Publish to video-sharing websites

You can share your Motion project by publishing it to popular websites including YouTube, Facebook, and Vimeo.

You can also share your Motion 360° projects to YouTube’s VR channel, Facebook 360, and Vimeo 360. For more information, see Share 360° projects.

Important: Before using the Share command, set up an account with the service you plan to use.

Publish your project to YouTube

  1. Do one of the following:

    • Choose Share > YouTube.

    • On the right side of the toolbar, click Share, then choose Other Destinations > YouTube.

  2. Click the Sign In button, follow the YouTube sign-in instructions, then in the “Motion would like to” window, click Allow.

    (If you don’t have a YouTube account, go to https://accounts.google.com/ to create one.)

  3. In the Share window, enter the requested information:

    • Category: Choose a YouTube content category.

    • Title: Enter the movie name you want viewers to see.

    • Description: Enter information about your movie for viewers to read.

    • Tags: Enter keywords that viewers can use to find your movie.

    Note: All the above items are required.

  4. Choose a movie size from the Size pop-up menu or, to have Motion choose the size based on your project’s media, select the “Set size automatically” checkbox.

  5. Choose a rendering quality from the Compression pop-up menu—“Faster encode (single pass)” when you’re willing to sacrifice quality for faster processing, or “Better quality (multi-pass).”

  6. If you’ve set In and Out points in the Timeline, use the Duration pop-up menu to choose whether to export the sequence or the portion between the In and Out points.

  7. To specify additional Motion-specific options, click Render.

    For more information, see Render settings.

  8. To see details about files to be output, click Summary.

  9. Click Next, read the terms of service, then click Publish.

    Your project is rendered and uploaded to YouTube. The time it takes depends the size of your project as well as website traffic.

Publish your project to Facebook

  1. Do one of the following:

    • Choose Share > Facebook.

    • On the right side of the toolbar, click Share, then choose Other Destinations > Facebook.

  2. Click Sign In, then follow the Facebook log in instructions.

    (If you don’t have a Facebook account, go to http://www.facebook.com to create one.)

  3. In the Share window, enter the requested information:

    • Viewable by: To determine the subset of people who can view your video, choose an item from this pop-up menu.

    • Title: Enter the movie name you want viewers to see.

    • Description: Enter information about your movie for viewers to read.

  4. Choose a movie size from the Size pop-up menu or, to have Motion choose the size based on your project’s media, select “Set size automatically.”

  5. Choose a rendering quality from the Compression pop-up menu—“Faster encode (single-pass)” when you’re willing to sacrifice quality for faster processing, or “Better quality (multi-pass).”

  6. If you’ve set In and Out points in the Timeline, use the Duration pop-up menu to choose whether to export the sequence or the portion between the In and Out points.

  7. To specify additional Motion-specific options, click Render.

    For more information, see Render settings.

  8. To see details about files to be output, click Summary.

  9. Click Next, read the terms of service, then click Publish.

    Your project is rendered and uploaded to Facebook. The time it takes depends the size of your project as well as website traffic.

Publish your project to Vimeo

  1. Do one of the following:

    • Choose Share > Vimeo.

    • On the right side of the toolbar, click Share, then choose Other Destinations > Vimeo.

  2. If you’re not already signed in, do one of the following:

    • If this is your first time publishing to Vimeo from Motion: Click Add, then enter your account name and click Done. (If you don’t have a Vimeo account, go to http://www.vimeo.com to create one.)

    • If you have more than one Vimeo account, choose one from the Account pop-up menu.

  3. Enter the requested information:

    • Password: Enter your Vimeo account password.

    • Viewable by: To determine the subset of people who can view your video, choose an item from this pop-up menu.

    • Title: Enter the movie name you want viewers to see.

    • Description: Enter information about your movie for viewers to read.

    • Tags: Enter keywords that viewers can use to search for and find your movie.

  4. Choose a movie size from the Size pop-up menu or, to have Motion choose the size based on your project’s media, select “Set size automatically.”

  5. Choose a rendering quality from the Compression pop-up menu—“Faster encode (single-pass)” when you’re willing to sacrifice quality for faster processing, or “Better quality (multi-pass).”

  6. If you’ve set In and Out points in the Timeline, use the Duration pop-up menu to choose whether to export the sequence or the portion between the In and Out points.

  7. To specify additional Motion-specific options, click Render.

    For more information, see Render settings.

  8. To see details about files to be output, click Summary.

  9. Click Next, read the terms of service, then click Publish.

    Your project is rendered and uploaded to Vimeo. The time it takes depends on how long your project takes to render and on website traffic.