the Projects browser, tap the moving-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. Consummate the message or electronic mail that was created, then tap Send.

If your movie is too large to send, y'all can reduce the size of the film file. Cancel your electric current bulletin or e-mail, return to the share screen, tap Options, then choose a lower resolution.

Export your movie to scout on another device

If yous want to watch the movie on another nearby Apple tree device, you can utilize AirDrop to transfer the file. You can also salvage your movie to your Photos library.

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

Share your motion picture on the web

Salve your movie in the Photos library, then upload information technology to the spider web.

  1. In the Projects browser in iMovie, tap the project you want share, then tap the Share push.
  2. If yous want to alter the resolution of your video, tap Options under the movie title, then cull a resolution. 1080p is a good choice for sharing to the spider web.
    Lower resolutions like 720p Hard disk drive produce smaller files that upload to the spider web faster than movies with higher resolutions.
  3. Tap Salvage Video to salve your movie in the Photos library on your device.
  4. Open an app like YouTube or Facebook on your device, or visit the website for the service you want to use, then upload your video.

Share or consign your iMovie projection on Mac

E-mail your motion picture, add the motion picture to your Photos library, or ready your movie to share on the web. If you desire to edit your flick after sharing it, open the saved project in iMovie, brand your changes, and then share it again when you're ready.

Ship your moving-picture show 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 want to send, click the More button, then choose Share Project. If yous're editing a projection, click the Share push .
  2. Click Email.
  3. Click Share. If your movie file exceeds the recommended limit (usually ten MB), you'll see a warning on the share screen.
    iMovie email share options windowClick the Resolution pop-upwards card, cull a resolution that reduces the film file to a size most mail service servers support
  4. Click Share. Once iMovie has completed exporting the movie to email, you'll see a notification.
  5. Complete the email that was created, then click Send.

Add the movie to your Photos library

When you salve the picture show as a file, you can add the movie to your Photos library, store it in iCloud Drive, or salvage it in some other location. If y'all want to electronic mail the movie using some other electronic mail client or other service, you should as well save the movie as a file.

  1. From the Projects browser, select the iMovie projection you want to send, click the More push, then choose Share Projection. If you're editing a project, click the Share button .
  2. Click File.
  3. Click the Resolution popular-up card and choose a size for your video. The default resolution is based on the content of your picture. Choosing a lower resolution produces a smaller file that uploads to the web more than quickly. Choosing a higher resolution produces a larger file that's dandy for viewing on a Mac or on a high-definition television set (HDTV) through Apple Idiot box.
  4. Choose a location to save the video file, then click Salvage.
  5. Drag the exported motion-picture show file into the Photos app to add the movie to your photo library. If you accept iCloud Photos enabled, you can admission the video from all Apple tree 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 projection open in iMovie, click the Share push button.
  2. Click YouTube & Facebook.
  3. Choose a location to salve the video file, then click Save.
  4. In a web browser, visit the website where yous want to share your video, then upload the video file.

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