Academy / Edit video in Design

Lesson 6 of 6 · 4 min

Export the video and post it

Pick a cover, export the film as an MP4, and send it to a new post.

Pick a cover

The cover is the picture people see before the video starts. Reels and TikTok use it when the film is posted.

1. Move the playhead to a clear moment, like the full cup with your words on it.
2. Press the percent at the right of the timeline and pick Cover.

A round mark shows on the ruler. A click on it removes the cover. On a phone, tap a tile and press Cover in the bar.

Last check

• Play it from the start with the sound on, then off. Can you follow it?
• Does the first page show your best shot?
• Does the last page say who you are?

Export the video

1. Press Export at the top right. On a phone it says Next.
2. A bar shows how far it has come. Most videos are ready in about 2 minutes, and you can keep working.

Ready to share opens when it is done: your video, then New post, Download, Play and Done. The video is already in Media. The small arrow beside Export opens Share design, with more ways to send it. A video uses one of the day's pictures for each page, or one for each 5 seconds when that is more. One video is made at a time.

To change it later, pick the video in Media and press Edit design. Exporting again makes a new video and the first one stays.

Post it

Press New post. A post opens with your film in it. Write a short caption, pick your channels and schedule it. Download gives you the MP4. For a short silent GIF loop of the first 15 seconds, open the small arrow beside Export, then Download, and pick GIF under File type.

Do it

1. Set a cover on a clear moment.
2. Press Export (Next on a phone).
3. Press New post and schedule it.

In this course

• 1Start a filmPick a video template or your own clips, read the timeline, and know the limits. · 4 min
• 2Trim, split and speedKeep the best seconds of a clip, cut it in two, and make it faster or slower. · 5 min
• 3Order, length and stock videoPut pages in story order, set how long each shows, add a transition, and use free stock video. · 5 min
• 4Music and cutting to the beatAdd a song, set its start and volume, and let Postfjord move your cuts onto the beat. · 5 min
• 5Words, a voice and clean soundAdd captions so the film works with the sound off, put a voice on it, and clean up noise. · 5 min
• 6Export the video and post itPick a cover, export the film as an MP4, and send it to a new post. · 4 min