One of the nice time savers in ScreenFlow is the ability to publish directly to YouTube or Vimeo from the timeline. This takes the guesswork out of trying to decide what formats, data rate, size and frame rate you should use for optimal quality.
I’ve often been asked what settings are used ‘behind the scenes’ in the publish feature. So for those of you wondering, here they are.
ScreenFlow exports a H.264 movie with the following settings:
YouTube:
- 720p : 1280×720 @ 30 fps (3,000 kb datarate)
- 1080p : 1920×1080 @ 30 fps (5,000 kb datarate)
- SD : 640x(aspect ratio adjusted height) @ 30 fps (2,000 kb data rate)
Vimeo:
- 720p : 1280×720 @ 30 fps (3,000 kb datarate)
- SD : 640x(aspect ratio adjusted height) @ 30 fps (2,000 kb data rate)
If you export from another program you can use these settings to make sure you get great-looking videos on YouTube and Vimeo.