Once your have completed a project, you will want to export it to the correct format, based on your needs. OpenShot has many predefined formats to simplify this process. There are two modes to export a video in OpenShot, Simple Mode and Advanced Mode.
Both modes share a common area at the top of the screen,
. Name your video file (no extension) and choose an export folder.To launch the export window, click on the
toolbar icon at the top of the main window, or choose > .OpenShot has many predefined export formats, which cover the most common export scenarios. Select a
, such as DVD or Web, and then choose the , , and . If you select , it will give you a list of all common formats, and let you pick the one you want.The advanced options should only be used by someone familiar with FFmpeg, since it is so easy to create invalid combinations of codecs, formats, and bit-rate settings. However, if you are familiar with these settings, any FFmpeg supported format/codec/bit-rate can be used, which opens up dozens and dozens of additional formats that can be used during the export process. You can also export your video as an image sequence, which can be useful if you intend to import this video into a program that requires image sequences, such as Blender.
Also, if you first select values for the
, and then switch to the , it will preselect all of the Simple Mode settings.