What's going on guys? In this video, I'm going to show you some of the best video export settings when you're exporting to YouTube. So this is only going to take a couple of minutes. I'm actually going to hop onto my computer to walk you through all the steps you need to take for exporting a video.
I know that the worst thing in the world is when you spend so much time working on a video. You go to export the video, you might be a little confused about which boxes to check off when you're exporting the video, and suddenly the video turns out to look like crap because maybe something wasn't quite right when you're exporting the video. So in this video, hopefully, I'll help you out by showing you some of the things that you want to set up for when you're exporting your videos.
So let me hop on the computer now, and I'm going to walk you through it, and you should be able to figure this out. It's quite easy, you'll find. So let's go do that right now.
Alright, so you might already be aware that I use Premiere Pro. I use Adobe Premiere Pro to create my videos. So if you're not using Adobe Premiere Pro, it's no big issue. They still give you a lot of similar things for this when you're exporting your video. So stick around for that in case you're not using Adobe Premiere Pro.
The first thing you're going to do is just click file and export and media. So now here is our page that pops up. You want to make sure that your format is on H.264. That's what YouTube uses. So just make sure you're staying on H.264. And then your preset for this, you could keep it at a high bitrate match source, but I always select the YouTube preset on here. So YouTube 1080p. And obviously, if you're shooting in 4K, you're going to want to click the 4K preset. But myself, YouTube's 1080p HD. And then change your output name to something of a decent name. So I like to make mine really long and very descriptive so that I can find it later on when I'm trying to upload this video to YouTube. So change your output name. And then there's going to be a few things you're going to want to do in here.
For effects, we don't have to change anything. But you want to click on video here. And first of all, make sure that this is the correct dimensions. It probably should be, though. And you're going to want to scroll down. And then you're going to see these bitrate settings. So you want to change this to VBR 2 pass. It's not absolutely necessary, but it's just a better thing to do. And then change your maximum bitrate all the way up as high as it goes. For this, it's sixty-two and a half for mine. It might be a little bit different on yours depending on what kind of equipment you're using. But and then you're going to want to kind of check out your target bitrate. And you can take note that right now, my estimated file size is five hundred and sixty-five megabytes. But if I change this target bitrate, so let's say I just slide this over here to twenty-six. Now all of a sudden, it's nine hundred and thirty-seven megabytes. If I slide it all the way over for my target bitrate all the way up, it might be like two gigabytes for my file size, which is honestly just too large of a file size. So let's go back to something like how it was in the beginning, maybe moving up a little bit to about twenty or so. It really doesn't matter too much, just as long as you're not having it all the way down here. So just kind of keep it towards the middle-upper middle, depending on how much time you have to export this video. I know you probably certainly don't want to be sitting around for three to four hours while you're trying to export this massive file and you're really not going to see that much of a difference in video quality. So just leave it somewhere around the middle. That's probably about good right there.
Then you're just going to want to select use maximum render quality. Obviously, you want to have the best render quality possible. And then the rest of this stuff should already be set for your video. So if you click on audio, you should see all this stuff should be fine how it is. The multiplexer you want to make sure you’re an mp4, but all of this, like I said, should already be established. You probably don't have to change any of these settings.
Once you're done with all that, you can just click export. You can also press quote, but you can press export, and you're going to be exporting your video. So now we're exporting the video, and that's that. Thanks for watching the video, guys. If you have any questions or concerns, just let me know down in the comment section below because I know you can certainly have a lot of issues with Premiere Pro. I mean, I still have issues almost every time with Premiere Pro, and I’ve been using this for years, but there's just so many things that can pop up that take a while to figure out. You start googling things, you have to get on the phone, talk to people just to figure this out. So if you have those types of questions, any issues with it, let me know. I'll do my best to get back to you. Hopefully, I can give you the answer, but you know, I don't know every single thing about Premiere Pro, but when it comes to exporting your videos, this is a good way to do it. This is how I do it for my videos, and I'm not going to lie, I think that my video quality is really not too terrible for shooting 1080p. So thanks for watching. Don't forget to subscribe if you haven't done that already.
Q: What are some tips for setting the best video export settings for YouTube?
A: Some tips for setting the best video export settings for YouTube include ensuring your format is H.264, selecting the appropriate preset (e.g., YouTube 1080p), adjusting bitrate settings, and choosing the maximum render quality.
Q: What software can be used for exporting videos?
A: Adobe Premiere Pro is commonly used for exporting videos, but other software options also provide similar features for exporting videos.
Q: Can you provide a step-by-step guide for exporting videos on Premiere Pro?
A: Certainly! To export videos on Premiere Pro, first, click on File and then Export and Media. Ensure the format is H.264, select a suitable preset (e.g., YouTube 1080p), adjust bitrate settings, enable maximum render quality, and then click export.
