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Export and share your video

The Raylight editor with a finished scene ready to export.

You made something. Now get it out. There are two ways to do that: save a video file, or send a link. This lesson covers both.

Export a video file

Click Export to open the settings panel. It lets you choose how the video comes out:

  • Format. MP4 for almost everything, since it has sound and plays anywhere. GIF for a short silent loop, like a quick preview to drop in a chat.
  • Resolution and frame rate. The free plan exports at 720p and 30 frames per second, which looks clean on any screen. Pro lifts that to 1080p, 4K, and 60 frames per second.
  • Quality. A row of presets from Studio, the biggest and sharpest, down to Web, the smallest. Social Media is a safe default for posting.
  • Whole video or one shot. A scope switch exports the entire timeline, or just the one shot you have selected.

The panel shows a rough export time and file size as you change settings, so there are no surprises.

Pick where it lands

When you start the export, you choose where it goes:

  • File. Downloads the video to your computer.
  • Clipboard. Copies the video so you can paste it straight into a chat or a post.
  • Shareable link. Uploads the finished video and gives you a hosted page to send. This one is on Pro.

Your download is clean, with no watermark, on either plan.

Or share the project as a link

Exporting gives you a finished file. The Share button gives you something different: a live link to the project itself. Hit Share, copy the link, and anyone who opens it watches your scene play right in the browser, no account needed.

It is the fastest way to show a client or post a work in progress, and every view quietly brings a new person into Raylight. Sharing a link is free on every plan. To let people start from your work and make it their own, you publish it as a template, which is the next lesson.

What the free plan covers

You can build, share a link, and export without paying: 720p at 30 frames per second, up to 60 seconds, as an MP4 or GIF saved to a file or copied. Pro removes the caps and adds the hosted video link.

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