Export settings: resolution, format, and quality explained

Where export settings live

VidMints has three places where you choose export settings, and each offers different controls. The AI video editor exports a finished video. The photo editor exports a still image. The downloader lets you pick a quality for a video or image you are saving. Knowing which one you are in tells you which settings you will see.

This article covers all three so you can find the right control quickly and understand what each setting actually changes in the file you get.

Exporting a video from the editor

Open your project in the video editor and choose Export. You will see resolution presets measured by the shorter side of the frame: 480p, 720p, 1080p, and 4K. VidMints keeps your project's aspect ratio and frame rate, so the dialog shows you the exact output dimensions (for example 1080 x 1920 for a vertical clip) and the fps before you commit.

Video export is free, but it requires a signed-in account. If you are signed out you will be sent to log in and returned to the editor — your project is autosaved locally, so nothing is lost. Once you start, VidMints renders the video right in your browser and downloads it automatically when it finishes. It also tries to save a copy to your Library. Every export is kept in the project's export history, so you can re-download a version you made earlier in the same session.

• Rendering happens in your browser in real time, so an export takes roughly as long as the video is long.
• Keep the tab open and the device awake until it finishes; you can Cancel at any point.
• The file format is chosen automatically based on what your browser supports — usually MP4 (H.264/AAC), falling back to WebM if MP4 recording is not available.

Exporting an image from the photo editor

The photo editor export dialog gives you format, quality, and resolution scale. Pick the format that matches how you will use the image, set a scale to control output size, and download. Everything is processed in your browser and saved straight to your device.

• Format: PNG for a solid-background image, PNG (transparent) to keep transparency, JPEG for the smallest photo files, or WEBP for a modern balance of size and quality.
• JPEG has no transparency, so it flattens onto a white background. Use PNG (transparent) or WEBP if you need a see-through background.
• Quality: for the lossy formats (JPEG and WEBP) a slider from 30% to 100% trades file size against detail. PNG is lossless and has no quality slider.
• Resolution scale: 0.5x, 1x, 1.5x, 2x, and 3x multiply your canvas size. The dialog shows the resulting pixel dimensions, and very large scales are hidden to keep the output within a safe maximum. Any annotations or markup you added are baked in at the scale you pick.

Choosing a quality in the downloader

When you save a video through the downloader, VidMints shows the resolutions available for that source — for example 720p, 1080p, 1440p, and 4K. Higher resolutions produce larger files. Some resolutions may be marked as locked depending on your plan, and paid plans can request a higher target than the source natively offers, which is delivered as an enhanced or AI-upscaled render rather than true native detail.

Downloads are meant for content you created or have the rights to use. VidMints is not a way to take material that belongs to someone else.

What to expect and current limitations

Because video export renders in the browser, performance depends on your device. A long or high-resolution clip on an older machine will take longer and use more memory. A faster offline render path is not yet available, so real-time capture is the current method.

Saving to your Library is best-effort. If the cloud save does not complete, the export still downloads to your device and stays in your export history — the dialog tells you honestly when this happens rather than blaming your sign-in state.

For the downloader, some sources such as YouTube and Instagram can require the operator to configure cookies or a proxy on the server. When that configuration is missing or has expired, downloads from those sites may temporarily fail even though other sources still work.

Troubleshooting

Most export problems come down to closing the tab too early, an unsupported browser feature, or a source that needs server-side configuration.

• Export stalls or produces nothing: keep the tab open and the screen awake — background tabs can pause the render. Retry after bringing the tab to the foreground.
• You got a WebM instead of MP4: your browser did not support MP4 recording. Most players and editors accept WebM, or you can try a Chromium-based browser for MP4 output.
• A downloaded image looks jagged or too small: increase the resolution scale in the photo editor before downloading, or raise the quality slider for JPEG/WEBP.
• A download keeps failing from one specific site: this is usually a server-side cookies/proxy issue for that platform, not your file. Try again later or use a source that is working.

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