Final Cut Pro: Export Any Project in 4K (+Best Export Options)
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In this video I will demonstrate how to export any project to 4K directly in Final Cut Pro X. This is achieved through upscaling (or converting) any pre-existing timeline, for example 1080p HD, to 4K. Additionally we will explore different export options and their specific purposes; for web (TH-cam, FaceBook, Instagram) and for highest quality (client work, archive). I will split this video into two main parts. First, how to export a 4k project as a 4k video. Second, how to export a 1080p project in a 4k video. First we're going to start off with the 4k project, in this case I have an iPhone 11 unboxing, you can see this is a 4k at 30fps project. How do we export this as a 4k file? First make sure that nothing in your timeline is selected, click on the share menu and select master file option. From here you can change the title, description, creator information and add tags. Seeing as this is a 4k project, final cut will automatically export this 4k file at 3840x2160 also maintaining the original frame rate. The file type in this case is .mov, this will run perfectly on Mac OS, the file size is 1.66 gigabytes. There’s two main exports that I use. First, h.264 video codec, this is perfect for uploading to the web this is how I export and upload every youtube video. This codec strikes a great balance between maintaining much of the original quality while also being compressed to smaller file sizes. Let’s say you want to export a top quality or a best quality export. For that there is the second option, apple pro res prores 422. The file is still 4k at 30fps you'll notice a much larger file size and will give you a best quality export, great if you're handing a video to a client. I don't advise using this video codec for uploading to the internet because for example youtube will heavily compress your video.Therefore whether you upload as an h.264 or 422 export the quality that will ultimately be visible to your viewers on youtube will be very very similar and is not worth the extra data or time uploading. But how do you upscale and export a HD project in 4K? If we look at this other project’s specifications, this is a 1080p hd project. Let’s create a new project in 4k so we're going to go under the same pre-existing event we'll go up to file select new and then project, click use custom settings, this will give you manual control over all of your projects parameters. Change the video resolution from 1080p to 4k but you can also change it to 8k you can even have a vertical ratio for say uploading to instagram. Select 4K and click ok, here we have a blank 4k project. Now we’re going to simply select everything we want to carry over, all clips audio and titles, press command a, press command c. Next go into the new project, drag the playhead to the start and press command v to paste. All the video has now been copied over as well as the elements. Because the aspect ratio between 4k and 1080p is consistent the image will still fill the frame fully but you will notice it does have to render as indicated by these little dots. We've taken 1080p hd footage and dragged this into a 4k timeline, this is effectively upscaling 1080p footage to 4k, this why it has to render. Several benefits to upscaling to 4k. First, this will be scaled properly to match the resolution of a 4k display. Second if you're uploading to youtube a 4k project will be given a higher bit rate. The video has now finished rendering, let’s export this project. In the share menu click master file and it will now show the 4k resolution, from here we're able to export this project as 4k and this is how you export any video in 4k through final cut whether it be 1080p 720p or any resolution this can be scaled up and altered using custom settings when creating your project.
Thank you for watching, let me know if you have any questions.
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Wow! Thanks sooooooo much - this tutorial helped me so much on uploading a 4k video, something I have been struggling with - I am very appreciative
We found this very helpful, thank you!
You're very welcome!
thank you I made a mistake and created a video with 1080 after editing realized it was not 4k
happens to all of us!
Incredibly useful video! Thank you so much for explaining so clearly and all of the tricks you packed in a short video.
This was extremely useful. Thanks for this efficient tutorial.
Thank you very much, glad to hear!
Thanks for explaining this so well!
Hi Bruce, thanks for your appreciation
Always love your videos! High Pro Res is really clean, but not completely lossless. Uncompressed is the only real lossless codec.
Thanks Alice, always appreciate your positive feedback. Since this April I dedicate my time exclusively to Tech, but happy to see that my earlier Final Cut Pro videos are still useful.
Very clear and informative!
Thanks Don, appreciated!
DION!! You saved me with this video. I just exported my first ever 4K Final Cut project and was stumped on why it kept defaulting to HD. Thank you so much for this easy how-to! Subbed.
Hi Erin, glad my video was helpful! That was and is the idea:). Good luck with your project
OMG thank you so much this was so helpful
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Thank you so much!!! I have the sony zv-1 and I am a vlogger who wanted to up my quality for youtube and this helped a ton! God bless you
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Thank you soo much for this tutorial. The second part of this video has helped me a lot!
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Hi Dion. Just want to say, great informative videos. I have learnt a lot i didn't know. I don't know if you can help, but for some reason when i try to export a file on the timeline to DVD, it stops at 66%. It has only just started doing this, and i have produced DVDs for years, so cannot work out why it is now doing this. Have tried finding out on the net, but cannot find any answers, any clues" Have you ever come across this problem before?
Thank you for your video. it helps me a lot with my project.
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This video was extremely helpful but i'm running into a problem. I have a 4k 60fps video and when I click on video and audio and H.264. I keep getting a warning that says "using an 8 bit codec with hdr content can affect the quality." I'm not sure what to do, please help 😭
This is amazing and super straight forward! Thanks 😄
Thank you Amy, I'm glad to hear that! :)
So helpful thank you
My pleasure
Im running this on a M1 mac mini but I dont get the "master file" options, I cant see how big the size is and there is no "proceed" kind of button.. basically just settings no action to actually do something. Have I missed a step? Rendering or something?
Hi, that is strange, my advice would be to see how much available storage you have on your Mac. It may be that there is not enough available space. Hope that helps!
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This was really helpful. I've seen another method of doing this, and wasn't sure if it was accurate. I've seen where you can "select" the project, and the "modify" the project, and change it into 4K from there. At that point, you can export in 4K. Is that another way of doing this properly, or is creating the new 4K project timeline the best way? Thanks.
that method of modifying works in ppr. In Final cut you have to create a 4k timeline, but they're all the same vs downscaling it from 4k to 1080 I think that Kinda of mess your scaling through your edit and you have to go through timeline and readjust each 4k clip to match 1080.
Question. All of my footage and clips were shot in 4K on my gopro but my project is in 1080p. So this video was very helpful, but why was this project 1080???
Hi Scott, when you go to customs setting there is a button to go to 4K
Went from 354 GB file down to a 14 GB file. All due to the wrong codec. Thanks for the tip.
What Mac did u use to run final cut?please comment back. I'm about to purchase but have no idea what works and doesn't work
I use latest M2 MacBook Pro, but it worked very well on earlier models
Great video , tnx
Thank you, good to hear!
Sorry, I find this confusing. I have a 4k video shot at 60FPS, an 11 minute video that I want to upload to TH-cam. However the file is over 4 gig. TOO BIG. How can I change that? OR do I have to shoot in a lower frame rate?
Hi, 4 gig is reasonable for an 11 minutes 4K video. A solution is to export it in a lower resolution like 1080p
THANK YOU
My pleasure! :)
most of my 4k films are uploaded to vimeo and shared and viewed that way. Is it best to choose Master File and h264 considering the further compression done through Vimeo? I just want the best quality without having unnecessarily large videos.
Thanks! Top Prof. How to use the set up an import 4k in Final Cut Pro ???
My fcp don’t show the master file export and every time I save the video when I try to upload it on TH-cam it says error and I can’t even watch the video on my files
I did everything you mention made a 1080p to a 4k video and i can see the 4k video i made and it plays fine but it wont let me share the video. i click on the share button on top right of the screen and nothing happens. it does come up with a drop down menu with details. location, library, event, last modified, and notes. i don't know what that all means. Any Ideas?
Does it make a difference if I use a ProRes 422HQ when creating the project vs. ProRes422 when exporting that exact project?
Hi Patrick, this will make a very minimal difference
Great video. Now how do you keep the 4K quality when importing to TH-cam?
Hi, thanks for your comment. Once the project is exported in 4K, TH-cam will automatically recognise it as a 4K video and therefore it will playback in 4K after processing (can take a few hours after uploading)!
I was editing 4K footage in a 4K timeline in FCPX, which was making my system slow down when using plugins such as MFilmLook, MTitle, Film Convert Nitrate, & Neat Video, so I modified 4K timeline to 1080, now all the audio is gone, footage is silent - even the volume gauge bar has no sound indicator. Any ideas what happened to my audio and how to resolve this issue, other than modifying 1080 timeline back to 4k? Thanks.
why did you added a new 4k project? why didn‘t you just edited the 1080p to 4k?
My project says 1080p at 30fps because the intro of the video start at that however, my osb screen share I have in the project read 1280x720. I'm not sure what to do since my project when I click on it like you did says 1080.
I’m trying to upload an 8 hour, 4k ambience video. In FCP it’s currently 1.7TB 😕. I’ve uploaded twice to TH-cam and both times it will only play in the lowest resolution. I know other creators make these videos. Do you have any idea how I might upload it? Looking for a friend 🙏
How can I render faster? I have a MacBook Pro. 2.4 ghz 8 core intel i9
64gb 2667 mhz ddr4
Amd Radeon 5500m 8gb
And rendering 4k takes forever! What am I doing wrong?
Hi, I did a video on that, hope it helps th-cam.com/video/BehhyY2Se0I/w-d-xo.html
Clear and straight forward. Thank you
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Glad the video helped!
Hey there, I have a project at the moment that when I try to export a Pro Res HQ final version FCPX just won't do it on my current project. If I open another project no problem, it does it. Does anybody have an idea why this may happen? Same camera, same settings, everything is the same, just different projects. I have tried restarting my computer and fcpx several times but it still won't export it. It starts to export and a >mov file icon shows up on my desktop but then when finished, the files disappears and never exports completely? Could this be due to a title or something I am using? Thanks
u saved me
My pleasure
Will this work ok on 4k clips on 4k timeline but some 1080p shot on a Sony a7 III 60p to slow down
tysm!
why does it take me 3 hours to export a video? (it's 18 minutes long)
Hi, many factors come into play, so yes, this is possible. Much depends on the device you are using or on the quality of the footage
Thanx mate
Any time!
I uploaded in 4K like you demonstrated, but for some reason my vids look like they’re 720p if anything. Any clue why?
Hi Michael, I assume you mean uploading to TH-cam (?). If so I advice you to wait up to a day as with these platforms it can take quite some time before they fully integrate the best quality
@@DionMedia hmmm 🤔 I’ve done that! It seems like it doesn’t look as sharp still on TH-cam compared to yours! You think possibly some settings I need to adjust on my camera? I have it set on 4K and everything 😐
how come a 1080 clip will be look better after blowup to 4K.. 😂
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This didn’t work for me 😩
Hi Kill, sorry to hear
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