Exporting creates a new video or image sequence from the contents of your timeline. HitFilm allows you to export any timeline immediately, or to create a queue of multiple tasks and export them all at once.
Export Now
You can export the current timeline at any time, from either of these locations:
- File Menu: Open the File menu and select Export…
- Timeline: Click the Export Button at the top right of the Timeline panel.
Each of those options will open a dialog where you can name the file, and select where it will be saved. The exported media can then be used and played outside of HitFilm. Exporting is handled as a background task in HitFilm, so once you begin an Export task, you can continue working on your project while the export proceeds.
Export Queue
The export queue is a list of export tasks, found in the Export panel. It allows you to add multiple export tasks to a list, and then export them all at once. Any timeline, asset, or media clip can be added to the export queue. The “Start Exporting” button, found in the Export panel, can then be used to begin exporting everything in the queue.
See the Export Panel page for full details on using the Export Queue.
Adding Export Tasks from the Timeline
The Export menu 
at the top right of the timeline contains Add to Queue options which allow you to add the current timeline to the queue.
- Add to Queue: Select what portion of the current timeline will be added to the export queue.
- In-to-Out Area: Adds the area between the In point and Out point of your timeline to the export queue.
- Contents: Adds the entire contents of your timeline to the export queue.
Individual clips or layers on the timeline can also be added to the queue, to be exported independently.
- Editor clips: Click-drag any object on the Editor timeline, from the timeline onto the Export panel, to add it to the queue.
- Composite Shot Layers: Click-drag the name of any layer from the timeline to the Export panel, to add it to the queue.
- Right-click: Right-click any Editor object or Composite Shot layer and select the Add to Export option to add it to the queue.
Adding Export Tasks from the Media Panel
Any object in the media panel can be queued, to add its contents to the export queue.
- *Media Panel: Click-drag any object from the media panel onto the Export panel, to add it to the queue.