Export a video

Open an edit and choose Export. Exporting is free on every plan and adds no watermark.

Video

Shotz makes an MP4 in your browser, so keep the tab open until it finishes. The dialog shows how long the video is and roughly how big the file will be, then the progress as it renders.

• Quality: 720p, 1080p or 4K. 1080p and 4K read your original files; 720p uses the lighter copies the editor plays.
• Frame rate: 24, 30 or 60.
• Captions: Burned in to the picture, saved as a separate .srt file, or left Off.
• Label generated shots: if the edit has generated shots, adds a small “Made with AI” label in the top right corner, the label social platforms ask for. It’s on to begin with.

Choose Export MP4. The video downloads, and a copy goes into your Library under Exports.

The shape comes from the edit itself. To make a vertical video for TikTok or Reels, set the edit to 9:16 before you export, with the pill above the preview.

Hidden tracks don’t show in the video, and muted tracks are silent. If the export stops, check every clip has finished processing, then try again.

Captions only

Choose Captions, then Download .srt, to get the captions as a file. The edit needs captions first; make them with the Captions tool in the editor. See Captions in the editor.

Another editor

Send the timeline to Premiere or Resolve as FCP 7 XML or an EDL, or to Final Cut as FCPXML. The clips, cuts and timings go across; text and titles stay in Shotz.

Turn on Include the media to zip the original files with the timeline so it relinks. If the files come to a gigabyte or more, this starts off and the dialog says how big they are; turn it on if you want them. If a file can’t be downloaded, the zip lists it in MISSING.txt.

On a phone

Export works the same way on a phone. Choose Video, Captions or Another editor under Format, then the button at the bottom. See Edit on your phone.